Whirl Wind!

Man, Oh, Man! This year has been crazy! From starting a new job with Pampered Chef, to new adventures with homeschooling. This year started off rocky. My confidence shaken, and I began to question who I was. I found comfort in the Lord and He took my large mountain and crushed it. He showed me who I am in Him, in the midst of my own private darkness. My success, my joy, my family, my relationships, and my life are striving because of Him.

It's crazy how one event can shake you to the core. However, when you have built a solid foundation on the Lord in your finances, family, friends and in your marriage they will stand against the trials. All the things that I have built on the foundation of God, has blossomed beyond words, and I want to share them with you all.

As you all may know, I join Pampered Chef in January of this year, and God has been so good. I have moved up to Director, and have been able to provide the extra money my family needed to get through the year. I have earned lots of AMAZING products, and even earned my first all expenses paid vacation for my AMAZING husband and I. This job has rebuilt my confidence in myself, brought incredible people into my life, and is setting my family free from financial struggles. Now, this isn't the only exciting thing going on in my life.

We have begun our 3rd year of homeschooling. Crazy, I know! We started a new curriculum that we have all grown to love! We have gone on many field trips, and enjoyed learning in all sorts of environments. We have loved being able to do our school work outside when the weather is nice, in our classroom, and in our living room all spread out and comfy. We have even taken our homeschooling camping! We had a wonderful time reading in the outdoors, exploring the wild and spending time in the word and prayer together.

Homeschooling has its challenges. There are days where its hard to get motivated, days where we just have to set our work aside and save it for another day. There are also those days where as a mom I just feel like a total failure. Then, the Lord gives me something to lift me back up and it pushes me forward. As I see the growth in my kids, I feel a sense of pride. There is something magical about seeing them grow and get excited about it.

This year might have been difficult, but God has made it beautiful. All of the beautiful friendships I had built upon the Lord strived and flourished. My families finances are stable. I have not been more in love with my husband. We built our marriage on the Lord, and He has bound us as one just like His word says.

Don't let the moments that are meant to break you win. Give it to the Lord, because when you do it will feel like you are floating. Let God fight your battles, because the relief from doing so is beyond worth it. Stay encouraged, pick yourself back up and push forward. l know it's not easy, and I know what I am saying sounds insane. But, God is that good! Don't put a limit on what He can do. Stay strong my friends, for God is with us and He is good!