I'm laying down my burdens
I'm laying down my pain
Every cavern worry that is written in this face
I'm letting go
I'm letting go
I'm laying down rebellion
I'm laying down my pride
All the broken promises within this broken life
I'm letting go
I'm letting go
Holding nothing back from You
Ready to do all the things You call me to
Holy hands are reaching up to You
I surrender
I surrender
I'm letting go
I'm pulling down the image
The idols I let stand
I'm holding to the hope that sure they're resting in Your hands
I'm letting go
I'm letting go
I'm bowing in Your presence
Poured out before Your throne
To be a living sacrifice and follow You alone
I'm letting go
I'm letting go
Holding nothing back from You
Ready to do all the things You call me to
Holy hands are reaching up to You
I surrender, here I stand
I surrender, all I am
I surrender, my heart sings
I surrender
Holding nothing back from You
Ready to do all the things You call me to
Holy hands are reaching up to You
I surrender
I surrender
I'm letting go
I'm letting go
- Tammy Trent -
Friday, April 3, 2009
Taking Care of Myself
turns out - it's a good thing.
Pampering yourself is a MUST at times.
This week I've had:
a massage (an hour and a half) woo hoo
saw my chiropractor
continued cleaning out my closet
Taking care of myself - doesn't just mean the fun things... but the necessary things also.
I've learned a lot about myself while cleaning out the closet. Seeing the things that I don't want to see about myself. Acknowledge my short comings. Mostly my spending habits.
I've seen that I've thought of "my debt" like a friend. It has been comfort - and I haven't TRULY believed that I would live with out it. Acknowledging HOW I've viewed something and that it's not a healthy view is the beginning of change. Even writing "MY DEBT" bugs me. I have to own it - because I have made it. But it's not MINE anymore - I WILL get rid of it!
I feel like I had a mini break through today. I need to TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. By seeing things for what they are! Taking time for myself is a GOOD THING and a must.
Pampering yourself is a MUST at times.
This week I've had:
a massage (an hour and a half) woo hoo
saw my chiropractor
continued cleaning out my closet
Taking care of myself - doesn't just mean the fun things... but the necessary things also.
I've learned a lot about myself while cleaning out the closet. Seeing the things that I don't want to see about myself. Acknowledge my short comings. Mostly my spending habits.
I've seen that I've thought of "my debt" like a friend. It has been comfort - and I haven't TRULY believed that I would live with out it. Acknowledging HOW I've viewed something and that it's not a healthy view is the beginning of change. Even writing "MY DEBT" bugs me. I have to own it - because I have made it. But it's not MINE anymore - I WILL get rid of it!
I feel like I had a mini break through today. I need to TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. By seeing things for what they are! Taking time for myself is a GOOD THING and a must.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April Special - lia sophia
Our customer special is:
Buy 2 Items @ Regular Price (always your least expensive items)
Get up to 4 Items @ Half Price (ALWAYS your MOST expensive items)
Our sale is the opposite of most company's sales.
You are ALWAYS getting the most for your money!
As a Hostess - when you have a $600 show - you can get the Moon Dance necklace (pg 47) for $6.00
ALSO:
20-40% of your jewelry sales in FREE jewelry
2 Half Priced Items
4 Bonus Items
PLUS - extra benefits from me personally!
Please visit my website if you're interested in hosting a show :O) Or if you're interested in sharing the love of jewelry with your friends and family!
To have a party it can be in your home, through catalogs or online.
www.liasophia.com/suzyjewels
I'm SO EXCITED for this months' special!!
Buy 2 Items @ Regular Price (always your least expensive items)
Get up to 4 Items @ Half Price (ALWAYS your MOST expensive items)
Our sale is the opposite of most company's sales.
You are ALWAYS getting the most for your money!
As a Hostess - when you have a $600 show - you can get the Moon Dance necklace (pg 47) for $6.00
ALSO:
20-40% of your jewelry sales in FREE jewelry
2 Half Priced Items
4 Bonus Items
PLUS - extra benefits from me personally!
Please visit my website if you're interested in hosting a show :O) Or if you're interested in sharing the love of jewelry with your friends and family!
To have a party it can be in your home, through catalogs or online.
www.liasophia.com/suzyjewels
I'm SO EXCITED for this months' special!!
Friday, March 27, 2009
First Love.
I am falling in love
"His mercies are NEW every morning"
with God - all over again.
It's amazing to know that He loves me like no one else can. Like I'm the only person He sees.
And that He loves all of us the same.
That He pursues me. He wants my whole heart. He needs me. He plans things out - lines things up to show me His love. To communicate His love.
How cool that He made us to NEED relationships. And that those relationships can and should mirror the relationship and LOVE that He has for us. That we GET to be that Love spoken tangibly to each other. That Love shown tangibly to each other.
It's good to be a part of.
"His mercies are NEW every morning"
with God - all over again.
It's amazing to know that He loves me like no one else can. Like I'm the only person He sees.
And that He loves all of us the same.
That He pursues me. He wants my whole heart. He needs me. He plans things out - lines things up to show me His love. To communicate His love.
How cool that He made us to NEED relationships. And that those relationships can and should mirror the relationship and LOVE that He has for us. That we GET to be that Love spoken tangibly to each other. That Love shown tangibly to each other.
It's good to be a part of.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Proverbs 3:3-4
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
Love and Faithfulness.
Do I have enough of those in my life?
Love and Faithfulness.
Do I have enough of those in my life?
Sunday, March 22, 2009
a little seed
it's amazing to see in life how everything starts off as a seed.
thinking about my business. it was a seed. i went to a party. loved the jewelry. had a great time. loved the advisor. so i hosted a show. did not have a clue that it would turn into a career for me. didn't have a clue that it would change my life. in many ways.
krista going to Australia. started as a seed. a thought to do what she's always dreamed of doing. traveling. seeing the world. experiencing other cultures.
joel in portland and then peru. started off as a seed. furthering his education on his own. then traveling to further academic education and personal education. being immersed in a culture.
mom with her early childhood conferences. she will never know the impact that her "small" seed will have on the early childhood world. her love for children and their education is evident in these conferences. she gives all that she has and loves doing it.
dad with his investment properties. started as a seed. way back when. "if only he had invested sooner" but the point is he's doing it now. he had a dream. a seed a long time ago and now he is pursuing it. he is watering it.
all things in our lives start off as seeds. the possibilities of of the growth are endless. some are meant to grow continually through out life. and some just for a season. looking at the seed we can't know which it will be. it's our job to take care of the seeds we're given.
how will we take care of it? will we choose water it - even when there is doubt that nothing may come from it?
SEEDS GROW. when there is good nutrition. water. good soil. sun. we need to provide the action of "watering" but we can't provide the sun!
not ALL seeds will grow into what WE want them to be. BUT all seeds will grow into what they're meant to be!
we have part in the growth.
there is a "seed" in my life right now - that i'm going to water... and see where it will go. i just need the sun.
thinking about my business. it was a seed. i went to a party. loved the jewelry. had a great time. loved the advisor. so i hosted a show. did not have a clue that it would turn into a career for me. didn't have a clue that it would change my life. in many ways.
krista going to Australia. started as a seed. a thought to do what she's always dreamed of doing. traveling. seeing the world. experiencing other cultures.
joel in portland and then peru. started off as a seed. furthering his education on his own. then traveling to further academic education and personal education. being immersed in a culture.
mom with her early childhood conferences. she will never know the impact that her "small" seed will have on the early childhood world. her love for children and their education is evident in these conferences. she gives all that she has and loves doing it.
dad with his investment properties. started as a seed. way back when. "if only he had invested sooner" but the point is he's doing it now. he had a dream. a seed a long time ago and now he is pursuing it. he is watering it.
all things in our lives start off as seeds. the possibilities of of the growth are endless. some are meant to grow continually through out life. and some just for a season. looking at the seed we can't know which it will be. it's our job to take care of the seeds we're given.
how will we take care of it? will we choose water it - even when there is doubt that nothing may come from it?
SEEDS GROW. when there is good nutrition. water. good soil. sun. we need to provide the action of "watering" but we can't provide the sun!
not ALL seeds will grow into what WE want them to be. BUT all seeds will grow into what they're meant to be!
we have part in the growth.
there is a "seed" in my life right now - that i'm going to water... and see where it will go. i just need the sun.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Protected
Dad was in the hospital this last week with "multiple blood clots" in his lungs.
They started in his legs and broke up and moved to his lungs. We know that he was protected from the blood clots affecting him in a more tragic way...
I didn't remember that this is what Grandma Wigstadt died from. Looks like it could be genetic so we will all need to get blood tests to see if we have a genetic predisposition to getting blood clots... That aside...
It amazes me that in hard times we're able to SEE what we're made of.
It has been so good for me to experience what my dad and family are made of. We have had a handful of CRUCIAL times together as a family - where we've been able to experience this. I wouldn't WISH hard times on anyone - but I believe it brings us to the core of who we are... Those times are precious to me. They are a gift.
In the times we've gone through - he and my mom have loved us (kids) and have done everything they can to guide us to forgive - and to live life to the fullest by pursuing God!
The whole time he was in the hospital he was letting the "DAD JOKES" fly. He could have written a book with them (actually added to the book that he's already started). He was laughing with everyone who worked for the hospital - and the people that visited. There wasn't a doubt in his mind that he would be taken care of. He and my mom never worried. They are strength for us.
I was a bit of a different story... that's not true. I wasn't WORRIED. I just prayed. That he would be ok!
There's a peace knowing that no matter what the outcome would be - that we would be taken care of.
Individually and as a family. There was a point where I questioned if he would be OK... my prayers became "angry" - not angry at God - maybe passionate is the word to use. I prayed that if it was Dad's time to go - that it WOULDN'T BE! There is still too much to do! We need him. I need him to walk me down the aisle - we need him to meet his Grandkids... (someday??) To keep the dad jokes coming! To give us a big bear hug and tell us he loves us. To listen. To pray for us. We need him. I think most feel this way about their parents...
I'm so thankful in God's protection and for parents who trust HIM with their lives and death. Mom knows God would sustain her and us. We know that if we lost each other - it wouldn't be the end. We will see each other again!!
My parents are amazing examples of great love! Great love for God. Great love for each other. Great love for us! Great love for the world around them! I'm thankful that we get to call them our own. That God knew who he was placing in our family and why - that we get to bring that out in each other as we go! He also has a design for who will be added to our family.
Thankful for protection - on so many levels!
They started in his legs and broke up and moved to his lungs. We know that he was protected from the blood clots affecting him in a more tragic way...
I didn't remember that this is what Grandma Wigstadt died from. Looks like it could be genetic so we will all need to get blood tests to see if we have a genetic predisposition to getting blood clots... That aside...
It amazes me that in hard times we're able to SEE what we're made of.
It has been so good for me to experience what my dad and family are made of. We have had a handful of CRUCIAL times together as a family - where we've been able to experience this. I wouldn't WISH hard times on anyone - but I believe it brings us to the core of who we are... Those times are precious to me. They are a gift.
In the times we've gone through - he and my mom have loved us (kids) and have done everything they can to guide us to forgive - and to live life to the fullest by pursuing God!
The whole time he was in the hospital he was letting the "DAD JOKES" fly. He could have written a book with them (actually added to the book that he's already started). He was laughing with everyone who worked for the hospital - and the people that visited. There wasn't a doubt in his mind that he would be taken care of. He and my mom never worried. They are strength for us.
I was a bit of a different story... that's not true. I wasn't WORRIED. I just prayed. That he would be ok!
There's a peace knowing that no matter what the outcome would be - that we would be taken care of.
Individually and as a family. There was a point where I questioned if he would be OK... my prayers became "angry" - not angry at God - maybe passionate is the word to use. I prayed that if it was Dad's time to go - that it WOULDN'T BE! There is still too much to do! We need him. I need him to walk me down the aisle - we need him to meet his Grandkids... (someday??) To keep the dad jokes coming! To give us a big bear hug and tell us he loves us. To listen. To pray for us. We need him. I think most feel this way about their parents...
I'm so thankful in God's protection and for parents who trust HIM with their lives and death. Mom knows God would sustain her and us. We know that if we lost each other - it wouldn't be the end. We will see each other again!!
My parents are amazing examples of great love! Great love for God. Great love for each other. Great love for us! Great love for the world around them! I'm thankful that we get to call them our own. That God knew who he was placing in our family and why - that we get to bring that out in each other as we go! He also has a design for who will be added to our family.
Thankful for protection - on so many levels!
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