prayers & excitement..

Well, Charlie has been off work for a total of about 3 weeks this month with NO pay and no hope of it anytime soon....(unemployment is currently going through an overhaul(tier2) and has denied all of the claims of everyone on his job, so it may take MONTHS to get our money....lovely....

SO, we would really appreciate your prayers....I mean, REALLY...

but,

we MAY get to go to stay with my sister and her family the rest of this week so Charlie can do some WORK!!!!!! Yay!!! I get to see my sister and he gets to work; what more can I ask for???? :)

Seriously, please pray that we make some money QUICK because we have an electric bill to pay this week and it.must.be.paid. or they will shut it off. This is not fun, being broke and normally, I don't talk about money but we really need your prayers.

Please pray that Charlie finds some steady work in the midst of all of this rain and that opportunities will come our way so that our situation will improve. All of the going out and looking for work(and he has been) in the world will not help if there is not opportunities there and that is what I am asking you to pray for!!

For right now, we thank GOD every day for such wonderful family!!!

Off to hopefully have a wonderful rest of the week with family....

Love,
Julie

Let them be little....

Spend a little extra time with your kids tonight.
Read them a book.
Play a game.
Let them have that ice cream before bed.
Let them sleep in the middle.
Let them be little."

Amen.

Found this on a blog somewhere. Sorry I didn't mark it.

thoughts on marriage from Sally Clarkson....

As you know, I am a huge fan of Sally Clarkson...please take a minute and read what she has to say on marriage, here...you will be blessed.




"Children, then, are an accountability factor in staying faithful. We have to choose to not give children a legacy of compromise, disloyalty, brokenness. Children always feel somewhere deep inside that it is their fault when parents are not loyal to each other. The way a husband and wife treat each other has a direct correlation on how a child builds his internal sense of his own being deep inside. It is very difficult to teach your children to follow the ten commandments (You shall not steal--even though I did by robbing someone else of their purity--you shall not lie--even though I did by deceiving my husband---honor God--even though I didn't when I broke my vows before Him. --very difficult to teach your children to have integrity if you choose not to have integrity in the very place that is to be the foundation where they see truth lived out. "

~Love~
Julie

If the shoe fits....

ouch!!... this one stings a little bit for me, how about you? Have you truly prayed as you promised lately? If you have, has it been just a quick hasty prayer? Today, I vow to pray even harder for those whom I have promised to pray!!!

Just a gentle reminder....

Love,
Julie