Kristen has a full house

And I don't mean like in playing cards. I mean like 4 adults and two babies sleeping under my roof tonight. And I love it. Although, 4 adults = one sick, one on the couch and two feeding/changing a baby every two hours will most likely equal very little sleep. Actually, looking back on that list, the one on the couch is fairly comfortable. That'd be me. :)

I love being used by the Lord.

I haven't been posting a ton on here, but I've been writing a boat load in my journal. I finally finished filling up all the pages. (!!!) That darn thing has lasted me almost a year and a half. Guess I finally have stuff to write about, huh?

I've really been seeking Him lately. He's been working on my heart, like always and just really in the past few weeks has captured my heart all over again. (Isn't it great how He's always wooing you, teaching you, enjoying you, loving you, forgiving you?) I've been convicted of areas in my life, have repented on my face, have cried out to Him, trusted Him and just plain tried to obey Him when He said to relax and trust Him.

I read Psalm 131 for almost a week straight and just sought His heart...or rather, He ran after mine. :) (Isn't it always that way?) I just tried to be, to rest in His presence, to love Him, and it's been amazing. He's always amazing, but some days, times and prayers make you just want to put on a twirly skirt, let your hair down, tilt your head back and twirl with your arms open wide as fast as you can to just collapse in the grass laughing with the sheer joy of the motion. (At least that works well if you're a girl. If you're a guy you could....shoot something???lol.whatever.)
Yup. It's been one of those days today and I am grateful.

He is good. I am full of Him and I want more. He is above and beyond good. He is play-as-loud-and-fast-and-great-as-you-can-on-the-piano-standing-up-good. AUGHH! I could just BURST (if my house wasn't full of sleeping/sick people)! He is good.

Today I prayed to know Him, to know His heart, to be fully known to Him, to love His people, to open my ears, soften my heart and just remove anything that keeps me from Him. I asked Him to prune all the ugly off my branches and to be His in every way. I just want Him.

IwantHimIwantHimIwantHim.

Sometimes, don't you just wish He would come down, scoop you up, hold you and never let go? But then in the same breath you realize how HOLY and AWESOME He is and you worry about dying at just the mere glimpse of His shadow. (Not that dying because of seeing Him would be bad, mind you, just rather inconvenient for all the other people in your life.)Sometimes, you just want Him to be IN you and fill every part of you. I mean, He's already in you, but sometimes don't you just want Him to explode out of you? You know, be REALLY in you?

Ugh, it's late and I know I'm not making much sense, but that's ok, because this is my blog, Jesus is good, it's going to be 50 degrees tomorrow and I have a house full of beautiful people (babies are sleeping under my roof people!!).

He is good.
I want more.

Praise the Lord.
Amen.

Oh, and I made a hat today. Check it out. :)

Cute Hat

2 Thoughts

Numero Uno:

Psalm 131

Read it here and then again here.

Numero Deux:

"The love worth trusting is a commitment to another person and their good that measures itself by how much it is willing to give up for their sake."

Something to think about....something (very) convicting.
::deep sigh::
good stuff.

If you want to read the context, you can read it here. It's also good stuff.

Satisfied

I am just so satisfied/content/happy tonight.

The Lord is good. He is SO good to me and I just don't have enough words to express that to you right now! All I want to do is just get on my piano and just sing to Him. He is beautiful. And were it not 4am and my neighbor wasn't sleeping in the room directly under my loud piano, I would do it. And it would be beautiful. Just Him and me. I might just go sing.

I sat on the floor tonight and cut out paper hearts and rolled wash clothes up into BooBooBunnies. Sounds so silly, and you all probably have no idea what a BooBooBunny is....but it makes me happy.

I had a rough patch in my night at work Sunday night into Monday morning and my manager and I were talking about it Monday morning. She apologized that it was so rough for me. My reply? "It's ok. Someday I'm going to get married, have babies and cut things out of paper and fabric. Cause it makes me happy." ;0)

Life feels perfect. Hard, yes, detailed, yes, confusing, yes, but SO wonderful. Literally, I just want to throw my hands up in the air and dance around my living room in my pajamas. Because it's just that great. I just love doing what I love to do and right now it includes pianos, fabric, google eyes, glue, paper, ribbon and Pslams with Jesus.

(by the way, Bethany I miss you!! We haven't talked in like DAYS! AH! What is wrong with us?)

I. love. it.
thank you Lord.

I used to work here....

Cupcakes

I made cupcakes as well on Saturday.
Lemon cake with lemon frosting (all from the box/tub)
plus a cute strawberry on the top
[because I'm pretending it's spring!]

They are really good.
Not great, but good.

And I must confess...
I ate two for breakfast and am considering a third.
:)

Kids, Eggplants and Broken Eggs plus Chicken

Today I got to see one of my friend's baby girl!
[she was playing with my camera case that I made.]

She did not know what the heck to make of the camera
I kept setting in front of her, trying to get a good picture.
[I love this face.]

And here, I am just overwhelmed by her cuteness.
[for real]

Then I went grocery shopping, where I found these CUTE baby eggplants!
[who even knew these existed?!?]

Just look at how cute they are!
[yes, I did buy one to bring home, just because of it's cuteness.]

And then I managed to break an egg trying to pick it up out of the carton.
[yes, I was already at home and have never had this happen to me before!]

Then I made some Chicken Cordon Bleu....and it was good.
[I went overboard on the mushrooms and onions. I like them!]

The End
[said a very sleepy Kristen]

Amazing - NEW Stuff!

I am just so happy.

I am just so happy right now. In general, with my life, with the Lord, with my friends and relationships, with LIFE!

::contented sigh here::

First, the Lord is GOOD!

Second, I really feel like this year the Lord has set aside as my "Year of Faith". There are so many new things that I have felt lead to do this year by the Lord. It's exciting to see these possibilities in my life, things I have been dreaming of for years, start to look like they might actually happen. (!!!)

Third, one of those things is this:



I am opening up my own design shop to sell things that I make.

It's called "Another Day Forever Designs".

You can read all about my journey to officially opening up this shop on my Design blog, www.anotherdayforever.com.

You can see my (empty for now) shop front on Etsy.com, where I will soon be posting my artwork for sale. It's www.anotherdayforever.etsy.com. The picture above is a preview of my shop banner. Go see it. :)

I am excited about life tonight and about Jesus.
I hope you all can be excited with me.

be blessed tonight.
Remember, He loves you.