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• August 28, 2009 -- Another few faves from Gulf Shores…
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Ok so its supposed to be wordless but you know me… wordless just doesn’t fit!  I took this photo while sitting on the beach in gulf shores.  One morning I was watching the waves roll in as my dad, Troy and Owen played, hunted shells and snorkled and I had a few quiet minutes to think about the vastness of God’s creation and how amazing it is that we can go through life so very busy that we miss it.  I could have spent my entire vacation doing nothing but this above and being perfectly happy.  Just sitting with my kids, my camera, my family and my Heavenly Father and knowing how much I am loved.  Its truly amazing.

Another funny thing is that I should come across this photo and think of the parable of Wise and Foolish Builders which is found in Matthew 7:24-28:

The Wise and Foolish Builders

²⁴“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. ²⁶But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

²⁸When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, ²⁹because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.

I find it no coincidence that this be brought to mind during this particular week of our lives.  There is so much going on right now and I try not say too much.  I never want to be the person who looks like they are begging for sympathies, because truthfully even if I walk this entire life alone … no one but me and God… then I am fine.  At any rate…. we will not be loosing our house this week or this month.  Which would bring up the fact that it had been in question.  Yes.  We had received a notice to accelerate our loan to foreclosure back in November and December but our mortgage company has given us a “workout”.  We don’t know the exact terms of that yet but we are praying they are favorable.  If not we will be forced to put the house on the market and sell it fast or declare bankruptcy.  There I said it.  Personally, our finances are a mess.  We made some poor decisions with debt which snowballed into HUGE and awful debts when Kyleigh came along and with me facing down a medical battle they coud become insurmountable without a miracle.

I have prayed and cried and worried all that I can and now I have to know that I have built my “house” on the rock.  No matter what physical dwelling I am in, my home, my house is this family and we have weathered much worse storms already than a bankruptcy or a foreclosure.  We will make it through this also.  Someday we will look back and know that this is the time when God has carried us.

As a side note of praise… we were afraid that we had owed some hefty back taxes but God has relieved us of those.  There had been a LARGE accounting error and now we are FREE from that!  Not only are we free from penalties and interest owed to the IRS but THEY owe US!!!!!!!  PRAISE GOD!

So… if you are out there and praying… please be in prayer for some big upcoming decisions in our life.  We have some opportunities ahead of us and we want to make certain that we are doing exactly what HE has planned for us!Recent Comments:

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• Melissa Gooch says I hope you and your family are well. I was just wondering if you have you given up this [more]
• Nicole Walters says Hello
  I was recently diagnosed with chiari, and now my children are also showing symptoms. I came across your blog online, [more]

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