Sammy's new friend

Last week Cane Wright (Kimberly and Jarvis' son) came over to play with Sammy. They had lots of fun chasing each other and tackling one another. Here are some pictures of their adventure.

The dog days of summer...

Or at least I think the saying goes something like that. Anyway, Sammy and I went for our morning running this morning and it was pretty hot. He did a great job though and finished with me (only 2 miles). I was getting ready with my normal routine when I walked about of the bathroom into the bedroom to find one tired puppy. I guess it was to hot and he was tired so he climbed right up into the bed and was cuddled up right in my spot! See pictures below! Poor puppy - I often wonder what dogs think. I wonder if he was thinking "this is the life"...because he sure looks like he has a great life! If I was a dog...I wonder what I would be like? Probably prissy and want to sleep in the bed, under the covers too!

Beilze Trip and my first full week at CrossPointe

A group of 30 people from our Church left on Saturday to go on a mission trip to Belize. They are working on lots of projects and ministering to the people anyway they can. Please say a special pray for the team, I am sure by now they are getting tired and weary.
On another note, my first week at CrossPointe has been wonderful. I am sad that Kimberly is leaving but I am thankful that God has brought me in to be part of the team. For the first time in a long time I feel appreciated, valued and apart of something much bigger than myself. And it's not anything anyone has said to me it's just the way the staff and church members relate to one another. So far I have learned lots but the funnest thing has been publishing the podcast...who knew I could do something like this!
Kimberly has been a wonderful teacher and I am really going to miss her, I know everyone else will too. Please pray for her and her husband Jarvis as they move to Birmingham for his job. They are really wonderful people and CrossPointe is going to miss them so much!

So the theme today is prayer! Pray for our the Belize team and Kimberly and Jarvis!

LOVE

As I was spending time with the Lord this morning I came across Deut. 6:5-7 and it reads:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.

I felt so overwhelmed, I have read this before, but the Lord spoke it to me this morning in a different way. Sometime I don't even know how to love with all my heart, yet alone with all my soul and strength! Why do I struggle with love? If HE loves me that much then I should love Him and everything else in this world just as much. Is it because I have a worldly view of love? As I studied more I felt His grace upon my shoulders. You see even though we don't love like He loves, (because our love is imperfect) we still should love! I know I have a hard time showing and receiving love and that's when the 5 love languages come in handy. They are: Affirmation, Time, Gifts, Service and Touch.

Love - it's the greatest gift of all and even though we love imperfectly we still should love. So today I send out all my love to everyone and everything...even to the bugs!

Transitions…

So…it’s midnight on Sunday and I am suppose to be in the bed getting some much needed sleep for a busy week I have ahead of me. But, I am still up thinking and wondering how much my life has been in transition over the last 5 years. First it was transiting from college to married life, hello wake-up call! I love married life now, but since I wasn’t the type of girl growing up that day-dreamed about it, I really didn’t know what to expect. I am happy to report that in December, Robby and I will have been married for 5 years!
Then there was the transition to working full-time at the newspaper in Troy, then the transition to working for the university, which I loved and to this day miss. But the hardest transition so far was moving to Columbus. No friends, no family, no contacts…nothing but my faith and husband. Then there was the job transition from CSU back to the university, this was a big step in responsibility for me. I have enjoyed this job, but it’s brought about more stress in my life than I care to have! There were nights I would lay awake thinking about work, not being able to shut it off. Of course, I was trusting in the Lord but I still felt the weight on my shoulders. I don’t think I could bare the thought of standing in front of Dr. Hawkins and explaining why the campus didn’t meet the goals.
Now I am transitioning to CrossPointe…and it can’t come fast enough! I am really nervous because the one thing I don’t want to do is disappoint people. This is also a big transition in lifestyle too. Robby and I no longer have separate checking accounts (we won’t need them anymore) so my spending will be monitored now. Let’s just say I have fears about this transition but as always I am trusting in something that is greater than myself!
So here’s to transitions, each time it gives us an opportunity to grow, trust and build our faith…
Now on to some much needed sleep!

Our Spot

Welcome to our blog spot! I have finally made a blog; something I have been wanting to do for a while. What a great way to keep in touch with people and learn about others. Several of our friends have been blogging for a while and so I made up my mind it was time! I hope you enjoy The Farmers spot!