Real man, Real Love

Last night I sat in one recliner while hubby sat in the one next to it. I had Noah on my lap and Emma had a pillow propped up so that the touching arms on our chairs made her a seat between us. We held each others hands on her lap while she held our arms. My sweet girl said "I have my mommy AND my daddy". I had so much emotion! As I told her, 'yes, and you always will' I felt so very grateful for the man God gave me and so grieved for my nieces and nephew who will never have that security and love.
I cannot comprehend being a parent that would willingly choose to only see their children a couple of times a month. The kind of parent that doesn't even love them enough to seek God and try their very hardest to have a happy family. A man should be willing to lay down his very life for his children! To be so wrapped up in ones own desires that the innocents and ability for a child to have a peaceful future no longer matters to the very person God intended to protect them from pain is a selfishness unimaginable to me.
My husband and I have had times when we thought our marriage was doomed, times when the good feelings seemed to be gone. Fortunately we also had a belief that God means what he says and that our children matter more than ANYTHING. Because of this we made the choice to NEVER give up! See, that's what love really is, a choice.
Any week excuse for a man or woman can quit. It doesn't take a bit of character to leave the battle and run for the easy path.
Thank God I have a real man!!! He stuck with me even when I was intolerable! He may not have liked me but he loved me. Because we learned that we really can trust each other to stay together "for better or worse" God has blessed us with new and stronger feelings of passion, joy and blissful unity.
God really is GOD! The idea that we can ignore His commands and walk away from it happier is a lie from the pit of hell. Who are you oh man that challenges the very wisdom of our creator? Who are you to say that His power cannot reach your life? Who are you to walk in the path of Lucifer and say that it is the right path?
May God grant mercy to those forever damaged my such wickedness and on the souls of those that perpetrate such evil on His children.

Indian Rock Field Trip

Funny how life works. It's so hard not to prove to everyone around you that someone is lying about you or just plain false in general, especially when they succeeded in hurting you and attempt to harm your innocent children. God promises that all sins will be exposed and we aren't usually the ones that do the exposing.
We had the unfortunate experience of believing that we had a friendship with people who turned out to be exactly that, dishonest, false and harmful.
We moved on, both physically and mentally, stopped trying to convince others of the truth and learned a very hard lesson about trusting too quickly.
Now, with no input from us, years later, those same people have been showing their true colors to those around them. No, I don't feel happy or eager to get involved but it is good to know that eventually everyone will know that the lies told about us really were lies.
It's also a good reminder that everything we do matters because even if you think you got away with something, God knows better.

Biblical Womanhood, Part 1 of 8

Biblical Womanhood, Part 2 of 8

Today is the birthday of both my wonderful husband and my baby boy. One turned 45 and the other 1 year. They are both miraculous blessings in my life, bringing my joy and love every day. I am so proud to have them as my own!
We're not having a party or anything big. I know they both deserve it but it just wasn't to be this time. Hubby has to work today and there's so much nonsense going on around the house that it just seemed to much of an impossible project to create a party.
I am making my hunny the dinner he requested of smothered chopped pork steaks with Portabella mushroom gravy and stuffing. I'm also making a carrot cake and a pie and taking lots of pictures of my munchkin.
Next year I will plan a real party for Noah and he will be old enough to really enjoy it. :)

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world. Not even our troubles." Charles Chaplin

I absolutely adore my wonderful children!