Happy Easter!

Hola… I thought it was about time for another journal entry… I’m not even going to try to remember the last time I journaled lol… I’ve been thinking lately that I really need to also update my paper journal… I’ve filled like 4 or 5 books since I was a teenager… oh my… the angst in those early books… but it’s entertaining to read them every once in a while and truly awesome to see how God’s hand was gently guiding me along life’s pathway…

I heard something on New Life Live today that really struck a chord with me… the New Life guys were talking about a scripture in maybe Ephesians or Romans… anyway they were listing the unlikely people in the Bible that God used to spread his message… a prostitute, a murderer, etc… and the last person they talked about was Moses… and then they began talking about how Moses was barred from the Promised Land. What was his sin that kept him from entering? Relying on his own strength rather than God’s strength… in the end, it didn’t matter how good Moses had been in life… in the end, it doesn’t matter how good of a person we are… if we don’t rely fully in Christ and His gift of salvation, nothing else matters. We can’t get ourselves into heaven… only Christ can. How is that one simple thing so entirely difficult to remember to do!

Anyway… that was not at all what I intended to journal about today but it’s on my mind so I thought I’d type it out… I hope it came across as profound as it sounded when the New Life guys said it… I love those guys! The wisdom that has been given to them truly astounds me….

So I think I’m pretty well fully recuperated from vacation by now… lol… Missy did a great job of recapping it on her blog… except she seems to think her loud obnoxious precious angels got on my nerves or something! Lol To say that they did not occasionally get on my nerves would be a lie…However, the fact that I totally and completely adore those kids so stinking much made up for the annoying times… if they only knew how much I adore them! Plus, I could rest in the knowledge that I would be going back to my quiet house when I left them! Lol So I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the whole crew on vacation… I did come home and take off one more day so I could have some solitude before I returned to work… lol…

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the Magic Kingdom… it was truly magical… one of my favorite moments was at the end of the day, watching the fireworks over the Cinderella castle and hearing “When you wish upon a star”… I’m teared up… I’m tearing up now remembering it… it was just a beautiful magical moment… one of many thru out the day…

So Easter was different for us this year… our church has gotten in to doing cantata’s so this year we did an Easter cantata on Easter Sunday… standing room only crowd… great turn out! And I love to sing in cantatas… however, because we would have been on the road more than actually visiting with my family, we did not make it to the family get together this year… which was an odd way to spend Easter… however, it was a beautiful day and it was sort of relaxing and nice to just bum around the house too…

Tonight we are about to embark on another adventure in our foster parenting career… Jimmie really has a heart for a teenagers… so I suggested to see how we do with teenagers, maybe we should do respite (which is a fancy word for babysit) for other foster parents who have teenagers. I suggested this to our social worker and she said that would be good idea except that doesn’t happen a lot… and then a week later she called with an opportunity to keep a 15 year old boy for a week while his foster mom and dad went on a pre-planned trip to Vegas… so he’s coming tonight and he’ll be with us until next Wednesday. We’re pretty excited about it and of course a little nervous too! Please say a little prayer for us if you think about us!

Well it’s about time to head home so I’ll quit rambling… hope everyone had a blessed Easter!

Oh P.S… I got Mandissa’s new Cd Freedom yesterday… it’s so good… what a gift she has! I think that’s why I’m so excited about Danny on this year’s American Idol… hopefully he’ll be another new Christian artist to emerge for the AI stage!