Saturday, March 19, 2011
Jesus put the song in heart
I was browsing the internet earlier this week and found they had a Psalty website where you could order Kids Praise CD's! I grew up on Psalty so I ordered a couple for the kids and I. We've been jamming to Kids Praise 4 today. You can really see all the media kids have these days when my kids looked for movie on the screen of the laptop when Psalty started talking. I have been having a great time singing "Jesus put the song in my heart" and the kids have had a fun time singing with their Mom.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Our Wedding Vows:
I found a copy of our wedding vows looking through an old wedding planning book from 10 years ago. I love our vows they speak a lot to who Eric and I are and the love we have for each other and our God.
I would love to have them on the wall or in a keepsake some place, after all we did write them ourselves.
Eric:
I Eric take you Carissa to be my wife. With my deepest joy I receive you into my life that together we may be one. As is Christ to his body, the Church, so I will be to you a loving and faithful husband. I promise that I will lead our lives into a life of faith and hope ever honoring God's guidance by his Spirit through His word no matter what may lie ahead of us. I promise to love you,honor you, comfort you in times of trial, encourage you and strengthen you and remain in this covenant with you throughout my life. Giving myself in purity and in love I give you my life and this promise forever until death.
Carissa:
I Carissa take you Eric to be my Husband. With my deepest joy I come into my new life with you. As you have pledged your life and love, so I too happily give you my life and in confidence submit myself to your headship as to the Lord. As is the Church in her relationship to Christ so I will be to you Eric. I promise to love you,honor you, comfort you in times of trial, strengthen you in weakness and encourage you promising to remain in this covenant with you throughout my life no matter what the future holds. With all that I am I give myself to you in purity and love until death.
I would love to have them on the wall or in a keepsake some place, after all we did write them ourselves.
Eric:
I Eric take you Carissa to be my wife. With my deepest joy I receive you into my life that together we may be one. As is Christ to his body, the Church, so I will be to you a loving and faithful husband. I promise that I will lead our lives into a life of faith and hope ever honoring God's guidance by his Spirit through His word no matter what may lie ahead of us. I promise to love you,honor you, comfort you in times of trial, encourage you and strengthen you and remain in this covenant with you throughout my life. Giving myself in purity and in love I give you my life and this promise forever until death.
Carissa:
I Carissa take you Eric to be my Husband. With my deepest joy I come into my new life with you. As you have pledged your life and love, so I too happily give you my life and in confidence submit myself to your headship as to the Lord. As is the Church in her relationship to Christ so I will be to you Eric. I promise to love you,honor you, comfort you in times of trial, strengthen you in weakness and encourage you promising to remain in this covenant with you throughout my life no matter what the future holds. With all that I am I give myself to you in purity and love until death.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
I had a post planned
but lost my train of thought. It's been a rough week. We've been dealing with sickness again and it seems to linger with fevers and vomiting. It all comes at a time when I have been struggling with all my roles of wife, mom, and everything those two things bring. I don't mean to sound negative in my posts. I often use my blog as an outlet for myself to write things down and vent. It is what it is. God has been convicting of my attitudes. How am I to teach my children to not whine if they see me whining? I am working on it. It is tough. Pray for me.
On a less serious note I have been working out and doing a lot of Wii workouts, my recent favorite is the Wii Zumba. It burns a lot of calories and makes you sweat like no ones business and it flies by which is important to me because I hate working out. Not a good quality when you got 100 lbs to lose. I am learning to like it and I hope one day I can say I love it but hey one thing at a time. Small steps. Myfitnesspal.com also has been a great tool for me in my fitness goals. Eric has jumped on board with me and we are both working out 4-5x a week and he is really helping me stay encouraged. It is a downer when you have PCOS to lose weight because it makes things a lot harder but I have lost before and know I can do it again. I mean if I am doing it with 5 kids 5 and under surely anyone can make the choice to be healthier right? I'll be posting my progress.
I hope this week to make some soap and enjoy basketball, my favorite sport in all the world, but right now I am going to eat my lunch. It's been a tough day and after I eat my lunch I may take a nap.
On a less serious note I have been working out and doing a lot of Wii workouts, my recent favorite is the Wii Zumba. It burns a lot of calories and makes you sweat like no ones business and it flies by which is important to me because I hate working out. Not a good quality when you got 100 lbs to lose. I am learning to like it and I hope one day I can say I love it but hey one thing at a time. Small steps. Myfitnesspal.com also has been a great tool for me in my fitness goals. Eric has jumped on board with me and we are both working out 4-5x a week and he is really helping me stay encouraged. It is a downer when you have PCOS to lose weight because it makes things a lot harder but I have lost before and know I can do it again. I mean if I am doing it with 5 kids 5 and under surely anyone can make the choice to be healthier right? I'll be posting my progress.
I hope this week to make some soap and enjoy basketball, my favorite sport in all the world, but right now I am going to eat my lunch. It's been a tough day and after I eat my lunch I may take a nap.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
A Yummy Treat
Monday, February 21, 2011
Uniquely You
I must admit I don't like a whole lot of things about myself but as I grow older I am learning to appreciate them and accept them. God has created me in a unique way and I am uniquely me just as you are uniquely you. I really need to repeat that sentence over and over again.
I have struggled with weight issues all my life due to hormonal issues like PCOS and have gone up and down in weight over the years. It has been hard. It's hard not to compare myself to others. I often find myself caught up in the comparison trap and thinking "oh I wish I were like her". When I was a teenager I also struggled with my shy and introverted personality. I envied those who could ease themselves into conversations and fit right in. I often found I stood out like a sore thumb and still feel that way at times. Once in a while my shy and reserved self would offend someone and they would often label me 'rude' and then try to set out to change me. Of course they would fail. Changing me was like taking a Tomato and trying to make it a Rose. It doesn't work. God has created each individual with a unique set of qualities to glorify him in some shape or form. My shape may be a little more rounder than others but it is still the shape God made me. Even at my ideal weight I was still a lot rounder than those 'other' girls. Growing up in a family with Parents that were in a ministry I often felt pressured to change my personality, body type etc. but must say God provided the best remedy for my feelings in giving me a husband who has never once tried to make me into something I am not. Yes I am the heaviest I have ever been thanks to 5 kids in 7 years and I look around me and often feel ugly. Let's face no matter where you go there is always someone or something reminding you of your flaws. The faster we stop comparing ourselves to others and accept the way God made us the better. The faster I learn to see me through the eyes of the creator the better. For he made me curvy and introverted. Shy and Passionate. Flawed yet Perfect in his eyes. I may never be a rose with it's fragrant beauty but a tomato has it's own set of beautiful qualities and you can eat them ;)
I have struggled with weight issues all my life due to hormonal issues like PCOS and have gone up and down in weight over the years. It has been hard. It's hard not to compare myself to others. I often find myself caught up in the comparison trap and thinking "oh I wish I were like her". When I was a teenager I also struggled with my shy and introverted personality. I envied those who could ease themselves into conversations and fit right in. I often found I stood out like a sore thumb and still feel that way at times. Once in a while my shy and reserved self would offend someone and they would often label me 'rude' and then try to set out to change me. Of course they would fail. Changing me was like taking a Tomato and trying to make it a Rose. It doesn't work. God has created each individual with a unique set of qualities to glorify him in some shape or form. My shape may be a little more rounder than others but it is still the shape God made me. Even at my ideal weight I was still a lot rounder than those 'other' girls. Growing up in a family with Parents that were in a ministry I often felt pressured to change my personality, body type etc. but must say God provided the best remedy for my feelings in giving me a husband who has never once tried to make me into something I am not. Yes I am the heaviest I have ever been thanks to 5 kids in 7 years and I look around me and often feel ugly. Let's face no matter where you go there is always someone or something reminding you of your flaws. The faster we stop comparing ourselves to others and accept the way God made us the better. The faster I learn to see me through the eyes of the creator the better. For he made me curvy and introverted. Shy and Passionate. Flawed yet Perfect in his eyes. I may never be a rose with it's fragrant beauty but a tomato has it's own set of beautiful qualities and you can eat them ;)
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