Grateful Friday

So a lot of things have happened over the past few weeks. I have become a team leader for Bigenuf, you can read about that here and Jon my husband has finally after 2 years of my begging and pleading has quit smoking! I am literally jumping for joy! (Insert big smile and extremely happy dance here!) We made a promise to each other over two years ago that we would quit smoking together, I did, he didn't. It has been rough knowing that he didn't want to quit, rough trying to be a supportive wife and be understanding. But I was a supportive wife and I was understanding and I prayed my butt off! (That was the only way I survived through this all.) God answered my prayers after two years! He gave me the wisdom to help Jon through that rough week of his life. It has been 2 weeks ago today that he quit and I couldn't be more proud of the man I look up to day in and day out. I couldn't be more thrilled to watch my husband as God is forming him into this wonderful man who leads us with confidence! I see Jon smile a lot more now, I see him finding his worth in the little things in life and I see him growing, loving, living, laughing, EXERCISING! The list just goes on and on. As you notice I wrote exercising in caps well folks that would be because my husband doesn't exercise! He has told me since the day I met him that he is allergic to running and pretty much any exercise of any kind! And now pretty much every morning he is taking our son for an hour long walk! So in just two weeks I have watched my husband do this complete transformation and I can't help but smile and give praise to the one who made it all possible! Thank you so much God for answering my two year long prayer!

Completely going off subject now and onto other thoughts :) I have been thinking about making some gifts for the wonderful loving ladies I spend every Wednesday night with and for the wonderful loving people that serve on our team for bigenuf, and one thought that came to my mind was making some pretty scrap book paper / fabric covered composition books and little mini matching composition books for their purses. Kind of like this or this. I think they will be cute prayer request books for women that attend a Bible study or good for grocery lists and so on. I think the little mini comp books for the purse will come in handy when needing to jot down a quick reminder, or making a simple list to run to the store and get a few things, or maybe even in a time of need, oh lets say like when you accidentally back into someones car in the parking lot?? Just kidding but if it happens you have paper handy right? So what are your thoughts?

Something New....

So I have been thinking that it is time to branch out of my comfort zone and start doing things that 1) May make me uncomfortable, but are necessary & 2) Start trying to reach every Man, Woman, & Child with the good news of our Lord and Savior! I am an extremely shy person and have a very hard time meeting new people and introducing myself. (Maybe that is part of the reason why it is so hard for me to make and maintain friendships?) Well I decided Sunday that is is time to come out of my shell and start doing living for Him and not for myself! And it just so happened that God had something perfect planned for me.

I found out Sunday that our long time Bigenuf leader Daimy was no longer going to be able to lead us. She is now back to work full time and on top of that she is taking two classes and doesn't have anytime to manage anything with all she is doing plus being our leader. (When I say leader I mean, she is in charge of a group of people that volunteer every 3rd Sunday to work with the kids ages birth to 5 years.) Daimy has a big job to do every Sunday when we all serve. She has to float around to the three rooms that house the Creepers (ages birth to 18 mos) the walkers (ages 18 mos-3 yrs) and the Runners. (ages 3yrs-5yrs) She always stops and sees how she can serve us the workers. "Do you guys need any help in here?" " Is there anything that would make this easier for you guys?" and so on. She sits at the front desk and makes sure everyone gets checked in and to the places they are suppose to be. In the walkers & runners rooms we have lesson plans. We ask that the people that teach these two groups of children read over the lesson plans during the week so that they come into Church Sunday morning ready to go. That doesn't always happen. So basically you get my point, there is a lot of work that needs to be done.

So cue me. Daimy will be stepping down and I will be stepping up. I am very excited and honored to accept this position. I feel like this will help me more in my everyday career (of one day wanting to be a supervisor) and two help me with reaching the child part of every man, woman, & child. Also I am going to help in recruiting more volunteers to help us out in the Bigenuf/Kidzone ministries! This will also help me in branching out more and forcing myself to meet new people. This will probably be one of the hardest things for me to do but it is something that has to and will be done!

So I am excited to see what God has planned for me down this new avenue of my life. I can't wait to do His will.

If anyone lives in the area and is looking for a great Church please consider making Summit your home! And if you feel so lead please volunteer and work with these sweet wonderful children of God!

Galatians 6:4-5

So recently this verse has been weighing on my mind. My hubby told me the other day that it wasn't fair that his dad could still do something and he could no longer do his thing that he wanted to do. Well immediately God gave me this verse! We were at a gas station and I was pumping gas. (Yes, I was pumping the gas. I told hubby that I wanted to. It makes sense since our gas tank door is on the passenger side of the car so I hopped out and started pumping.) I told him I had the perfect verse for him and to just hold that thought! So I finished pumping gas and I got back in the car and picked up my phone. (I am so thankful I have a smart phone that has a Bible app on it that I can reference any time of the day!) And I went to straight to the title of this Blog Galatians 6:4-5 and here's what it says: "4 Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, 5 for each one should carry his own load." I was praising God for giving me these words for Jon to hear! I couldn't believe it! I was so honored to be able to give my hubby's God's words as perspective! He got really silent and just said "Huh" then I went on to say "Honey, If you can't take pride in yourself and in what God is doing in your own life then you have a problem. You shouldn't compare yourself to your dad (or anyone else for that matter) because you and your dad are each your own person!" He agreed with me. I also admitted to him that I too could use this and apply it in my daily life. Do you ever find yourself comparing yourself to others? Do you ever find yourself saying "hmmm, how come I can't have it together like her", or "wouldn't life be easier if I had this or did that?"
I think if we all really reflect we will find that one time or another we have been like this whether it was when we were 11 or when we were 32 we all have moments of comparing ourselves to others. But the greatest thing is that we have a God who loves us immensely. Who forgives us, and casts our sins as far as the east is from the west! I couldn't think of anything better, Can you??

Blessed Wednesday!

I have had such a blessed day thus far! And to explain my blessed day we will have to go back to about two weeks ago. Well two weeks ago I was stressed out and worried. I wasn't sure how we would get by or make due. I felt like we were sinking. I was letting everything get to me and then I picked up my Bible and started reading and asking God to really truly help me to let go of all of this and that day I did. I didn't worry for that was his job and I knew if we were following him and giving to him that he would provide for us. These passage's kept coming to mind the past 2 weeks; Matthew 6:25-34. So now heading back to the present. So today has been a wonderful day filled full of blessings! The Lord is pouring out over me and  family!

This morning on my way to work I was listening to WAY FM and they were playing Brandon Heath's song "Give Me Your Eyes" and for some reason I looked up at the sky while singing at the top of my lungs and there right before my eyes was a beautiful rainbow! Right before my eyes was God's promise to the world to me and I could help but think WOW, God is so great and Awesome! I couldn't help but think the rainbow was partially for me :) (Not saying that I am selfish and that God only made it for me but I believe he wanted me to see it) So then I continued onto work Praising God and thanking him for the beautiful rainbow and telling him how amazingly awesome he was! So then I got to work and everything was good and went like clock work. My husband and I found out that we will be receiving a check in the mail in the next few days that will help us immensely with our finances! Another praise! Also we will be receiving another big check in the mail and I just found that out this morning! I was pretty much in tears at this point. Mind you I have not worried for over 2 weeks now and I have been knowing that God would provide for us and he has so abundantly! I was just in awe at how amazing he is! I couldn't believe it! My first thoughts were thanking and praising him and then my second was thinking we were so unworthy of all of this! Even now as I write this I am tearing up again. To know that he loves us so much more then we could ever fathom! I just never expected this! I am so grateful and extremely blessed! (I don't think I have said that enough!)

So that has been my day thus far. It has been pretty amazing and I am just going to continue to submit myself unto the lord and pray. And at the end of the day I will place my head on my pillow with a smile planted on my face!

Band aid's

So as I was getting ready for work this morning I was getting out my hair dryer and knocked over the box of band aids. As I started to pick up the band aids I got to thinking, Jeez, we sure have had this box of band aids a long time and it is still pretty much full! That got me thinking some more.... Jhenna, you have boys and you still have a full box of band aids from over a year ago??? That is unheard of! Then I thought wow I am so blessed. I am always so worried about my boys getting hurt and yet here I sit with a year old full box of band aids! If you have known me for any length of time then you know that I have said "God definitely has a sense of humor, he gave me boys!"  I have said that I can't mentally handle boys, I am the mom that is like oh no, he is going to fall off his bike and then I yell out be careful, watch out for that hole, why don't you come stand next to mommy and walk with her. Yes, in more or less words I am a nut ball, and I never really saw that I have been holding back my boys from being what they are boys! God will protect them and I need to let go and let them live the boyish lifestyle.

I believe that God gave me boys not because he has a sense of humor (even though he does have one) but because he wanted me to learn to let go of the control factor and know that he is first and foremost always in control. Something that has taken me way to long to figure out! Ever since I started reading the Crazy Love book, I have really been stopping and taking the time to just think, smell the roses and  WOW, God your blowing me away! How come I didn't stop and think sooner?