Thankful

My 5 year old daughter Annika had a program a few day ago at school and her and her class sang a song that said "We have so much so much so much so much to be thankful for... we have our friends to be thankful for... we have our family to be thankful for... we have our school to be thankful for... . It was a cute song and a cute program. This is her in her turkey hat!
This morning on our way to my in laws house Annika asked, "Can I sing a song you don't know that I made up?" I said sure. She said it was about God and Thanksgiving or being thankful or something. She sang "We have our God," then she asked, "Can God here me sing?" and I said yes. Then she went on singing, "We have our God to be thankful for." She said, "I bet God is smiling." And I said "I bet He is smiling!" She continued to sing her made up song about being thankful for God and some of His attributes and it just made my heart happy! So many times I wonder about my children and their salvation. Especially when they are not obeying, whining, fighting with each other, etc. But moments like this I want to cherish.
Tonight while putting the kids to bed (We have 2) Paul, my 7 year old son, wanted to pray after I had finished praying. I was excited because he doesn't pray out loud very often. So he prayed something like this, "Dear God, I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone up there. In Jesus name, Amen." Then Annika wanted to "sing a pray" and it was again about God and being thankful. How precious! Moments like these help me to see that what we are teaching them is sinking in. And it's up to them how they will apply what they learn.
So I am thankful for my God and that He chose me... to be His daughter, to be the wife to the husband He gave me, and to be the mother of the 2 precious children He gave me.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Tales from a Pliable Princess

These Tales/Stories will be about what's going on in my life. I am a new creation and on a new journey in my life and I feel like I may be at a point where I can share bits of who I am, where I've been, and where I would like to go. I am by no means a professional writer so my posts my be missed spelled, have poor grammar, or just be a bunch of mumbo jumbo. But hey...this is me and I'm doin' the best I can do! I hope you enjoy reading my Tales as much as I will (hopefully) enjoy writing them!

Truth Vs. Feelings

Truth: I AM a child of God. Feelings: I mess up A LOT and ask how can I still be a child of God? For so long, or should I say too long, I've listened to my feelings and not the truth. I felt that I lost God's love and my gift of being His child because I'd mess up again and again and again. I just couldn't understand why God would still want me as His child. Those were my feelings talking and the enemy talking and I was listening to both. But now I am so thankful to say that slowly I am being able to recognize what and who I was listening to and that it was a lie. The Truth... I am God's child and I will always be His no matter what. I don't want to listen to my feelings anymore. I don't want to listen to the enemy any more. I want to read, memorize, and dwell on the truth always. And I know that when I stumble and fall back into old habits, I will still be God's child and He will still love me! I don't want to live by feelings any more, I want to live by TRUTH! This is going to be a tough road for me but I know that my Father is always going to be with me and He's given me MANY friends and helpers to come along side me in my journey. Thank you Father and Thank you Friends!!