Daylight savings.

I'm going to start off by saying that I despise daylight savings. I really wish someone here in Texas would decide that we don't need it. It really through my body clock all out of whack. All this springing forward and falling back. Although I must admit that I like having an extra hour of daylight but I don't like having to get up in the dark. Well there is my ranting I'm done with that now. I hope that everyone has been able to get out and enjoy this gorgeous weather we are having. Today was beautiful I just wish I didn't have to stay inside all day. I really miss getting to be outside more. I used to work at a day care and would get to go outside with the kids but then I got a full time job in a doctors office and am stuck inside all day. But I'm where God wants be to be so I cant complain too much. I'm really wanting to go camping before the weather gets too warm but we shall see if time permits that. Ive been so busy lately, but it has been the good kind of busy though so I cant complain too much about that either. Well I suppose I should quit complaining now. I hope everyone has a blessed week!

2 Timothy 4:5 But you be sober in all things endure hardship.

The Valley of The Shadow of Death...

This week has been the longest week of my life. So many things have happened its been a hard week. My boyfriend lost his mom unexpectedly at the beginning of the week. I didn't get a chance to know her very well but from the few times I got to spend with her I can tell she was an amazingly strong and God fearing women. She will be greatly missed by everyone. It all happened so quickly its been like a bad dream that you cant wake up from. God is always with us and He is right here beside this family. As most of my readers know my family is no stranger to death I guess you could say that we are well seasoned when it comes to death. I lost both of my grandparents in a six months span of each other. But they weren't so sudden, but all of this has made me realize that God definitely uses all of our trials and He helps us so that we are better able to comfort those who are going through the exact same thing that we have gone through. I encourage everyone to stay strong through whatever trial you are going through so that you could possibly be better able to help someone else who will go through the same trial.

God's Way.

Sometimes God has ways of telling us that we need rest. Obviously He is telling me that I needed rest. I have been sick since Friday. Looking back over the month of February I can see why I got sick and have stayed sick. I think that it was God's way of saying slow down and take time to rest. So as today is the first day if March I have decided that I am going to rest more and do my very best to be less stressed. I think that everyone in my life would benefit from it. Lets face it I get grumpy and mad when I'm stressed and to add not getting enough rest to the mix makes me a very hard person to be around. So to all of those effected by my moods I am terribly sorry. I thought of this verse "Be still and know that I am God" Psalm 40:10 We tend to push ourselves past our limits lets face it. We tend to miss out on God's beauty and His glory. We are often times to caught up in our lives that we forget to take time to rest in His beauty and peace. So I encourage all of my readers this month to be still and take time. I hope everyone has a blessed week. Get plenty of sunshine rest and drink plenty of water or sweet tea and just relax.

An Award.

I have been awarded an award by Abigail! Here is how this award works.

1. Thank a link back to the person who gave you the reward.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Award 8 recently discovered great bloggers.

4. Contact the bloggers and let them know about the award.



Here are 7 things about me.

1. I love to sit and curl up with a good book. I don't do it as nearly as often as I would like to.

2. I have two beautiful nieces and LOVE being an aunt.
3. I love my work even when its stressful.
4. I love and want to travel more.
5. I said id never date a man with facial hair buut God gave me the most amazing man ever, who has facial hair. It actually doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would.
6. I am a coffee fanatic. A little too much perhaps.
7. I want to at some point in my life to take a medical missionary trip to a foreign country.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and a restful Sunday!

One Snowy Day..

Yes you read it correctly..it snowed in east Texas yesterday! We have been having some crazy weather where it goes from the 50s one day and the next day its freezing. So what does this mean for Christa? Well after a rather trying week on me I was asking God and hoping for a little extra time off from work to rest and He who is always faithful answered my plea. Due to the icy snowy conditions on the road I got to stay in my warm apartment and marvel at the snowy whiteness. It got me to thinking about all of Gods amazing handy work..snow is so white and pure just like we are made to be when we are washed with the blood of Jesus...only we are made ten times whiter than snow. Oh what a faithful and loving Master we serve! He has made us a promise and has kept it and will keep it. I hope that everyone got to enjoy the snowy whiteness yesterday and I hope you have a safe and blessed weekend!
The eternal God is our refuge, and underneath are everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27

Exhausted

First off let me start off by defining this word. Exhausted, To drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly as a person. This word describes perfectly how I have felt this week. It has been an emotionally, physically and spiritually draining week for me. I didn't start this blog to wine and complain I do have a point for this post. I have been constantly under attack this week. Its in times like these when we feel out of control that we know that God is in control. How blessed is the thought that even when we feel our worst that we have Someone who is in far better control? Take a moment to stop and look back over your week....and I mean really think about what happened and when it happened? Now can you honestly see that there was Someone else looking out for you? Friend...I strongly encourage you to ask God for His help. If you don't believe in Him ask Him to take you're life from you...He has far greater strength and a far better plan than we have for our own lives. No we aren't promised that life will be rosy and that out lives will be calm from here on out...but we are promised that HE will be right there to help us. Psalm 9:9-10 The Lord will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble; And those who know Your name will put their trust in You for you O Lord have not forsaken those who seek You.

What doesnt kill us...

only makes us stronger or so the saying goes. In some ways that is true..we are given trials and tribulations and it is up to us how we take them. We can make excuses as to why this is happening and either tuck our head and give up or we can go through it with our heads up and strong. It all depends on your perspective and where your strength is coming from. God's promise to those who love Him isn't that we wont be faced with trials and hardships it is that when we do face them He will be right there to help us through. Look inside your self and make sure that you are gathering your strength from the right source. But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength they will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not grow weary and they will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31