Backseat Conversion

12 years old and sitting in the backseat of my mamma’s fashionable station wagon, we pulled away from the church building that Sunday morning. I don’t remember what the details of the conversation where but somehow I ended up making the statement, “Well…I’m a Christian…” Without skipping a beat my mom responded, “Says who? You haven’t ever told anyone that.” I’m pretty sure there may or may not have been a reference to the whole, “deny me I’ll deny you” passage but I can’t be certain. And thus began my journey in knowing God.

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You see, since the beginning of time…or at least the beginning of me, my family has always attended church. I heard all the great stories of the bible {G rated of course}, could sing the songs, and knew tons about God. I totally knew there was a God. I was too smart to think this all came about because a big mass of nothing exploded. My theory was, “I’ll just act like everyone else so they’ll see you don’t have to change anything to become a Christian.” How right and wrong that theory was all at the same time.

Yes, there is nothing you can change about your life, do better, or stop doing to earn the gift Jesus has given us but at the same time, when His spirit moves in...you are never the same again.
{that's another post for another time 😉 }

I chewed on my mom's truthful blunt statement for a while. Thinking. Seeking. Struggling. Yep...there needs to be a change in my life.

It's funny how God knows His intentions amidst your life, even before you fully commit to Him. He's just that good. I can just picture...

God's like a first time daddy holding his baby girl. She has no way of knowing the depth of love he already has for her. He enjoys rocking her. Protecting her. Guiding her heart. He dreams of what he'll teach her. The silly conversations they'll have. Watching her grow up and fall in love only to meet a guy that would love her as much as he does.

God's like a boyfriend holding an engagement ring the moment he met his love and waiting to give it to her until she finally realized they're meant to be. He dreaming about all the fun we're going to have. Deep, hard, emotional conversations that are to come. How we'll grow to be one.

God loves me so much that He wants to allow me to be a part of and used in HIS story. {swoon} Christ is my only hope and because of that, I wanted to serve Him the rest of my life.

The next year, I sat on an outside stair case reading my bible. I was falling more and more with my new daddy & the love of my life. Nothing would ever be the same. That day, I clearly felt God tell me I was gonna be a pastor's wife. I was totally cool with that. I had no idea what that meant but I was cool with that. And for some odd reason I prayed that we would be poor. LOL Maybe I thought that would keep me from being materialistic or maybe I just thought "poor" just came with being a "pastor's" wife. I digress...

Again, He knows me so well! All our relationship He seems to have given me hints of what was to come. Being the control freak that I am, I think He tries to ease my stress by letting me in on things slowly.

That backseat conversion was just the beginning of the crazy cool adventure God was planning on taking me on!

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Today... Oh today, Not unlike most days recently, was packed with...stuff to do.

Don't let my Instagram pics fool you!

To kick off the day right, guess what I had for breakfast!?! Did you say pancakes? Wrong. Did you say cinnamon rolls? Wrong. Did you say cereal? But I did have french toast sticks...by the way, not the best ideas for portable on the road while you're the one driving food according to my hair, necklace, and shirt. Woops.

While working Duck Duck Goose from 9-4ish there were a few things that would have been nice:

  1. Chapstick,  that wind's a booger!
  2. Bigger bags of M&Ms for my lunch but the mini bags & some peanuts were great. Just glad it wasn't SPAM.
  3. Stain remover or even just a simple baby wipe for some of the nasty clothes that tried to sneak their way in, I for Real washed my hands All Day Long. lol
  4. Fewer of THESE and THESE and THESE singing, I mean, that makes it really hard to hear yourself talking to yourself all day.
  5. Gum curbed the hunger {btw: my boss is not a slave driver...I'm just a task oriented person & wouldn't leave to get anything}
  6. If any day was an allergy's nasal spray kinda day...it should have been today. Hello
  7. Maybe next time I'll bring cookies...
  8. or maybe just the dough
  9. I have a wicked strong smeller. Maybe air freshener would be a good investment for the old building or
  10. maybe...for the stinky people.

After the fun of hanging out with working with sweet ladies all day, I ran home to help get ready for a family to come see our home {for the 3rd time! hopefully that's a good sign}. When I got home it was time to

  1. scarf the pizza I picked up on the way and then we were off...
  2. check to see if I needed refills for all the plug-ins already going
  3. Does anyone use these? I always thought they looks a lil nasty sitting in a window or on a counter but I guess they work well. I just through one away tonight after like at least a month.
  4. I didn't have time to do the carpets though {tear}
  5. or the windows, another day.
  6. Wiped down counters/tables
  7. I think Matt cleaned the kitchen and
  8. bathrooms and
  9. TOILETS {several times after #stomachbug2013- didn't know? Check out my twitter or Facebook}
  10. everywhere else while I was work'n 😀

Now, I'm off to upload a gazillion pics of this weekend's work in Vtow & The Valley! Woot!!!

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Crafty Beards {for Babies} + a GIVEAWAY

Anybody else still thawing out from a randomly frigged cold front?!? What a perfect time for a cozy giveaway, eh?

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You know I like to say thanks for read'n my ramblings as often as possible and it's been way too long since I've done a giveaway sooooo, I'm gonna hook ya up!

I have made this sweat friend through The Homemaker's Challenge where we both contribute, Nicole Beard. She is one crafty lil chicka!

Nicole is a 25 Year old Christian wife and soon to be mother {woop!}, living in Kansas but originally from Florida! Her mother taught me to crochet when she was a lil bitty kid, and over the years she's picked up different techniques and patterns from various sources. Her prayer is to honor the Lord with her craft. How cool is that?

These stylish crochet newborn caps with earflaps will keep your little one (or the little one receiving a gift!) warm and cozy. Sold in a pack of 2, dark blue and bright green. Caps are approximately 5 inches from top to bottom and the ear flaps add approximately 2 inches to the length and will comfortably cover the baby's ears. The diameter is approximately 7 inches.

Please contact me Nicole for special orders - she can be made in any color you'd like! Boy, girl or neutral! Makes a wonderful gift as well. Ear flaps are optional and the caps can be made special order without them. (from my Etsy shop product description).

As far as the rest of the products on the CraftyBeards shop, she can make anything on there in any other color! She does take special orders for everything.

Today's giveaway is the adorable 2-pack caps in this photo:

How stank'n cute would these be with giant bows hooked on them?

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Here is the how we're gonna do the giveaway. Rather than complicate things with a Rafflecopter, we're doing the good ole fashion comment method. Make sure you use an email where I can reach you with further info if/when you win.

Leave a separate comment for each of the following:

  • Head over to the Crafty Beards Etsy Shop and tell me your favorite thing Nicole offers
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Good Luck!!!

{Giveaway closes Friday morning and winner will be announced & contacted that afternoon}

Congratulatinos to Angie Ukena,
the winner of the Crafty Beards' 2 pack knit beanies!

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