Slow Fade...

Slow Fade,by: Casting Crowns

Slow Fade:

Be careful little eyes what you see
It’s the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings
Be careful little feet where you go
For it’s the little feet behind you that are sure to follow

It’s a slow fade when you give yourself away
It’s a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
It’s a slow fade,
it’s a slow fade

Be careful little ears what you hear
When flattery leads to compromise, the end is always near
Be careful little lips what you say
For empty words and promises lead broken hearts astray

*This song used to be on my playlist. I need to put it back up along with some others. I can never listen to it enough. I pray that those who open their hearts to these words may never forget the truth they hold. Be very careful, very, very, careful. Please.

Love to all,
Julie

Happy Birthday, Allison & a must read for your marriage(this post is ALL over the place)

Drew in MeMe's lap at church; smiling big!! :)

Allison is on the very end holding Lily. Isn't she pretty? :)

I am taking a "break" from my blogging break today for 3 VERY important reasons! First, Happy Birthday (yesterday) to our precious niece, Allison!!! She is 16 and will be driving next week!! (legally, anyway!) :) I am putting a picture of her on here but it's not real current. I am trying to get better about that! :) Hope you had a GREAT birthday, sweetie!! LOVE YOU!!!

Drew is also 5 months old today!!! I will write a longer post about this later!!!I can't believe that he is almost half a year old(where does the time go?!) and this is a fairly current pic of him but again I will HAVE to get better about this!!! (going computer shopping this weekend!!) YAY!! :)

And the third thing is this post today at Praise and Coffee. Thanks, Kelli, for sharing this!!! If you are married, read this. I have some things to add to this but for today I am just not sure what I should write so I will wait until God makes it more clear. This is a topic that is VERY hard to address and that is exactly why Satan is so victorious in this area. People sweep it under the rug. We CAN NOT allow that to happen; that is just automatically forfeiting the game to Satan!! More on this later when I get my thoughts together and have a little time to write a longer post!!

Praying for my husband is going pretty good but I could do better! I am going to stay on blogging break again until at least Saturday so that I can focus more intently on Charlie and his needs, especially in prayer. Something that I didn't expect is that Claire has prayed with me a few times and Lily (following Sissy's example) got down in the floor with us, as well and said her little prayers. My heart is just full when moments like that happen.

Well, back to my break & I hope ya'll are having a great week!!! :)

Love,

Julie

Fight for your marriage!

*updated: read my husband's movie review here!

Charlie & I went to this movie last night. Words cannot explain how deeply this movie touched both of us. I can say without any embarassment, that many things in this movie have been us. We both left the theatre with tears running down our face. Everyone in our church went and we are going to be doing the Love Dare. I just cannot say enough what a blessing this movie is to us. Please, please go see this movie. Take your kids. Show them what true love is and what marriage is supposed to be. Show them a movie that treats marriage as sacred and not just a piece of paper. "a covenant, not a contract".

I am going to start this challenge soon. Hopefully I will get the book this week. Join me, please. Treat your marriage as you should, make it your highest priority.

Love,

Julie

*thanks to our church members who took turns babysitting the little ones! It was great to see this wonderful movie as a couple. What a sweet family of believers we belong to! :)

Middle school parents watch for this book...

Not trying to tell anyone their business but this book truly concerns me. I know there are parents who read my blog who have young girls who check out library books. And a lot of those young girls I know and love. I do not want them to have to read and deal with these things at such a young innocent age. Read this post and get informed about this book. Better yet, Sign up for Vicki Courteney's VIrtue Alerts and keep informed about things such as this. Thank you.

*I am through blogging for today, I promise! =)

Help for marriages...

Charlie & I subscribe to some marriage blogs. Trey Morgan.net is an excellent resource for marriage links. This was on our blog reader yesterday. Check it out; we did! All of the links are very helpful!!!

Julie