Hello fellow bloggers, friends, family!  Sorry it's been so long since my last post but I have had been hit with all sorts of circumstances the past couple weeks and feel like I have come to terms with them now.  I felt as if I had this little red demon on my shoulder softly telling me I can't handle these circumstances so yes I got discouraged and depressed but I finally told that demon to take a hike and leave me alone and he did just that.  Submit to the Lord, Resist the Devil, and he will Flee from you. The kids are out of school and they in general have kept me busy around the clock.   There has been some exciting things going on in our family this week.  Josh wants to be saved and follow the Lord so sometime in the future Pastor Bill is coming for dinner and to talk to us as a family about salvation and baptism.  I'm just so excited for Josh I can't wait to see what the Lord is going to do through him he is a great kid with a huge heart.  So I've been cleaning house for the past week just doing one room at a time among other things that need to be done it's overwhelming at times but I'm finding value in a clean more organized home.  Grant and the kids are chipping in so it's not so bad I'm learning to deligate so I don't stress myself out over it.  Although that's hard for me because I want things done a certain way I find myself leaving the room and put it in God's hands.  I'm working on not being a perfectionist all the time. 

Another great thing that is happening is that Jen(my nieghbor and we also go to the same church) started a Bible Study on Prayer tonight.   It's the Women of Faith Series Adventurous Prayer.  Here are some trinkets of what I learned tonight. 
Call to Me Chapter 1
We as children of God can call upon our Heavenly Father 24/7/365 days of the year, we have a welcome mat, direct line, a permission slip, backstage pass to His throne room.  We can pray when we are happy, sad, disapointed, in need of wisdom, to glorify Him, to calm our emotions.  We need to be familiar with His voice. 
Some scriptures to dig deeper:
Psalm 65:2
Psalm 86:7
Psalm 91:15
Psalm 143:1

More to come next week!  Hope you all have a blessed weekend!