Five things that every guy should still do after the "I do's"

After a man says his "I do's" a certain amount of comfort sets in with his new wife. The new and exciting world of dating is over and the odd and wonderful world of marriage comes over you two like a wave. But even after you get the girl of your dreams anf she starts stealing your flannel shirts for bed and you see more make up less days then her glam days. She still wants to feel like you are still chasing after her. I have made a list of the top5 things that will help you make her feel still chased and desired!

1, Always text her first, this is important because a girl wants to know she is on your mind. Even if its a quick "hey I love you" or something a bit more. When we feel like we on your mind we feel like we are important.

2, Spend time with her friends. These people have been in her life maybe longer than you and they mean something to her. So spending time with them makes her feel like what she values matters to you. And doing that simple thing can make her more comfortable with you because she knows you care about every aspect of her life.

3, whatever you did to win her heart do those things to keep her heart. We feel in love with you in that time and the effort you put into the relationship. So many people feel like when the ring is on the finger the work gets to stop and life should just happen. But couples need to remember it took time to become connected so it will take work to stay connected.

4, pray with her! This makes the bond you have stronger. Prayer can be a very reveling and emotional time. Especially if she is having some life struggles. Taking the time to show her that you are with her in prayer and in the times of life makes the trust stronger between you two.

5, never criticize her body! With time comes changes
Some changes can be good and some can come from a place of comfort. A woman's body is sometimes the thing we have the most insecure thoughts about. Thats why when we go out as a single women we dress to impress. We want to be wanted. We want to feel beautiful. If we start to feel like you see more flaws than beauty you will notice a big change in her. So even if you see gravity hitting us love that her body is now yours and she wants to give it to you.

Staying in the bubble of comfort...

As Christians we tend to get more comfortable with our bubbles then I feel un believers do. We have what the world is longing for, Jesus. Un believers are constantly searching for that thing that will make them complete. So they try anything and everything. But when we find God our search of happiness almost dies. We figure we have God so we are done. The work and search is over so we settle down in our ministry get comfy and figure we can sit here until our life on earth is over. But as my pastor has said in a few of his messages....WAKE UP!!!

   We can't afford to be sitting in our comfy ministry and not actually ministering! Living a full life is probably the best ministry of them all! When we live to the full potential God gave us we shout how big and fabulous our God is!! But when we just find comfortable living we never really live and those ministry's we are serving in DIE! They because comfort kills boldness and boldness saves the un believers, plain and simple. And our boldness doesn't have to be us beating up on people with our bible but boldly living what the bible says and its truths for life.

We can't make him the one..

One of the hardest times in my single years was dating scott. For some reason I played God in my head. I wanted to be married and have that life so badly that I made up a calling and a vision. I told myself that the Lord told me he was my husband. And even tho it was a year of back and forth dating, fights and even rejecting good advice. The pain I made myself walk in was so thick I should have been wearing waiters to track through all the extra stuff and emotional problems I had sunken into.

I see so many young ladies do this. They experience pain with one area or man and think, "well if this new/ old flame works then all will be fixed" im sorry but no it won't. Focusing your thoughts and time on a man who may or may not want you is not the way to fix your life! God is! And if you want a restored life then put down the lust of a relationship with a person. And pick up the pure love and relationship with Christ.

Ex's are ex's for a reason. They are not meant to be. If a man walks away from you then let him. Because the man God has for you will be chasing after you and putting in the work to keep you. Stop making excuses for a man that's not yours! He may have been in a relationship with you at one point,but he was never yours! My ex was never mine and I was never his! He has a beautiful woman as his wife and I have a sexy deputy ad my husband! And if you ask any of us we never saw the other coming,but when God had us meet, we knew. We didn't have to try we just fit.

My relationship with scott and others thought me so much. But my relationship with God has touched my life and given me more knowledge than my past relationship ever has. Our past is meant to stay behind us. Our God promises a hope and a future. We need to chase that and not a man.

My advice is to become the kind of woman you want your, brother or son to marry,and follow God whole heartedly. God will bring the husband if you trust him in the single days!

The ripples of a life.

Have you ever noticed the amount of ripples one small rock can make in a pond? I truly believe one life can send a dramatic amount of ripples in to the world, to where thier life never stops effecting the world. Never can a more perfect and profound example of this be more true than with my brother-in-law, Clinton. He has changed so many lifes and brought true faith to the Ingman household. And his story showcases God and his Devine plan in a moving and life changing experience.

Clinton kyle Ingman was born and the world had no clue that on that day the game changed forever. God put into motion a mighty plan when he formed Clinton in my mother-in-laws womb. Who knew a baby could have such a large calling on his little life.

If you sit down with any member of my husband's family and ask them to describe Clinton the first thing you will notice is the smile that takes over there face. It's rare to see someone smile from their forehead to thier chin but it happens every time. And then the stories will start of how loving, kind, and giving Clinton was at such a young age. When most children are yelling and punching their little brother to give his toy back Clinton loved sharing with my husband Alex. One of my favorite stories involves my brother-in-law comforting adults in hard times when he was just 3 or 4. God's unconditional love lived out for all to see in a little blonde boy in cowboy boots. But these stories are just the start of the ripples.

On a normal day a very tragic and at the time un-understood accident happened. My brother-in-law passed away at the age of 4. Leaving behind two heartbroken parents and his 2 year old brother, My husband Alex. At this time the ripples began to grow...

The first time I really had a true conversation with my father in law he told me a story of his Faith and how he truly knew God was/is real. After Clinton passed my father in law asked God for a sign in a moment of real and emotional prayer. When asked  God for a sign he  answered in the best way possible for my father in law. Every animal on thier property began to let out it's cry. To me I can see God gathering the animals and explaining why he needed this to happen. Can you imagine right now God in his calm and loving voice telling the dogs, birds and other animals that they were to call out for his son. His son he loves so much. I often do this with my two dogs for my husband. I let out a loud bark to get them excited for Alex to walk into our home from a long day at work. We love Alex and are so happy to be with him that I get them pumped up for his arrival so he feels loved in that moment. The same was true for God and Dave, my father in law. God loves dave so much that he got the animals pumped up for this moment. The moment his faith went from there to true and unwavering.

Another ripple formed because of Clinton. His father's faith was made real because of his son's life. And this faith poured out into the rest of the family. And God continued to use this faith to guide my father in law in his law enforcement career.

Luke 1:46 to 50
"And mary said, my soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my savior, for he has been mindful of of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the mighty one has done great things for me. Holy is his name. His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation."

In the verse about Mary is talking about her pregnancy with Jesus. A mother is talking about her faith in a time of not really understanding God's plan. Because at this time she is visiting her cousin Elizabeth.

A mother's humble love for God and trust of his plan is Mary's example and also the example my mother-in-law cindy brings to my life. This amazing woman, who I get to call family and my children will call grandma, is a huge ripple in this story. In the face of a situation where she could have been broken to the point of no return she stood strong and she stood in love. A mother's love is one of the strongest things God has ever made. It can move mountains and change lives. And the love my mother-in-law pours out every day is more than some feel in a life time. And so many times when we talk about. Clinton's life, she will say she doesn't understand why God had Clinton live such a short life but she trusts God and his plan and in any situation I get in where I want to complain about what I think is a hard and un fair moment in my walk I think of her. And her trust of God's plan.

Now to the ripple I love the most and am so grateful for. My Alex!! A man I prayed for almost every day as a little girl. Alex is kind, full of love and respect for the Lord. It comes from the ripples he brother started. Alex and his family lived about 45 minutes from the town we live in now. They had property up there and was starting to form a life. But due to Clinton's passing and God moving/working they moved.

Alex went to a private Christian school his whole life and in seventh grade a very tall and awkward Girl came to his school. And one day at lunch alex met this girl. We didn't know it yet but that moment was the first time I would talk to my husband. RIPPLE! Due to the move my in laws and husband made in the 1990s it set us on the path to met and fall in love. Answering a prayer my heart cried for to be answered. My whole life I dreamed of my Prince charming. I dreamed he would ride in and save me from my awkward and lonely self. But God had a better story in mind. Our story and our story plays out every day because of the ripples Clinton's life still makes.

Alex told me when we were dating of his brother and his life. The story was a hard one and not with out tears. But a few things stood out to me in this story. For one Alex was a very obedient child because of his brother. He knew his parents had already experienced such loss and pain that he only wanted to do his best and be his best for them. And the obedience her showed made for a very close and strong relationship with his parents. The next thing that stood out was Clinton's effect on his life. Alex had some prodigal years where he went out and wasn't living in his promise. But his brother's memory kept him in line to a point. He often thought what would Clinton do. And it would give him a chance to think over what he was about to do. This kept Alex on a road that lead to me and God used that to grow Alex in his faith. And he now has a deeper relationship with Christ and when his deputy schedule allows he is in church something that he had never done before. One life has created love, relationships and lives changed. One life did all of that and so much more. And Clinton's ripples will continue on in the children Alex and I will have. The faith and love those children will experience. The testimony their lives will be.

God uses unlikely and sometimes hard moments to propel us and those around us into our callings. My life the life of my husband and in laws have been changed forever because of one little boy. And the callings we each have on our lives will effect many more and those people will go out and effectively share the testimonials of their lives. And the short life of Clinton was the start of that ripple effect.

Now to wrap this up with a final thought. We have the same life changing ripple effect in us. God made us to ripple out and touch the world around us. I shared the story of my brother-in-law because I wanted t show you that point. God made us as rocks that ripple the water when we drop ourselves into the life he has called us to live. Because our calling isn't what we do but who we are. Clinton was kind, loving and true and so are his ripples. What ripples will your life make? 

The pressure of the changing diamond

God is really pressing  on my heart this morning that our faith starts out like coal. it's almost like when we're in sin we are dark we are compressed where a black. but then with the right pressure and the right amount of pressure we turn into diamond, things that people will spend a fortune on something that's almost priceless. But to make a diamond from coal you need pressure although we need to make sure that the pressure that we're receiving is from God and not extra pressure we put on ourselves. Because we have a tendency to do that when we don't obey we add pressure that we don't need. so when we hear from God we need to obey right away with a happy heart even if it's something uncomfortable. Pressure of the right kind is going to turn our faith into something that glimmers like a diamond something priceless. God is so good in realizing how much pressure we need, you will never exceed what pressure you need to become a diamond but that's where we need to make sure that we're doing what we're supposed to be doing which means not adding extra pressure to our lives. A good way to make sure that your pressure is from God is to always make sure that you are equipped with his word and that you're in prayer.

Also that you seek guidance from those around you that have been in the pressure because they will be able to distinguish whether or not this is God pressure or if this is unnecessary pressure you're adding to your calling. Now remember even though I'm saying pressure it doesn't mean that God's gonna give you a things that you can't handle.

This means that he's going to put things in your life that will strengthen you. And that will change you. So those things will make you grow and change into something that you were meant to be from birth. Trust the pressure, trust the trust the creator, and trust the outcome.

In the Bible there so many times for you to see such courageous people in the Bible go through the old testament and see the  pressure that they needed to walk into. Its full of those examples, that lead them to their calling they had on their life. God gave them..pressure it may have been uncomfortable but was necessary for them to realize that the things of this world are the things that we need to kind of shed off of ourselves so that are diamond can be revealed. Take time today or this week and just research and read the word where it talks about how many times people have done that. The Israelites going into the promise land for example there was a lot of pressure there to do what God was telling them to do uncomfortable pressure how does walking around the wall get me where I want to go this is just uncomfortable this is awkward this doesn't make sense is some of the things that they were probably thinking but when they obeyed and they walked into the pressure they walked into the calling also at the same time. Mary is another great example. How much pressure do you think she felt being a virgin and being pregnant? Think of the things that were going on in her life. But when she embraced the pressure she embraced her calling and she birthed something that has forever changed all of our lives.

Sometime the pressure is also the calling! so many times we think the end result as the diamond we're striving to get into  but the amazing thing is that the pressure is what changes us. that process of the pressure is what I find so beautiful. God has made us to withstand the pressure so we can walk in the calling you don't ever see anyone in the Bible breaking because of the pressure. You see them strive ,you see them succeed, you see them grow! And most importantly you that pressure leads to a blessings .so next time you feel overwhelmed just remember you're in your diamond process. Pressure is good, pressure is what is shaping you for the call.

We are the women of the bible

Sometimes I think that we as women think the women of the bible as super heroes,but in reality they are just women who decided to to step out of just surviving and into a reval that only happens when you jump into your faith with both feet! Thr are so many amazing women that yes we can look up to for inspiration or hope but why have we stopped looking at our own lives like this?
I believe we are all mighty woman of the bible,because we believe in the bible and the truth,  strength, peace and promise it has to offer us.

I appreciate God giving us examples of mighty Christian women. I really do,but I know he made me and you to be mighty overcoming women! Ladies we have the holy spirit living in us!! We have the power to preform miracles. Even if that miracle is getting the laundry done on time or the kids out the door. Your story is a story of survival to reval!

Balance and peace when it comes to dreams

In life we have a tendency to be all over the place and then wonder why we are not happy or fill fulfilled. I feel like im starting to understand the why to this question. We set our own goals in life then stick a "God approved" sticker on them. But in reality they are our wants and since we have a Christian label we call it "his will" when we are leaving him completely out of it.

It is good to dream,but we need to dream God dreams. What mean by this is,pray for God to fill your heart with his will for your life. And then be willing to follow his time line. Not your time line. Our God is no slow poke. He has a reason to his timing. And if we rush or become lazy the result will be a human result not a heavenly result. I want big things for my life. But more than that I want God things for my life. I know the world tells us that if you want something go after it. But if you want something pray about it!!! God will tell you what to do. He will show you the path to get it. Trust, pray, act, pray, thank. Should be our way of action for dreams or goals.

Also understand that bumps will come along the way. That's life and part of being human. We hit bumps. But bumps can turn into blessings at any moment. I thought I hit a bump when the guy I was dating turned into a bad situation,but God was getting ready to have my husband come into my life. Sometimes God has to clear out a lot of stuff before the dream can happen. Stay strong and focused in this time. Its actually a great time in your life. It's a time to spend some quality time with God and yourself. When you know God and you better, life gets better.

Finally, I know having a dream can be exciting, so stay excited! Love life and the blessings that happen every day!

Blessed or not blessed that is the question

My husband read an article last last night that stated that Christians shouldn't say we are blessed when it comes to a job, house, ect...

I find fault in thia because the whole reason for the article was to show us that God bless' us with grace mercy love life and the list goes on. But where I find myself disagreeing is God is not limited to any perticular way to bless us. And we should thank him and acknowledge what he does for us everyday. Yes the biggest blessing in our life is the Lord's love and mercy on us. His sacrifice for our sins. But he is a father and daddy's like to take care of their children. So if God bless' you with a home or something its not saying he doesn't bless others because they dont have a home. That is just the way God wanted to bless you and we have no idea how he plans to bless anyone else nor is it our business. We should not compare our blessings against others but recognize that God can and will bless people how he sees fit and we should be thankful for that.

Choices and the masses

What drives your decisions? For most of us its, well ourselves. "What's best for me" "what can I handle" "how will this make me look" "how will this make me feel" in a way I almost feel like these are word curses. In the fact that they stop us from thinking about God in your decisions. What does God want you to do and how does God want you to act? He has placed things in our lives for a reason and maybe even more than one. And its never just about us. We have the world to think about. In all honesty its true the whole world gets affected by our choices.
My husband becoming a cop doesn just change our family and friends but thousands! Our story as couple and as individuals has the potential to change thousands. Not that we are that cool but thats how life works. If you think about how many friends you have then how big your family is and you do that for each person you know. You'll be thinking of this for hours and never really find an end.

I dont say this to you to scare you when you make choices, but to inspire a more God like way of thinking. "How will this choice impact the kingdom of Heaven"

You have some choices to make:)

It's just a honda....

As I was driving to work this morning I saw a Honda that is just like one of my ex boyfriends. Now when we were dating I helped him pick out this car that he now has to this day. And is now his family car for him and his beautiful family. I chuckled and thought "wow, God how life changes" and a big life lesson is in that.

I think as human's we forget that our circumstances are not our life. Life changes all the time and whatever you are in right now is a season. Now reminders of this season may always be around like this car,but life will always be moving. And God will always be a constant in each season. For example iam now married to a man I love more than own life, we have a great life together,but when I picked out that car I thought I was going to be in that passenger seat for alot longer then I was. But his premises are new every morning. He knew that was just a season and how he was going to change and bless my life.

Today is my birthday....

Today is my birthday, iam 26. And instead of my normal need to feel spoiled today my feelings are ones of greatfulness! God has given me 26 years of life and a full one with amazing highs and the lowest of lows. But in everything he has been by my side loving me and shaping me for his plan. He has revealed a little more of his plan in the last few months and it exists me to no end to know he made me for such things! And he has given me the best support a person could ever ask for, a husband who is more than a girl could pray for then a family that loves me more than life and then my amazing friends that have turned into famliy! I want to thank everyone in my life! You have all helped me and supported me more than I could ever say! God is good and has blessed me! I LOVE my life:) Happy life/birthday to me! Lol

He will overcome....

Listening to Jeremy Camp on the way to work today and it was is song that talks about how Jesus is a overcomer and how we will overcome because of the blood of Christ. How blessed and true is this song!

No matter what or where you are in life you can and will overcome if you choose to give it to God, the overcomer! How amazing is this, God wants to take your hard times and worries and bless you with his love. 

Amen! God you are more than good to us! So no matter what you feel like you have to overcome today, lift it to Christ. Lift your relationship up to christ if it is going through hard times, lift your work day up to christ, lift your workout to christ, lift your life up to christ Jesus. He is YOUR overcomer!

Sharing a a realization and prayer...

This moring when getting ready God showed me how deep my spirit of a victim goes. I held on to the victim card for so long I just acted like one in every area of my life. To the point where it was hurting my relationship with my husband and every other person in my life. How can I be a great wife, friend, or daughter of God if I find my identity is in my spirit of a victim? I have a blessed and happy life. Things are amazing, I have a wonderful job ,i work with kind and compassionate people, my husband is in backgrounds with two police departments, the friends and family we have are amazing! So why hold on to the victim card? No reason is good enough!! Because if we hold on to the victim card we dont open ourselves to the blessings we are intended to receive from God.

So my prayer this morning was:

Lord I no longer want to be a victim. Iam not a victim, iam a survivor! Iam not a victim of my life and the things that happened. Iam strong. Iam strong because my God is mighty! Lord take this spirit of a victim and cast it as far as you can from me. I want your blessings,your love. I want to know you more and love you more. Use me Lord because I love you!

Advice for my single ladies...

This wont be long my loves, this just a bit of info I've learned in my life and I want to pass it on.

Most single Christian women spend too much time dwelling on the dream/prayer for a husband /boyfriend. For example, every time I went to conference I would get all dressed up for those two or three days thinking "maybe I will meet my husband her!" I got things out of all the teachings but I could have gotten more! I missed out on the true meaning of those 3/4 days.

I see soo many women/girls worried about the husband more than God's timing or plan for them. Whole ministries are being developed to train women to be wives or how to wait for a husband. I'm sorry I know hearts are in the right place with wanting to help women of God grow. But focus on God and grow. THE MORE YOU THINK,DREAM,OR DWELL ON THE FACT YOU DONT HAVE A MAN THE MORE YOU WILL MISS OUT ON THE ONLY MAN THAT MATTERS MOST....GOD!! 

Ladies I want you to see that this time of being single is a gift from God and if you take classes and do this and that trying to get away from his gift how is HE suppose to bless you in this time?

Trust me your husband is out there and he needs this time aswell. He needs to grow and develop into the man you want to marry. Just as you need to develop in the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. Dont rush, because the best things in life are worth waiting for! You are one of those things!  So enjoy this time, see all God has for you in this time. And please stop by thinking about boys all the time! Lol:)

Oranges...

Imagine a orchard full of Orange trees. The sun is shining and they are all growing. Some make more fruit than others. Some make soo much fruit the tree can barely hold all the oranges. And then imagine a tree in the middle of it all with only one Orange. Should the tree be mad at the sun? Curse it for not giving it much fruit, not enough light? Or should the tree look deeper to find out why its not baring much fruit? How deep do we look at ourselves?

Just some "fruit" for through this morning:)

How am I driving?...

This moring on my way to work I was behind this car that looked like it was in a pin ball machine. Bouncing all around its lane. I make the decision to try and pass the car and when I did, I frist noticed the Christian sticker on her back window then I saw her putting on her mascara. At that moment I thought what a bad example. And as drove on I kept thinking about this woman playing pin ball with her car. The thoughts ranged from I hope she doesnt hurt anyone to im really upset that she would do that,but one thing was clear. I did not want to be near her!

How offten to our actions or words push people away from God? That is my question for us today. Do we keep people from God or do we make them want what we have, which is a relationship with a mighty God. Lets think on this today.

Job and me....

So Job went through it, no one can deny that,The man lost literally everything! His story changes how people see hard times and the perspective they have. And this moring during worship God popped the thought of Job in my mind and when I think of Job I always think of him scraping his sores with broken pottery. It gives me the chills and to be honest grosses me out. Im way too much of a visual thinker so I picture things pretty well in my mind,so that thought can be graffic. But thats not my point. My point is that when God was showing me this and Job he showed me my past and how I wear it like sores and wounds. I have gaint boils,scares, cuts and holes all over my spirit.

I've told my self that I have forgotten and forgiven,but the truth is I hold my past against everyone in it. I walk around pointing at the boil that represents them saying"look what you did to me!" Or "I just wanted to be expected and you hurt me" that wound is deep. But why do I let it stay open and not heal. Why don't I scrap this crud off of me? I have more than ive wanted, a husband and a life that is filled with purpose. The truth is ive let those boils and bruises stay because I thought I deserved them. Ive always felt less than everyone else in the world. I never feel like I fit in anywhere. I was a shy poor kid with a learning disability growing up, then I was the fat tall girl in high school, and as a younger adult I was anorexic and labeled a slut by my own family. Very few people looked at me and really saw who I am. So I forgot who I was and just thought I was all those labels. My boils made me. But today for the first time I took my broken piece of glass and scrapped off all the junk that hurt me. My wounds can now heal! I can see who I really am. And you can do the same!! You were made beautiful, smart, and you are truly amazing. Too amazing to fit in with the rest of the world. Things in your past sucked,but you are better and stronger than those things. Scrap off your boils don't sit in the ashes of the past. Stand up and claim your victory over your life and future! You are a world changer and a champion! Don't let a wound hold you back and make you afraid of success any longer. I know I won't!

If you want to be set free from your boils pray the following prayer and do it out loud so the world can hear the prayer and declaration of a warrior the fights for God's kingdom!

Prayer:
       Lord, I ask you to help me. Help me to heal. Help me no longer see my boils as who iam,but to see what you see when you look at me. I claim victory over my life and the purpose you have for me. And I will fight for your kingdom with my life. I will love you with all I am and do your will. For iam healed by your blood! And I love you Lord. Thank you for this life and the blessings you have and will give me. Amen!

On big happy family..

At the church we are a family, dysfunctional family. We have so many backgrounds and stories that connect us all. some are stories great and some so I'm not so great. But if we start looking at each other as family, not just your church family. If we see and recognize the dysfunction that makes us all human. I believe that the church will lose the dysfunctional part of the family and just become a functional family. 

For example, I go to church with a lot of people from my past. but at the end of the day there are my brother there my sister. We don't spend a lot of time together but we are a family we have the same father. So why not act like a family? We are there for the same reason we love God our Father and want to glorify his kingdom. So let's see our dysfunctional parts and fix it. that way we can be one big happy family.

And to become one big happy family, we need to remember that everybody is human. How everyone makes mistakes. sometimes small and sometimes really big mistakes. But if God can forgive and love us why can't we love them. Can we help them, be there for them and love them. let's pray for our big family today that we will all unite under one of father.

Why pray...

Why do we pray? If God knows what we're going to say before we say it. then why do we bow our heads and close our eyes before we eat a meal or to thank him for it or when things are going hard and even to simply say I love you and thank you.

Now I relate this to my life with my husband. Alex knows I love him and he knows how much I love him. He knows  that id do anything for him. I've showed him that and  I've told him that (,ie, the bible and cross from God's point of view)  but if we never said the things people already knew I think we would be living a silent life. Atleast on our end. God wants to talk to us. He loves the things his child says because he loves his child. He wants to be there for you. He wants to hear what happened in your day or what you want from life. He loves talking to you! And like any relationship communication is key. If we just go about are day saying "well God already knows what I think or want so why bug him?" Well prayer and talking to God isn't always about what you are going to tell him,but what he is going to tell you! Talk to God today he wants to hear from you and he wants to talk with you his beloved child!

A word from God this morning....

You have an amazing life before you one with power, Victory, strength, love, joy ,peace, and the Father by your side. Don't doubt this time of trial for it is meant to be water for a garden.
You will grow more than you ever imagined possible for your self. The flood gates of opportunity will open over your life. This will happen sooner than you think if you just trust me (the Lord) give your life to me and I will give you abundance! Trust in the Lord with all you heart ,soul and mind! For you are loved and I wont let you down or hurt you, iam your father and adore you. 

(I dont know this word is for but I know God loves you and wants you to open your heart and receive it this morning)

A little something you all should know...

Everything thing this says is true and you just need to accept it into your life and joy will flow. For these things are true because you are the daughter of God. A princess with a great propose.

Dirt in the garden....

Iam dirt. Dirt on the ground.

Now normally when someone calls themselves dirt they mean in a truly negative way. But not this time! Iam proud to be dirt for my Gardenier is the Lord. He plants seeds in my life, waters them with trying times, his love and mercy so they will grow. He has made me for beauty! Iam rich, needed, and have a great propose. 
 
And the best part is you are dirt:)

Fireworks

If we see our lives as us standing around on the 4th of july, we are just waiting for the the big boom and our shy to change. I often think we all feel this way when things go wrong.

We are the little one who doesnt want the "boom boom" to come because its scary. But if we have trust in God and know that what whatever happens around us he is in control and our confidence is in him those big scary shy changing fireworks turn into. Those small barley remembered poppers. That yes can be annoying,but in the grand scheme of things are just little.

can we walk on water

As Christians we often heard the story of Peter walking on water, but do we really stop and think about how that applies to our lives. at this point in our life we are in a storm let's say, the water is crashing all around us our faces constantly sprints with water our eyes are are blurred from the fog in front of us.and in this moment we have a choice a crossroads if you will.do we set and check our fish that God as we think into the water or do we grab Christ hand and focus on him and our God given purpose. don't make coming go in many different forms in our lives but one thing remains true.God is always with us and he will never forsake us, he has a plan for our lives and sometimes he's just waiting for us to grab his hand.as humans we may wonder what God is doing in our lives in he shot so many doors.we just need to know we may not be able to see what's in front of us and where that finishline is.

so let's not be Christians of little faith but followers of Christ that step boldly out of the boat and on to the storm which crashes around us but we know that Christ is our center and are light. you will never leave us nor forsake us in any storm we go through.you will always have his child's best interest at heart.so let's trust the Lord and grab on to his hand. trust the guys doing in your life because even though there are storms you were made with a great purpose for his kingdom.you are amazing it may seem hard now but God has everything in control even when it looks like the waters crashing around you.

The Biggest loser....

Before I met my husband I was the world's best quitter. I never finished anything that could ever be thought of as hard. I was also really great at crash diets, now that might sound like they go against each other,but they don't. It's really easy to do something that only lasts a few days.

At this point in time I am a few days away from ending my frist week in my works biggest loser, I have worked out a total of one time. I know I can do better than this. Have you ever felt that way? You are going through something and you know you can do better. Well if so than you can relate to me. I don't want to quit, I wont quit! But the fact is im soo scared to lose. I wanna show my family who has so many health problems that they can get better, I want to show myself just how hard work pays off. I want to win! (And the money doesn't sound half bad either, I could use it to move when Alex gets his job in law enforcement) 

So how do I go about dropping the 30 pounds I need to to win this thing? Well I know 3 things I need to win anything in life and I have all 3! I just need

1,Faith (faith in God, faith in myself, faith in the fact that if you workout you will lose weight)

2, understanding( I need to understand that it will be hard and I will have moments of wanting to give up)

3,support (I need to support myself,but realize that my husband and family are behind and willing to help me 100%)

Ladies, you can do anything! Do not the weakness of the human mind and/or body stop you from doing amazing things! Your dreams, goals, hopes can come to pass. "For all things are possible with christ Jesus" 

So lets get up and see what God has for our lives because I know it's gunna be awesome! He wants you to push your self and when its hard trust that he will give you the strength to over come!

My biggest loser is in the bag! Iam no longer a quit kind of girl or crash diet kind of girl, iam  an Ingman (or whatever your last name is) and I wont quit, not on myself or the people that around me. I am giving life 100%.