With Faith Like a Child...

Faith Like a Child...that is how God asks that we come before Him, believing in our hearts what we already know in our heads to be true, that He is all that we need in life. If everything here on earth were to be taken away from us and all we are left with is the faith in knowing that He is Lord and will provide all our needs, that is supposed to be enough. But, is it? I would venture to say that most of us would be reluctant to give up everything we have and trust that He is going to provide for us.

Last Wednesday began AWANA at our church and Andrew was so excited! He is a Cubbie now and that means he is in the big boy class. He went right into his group and joined his new big friends and did everything he was told to do without any problems. When I went to pick him up, he was so excited, he wanted to do his "homework" as soon as we got home. He took his little booklet he was given to the table and a pencil and wanted me to read him the verse so he could learn it. There was such excitement as he recited, "God Loved Us and Sent His Son". Then came, "Jesus Loves Me." After he recited, "Jesus Loves Me, Jesus Loves Me", he said, "Done". It was very cute but as I thought about it and the confidence there in his voice, it was if God was saying to me, I sent Jesus to die for you and I love you and that is enough. I believe it in my head but sometimes my heart is selfish and has trouble believing it. God help my unbelief! Help me to know that you are "enough" actually, "more than enough" for me. Restore that childlike faith to my head and my heart so that I no longer fear the storms around me because I know that you are Lord of All and that you are in control no matter what happens.

I wonder if you have that same excitement that Andrew has about learning God's Word, do you rush home to learn new verses or do you dust off your Bible on Sunday Morning so you will have it for church?

Back to School?

Well, it's an idea I have been tossing around in my head for a while now-whether or not to finish school. I started to West Georgia College in 1995 straight out of Newnan High School. I had hopes and dreams of becoming a teacher. After starting college, I decided to change my major to Psychology because I was fascinated by other people's problems and how Psychology answered them. It was not long after I started my first couple of courses, however, that I realized that it was difficult to mix Psychology and God. Not impossible, mind you, but difficult. I knew it wasn't my calling to say the least. So, I changed back to Early Childhood Education. That was it, I had made my decision, or so I thought. In the Fall of 2003, I took an Intro to Special Ed class and fell in love with the occupation. How precious to God and everyone else the children I worked with are! And you know what, they needed love and I have plenty to give. So, there you have it, I changed my major to Special Education that Fall, with the intent of going back to school full time in the Spring to finish with my Bachelor's Degree. Little did I know, God had other plans for wonderful child number two to come into our lives and Michael Andrew Ellsworth was born on November 5, 2004. Now that Andrew is a little older and starting school next Fall, I am praying about going back to school once again to finish what I started. If all goes well and it is in God's Plan, I will finish in a couple of years and become the teacher I always dreamed of being! Until then, I am continuing to volunteer and mentor in the school where Maddie attends Second Grade. As of today, though, I put in a couple of questions in hopes of getting a lead on financial aid and readmission.

Oh, and in case you haven't figured it out, the picture is of Michael, my husband and Andrew, my son. Now you can get an idea of where my children get their height from. :)

The Beginning of my journey

Good Saturday Morning! As I begin this journey in writing, I guess I should share a little about me and how this all got started. I must tell you that I have been participating in a Bible Study over the last few months and a lot of them have blogs and it all looked like fun so with much encouragement, I thought I'd give it a shot.

As I said, I am a stay at home mom of the two beautiful children you see in the picture, Maddie is 7 and Andrew is 3. I am also married to Michael and if I can find a picture of him I may try to post it later. I just happen to think my children make cuter pictures so I thought I'd post one of them first. :)

I grew up in church from the time I was five and thought that I had that life changing experience of salvation at the age of 14. It was only through a Bible Study by Beth Moore, "Daniel" that God revealed to me a little over a year ago that I was not saved. I asked Jesus into my heart on February 27, 2007 and what an amazing ride it has been ever since! I have met many new wonderful Christian Friends through Bible Study and God continues to bless me daily through them. There have been a few bumps and bruises along the way, even some storms, but I am reminded daily how much fresher and how much more vibrant things look after the rain!

I was also told by the doctors a couple of months ago that I have a condition for which I need to lose weight to avoid other serious health problems that it may cause in the near future. Dieting and exercise are not my strong points by nature so I am also hoping that through my journaling I will feel more accountable and try harder. I will post pictures periodically of myself to show my progress because I know that in Christ I can do all things and this time I am going to honor my temple and lose the weight I need to lose to keep myself healthy!

So, that's a little about me...Have a wonderful weekend!