This is a prayer for my family written by me.  Here of late I think they would be better off with out me and I pray that things improve for us quickly.

I am struggling with some depression that is demonstrating itself through anger.  My poor dc push buttons so quick that I sometimes don't even know what is going on.  I find myself trying to lock my dc into a room and me in another to try and get the peace that I think I need.  However, I know that if peace is what I needed then God would have provided it.  I am deeply saddened by how I have been dealing with things and know that God is the only way to get through this.  Please if you feel led pray with me that with him I am able to get through this without medication as dh does not feel that depression is a chemical imbalance that needs meds, so I will not be able to use them if they were needed.

My prayer is this:

Dear Heavenly Father

I am so sorry that I have been angry so much lately.  I am sorry for the hurt this anger has caused my family.  I am sorry that I seem to be unable to control the thoughts that I have when I have been upset.  I thank you for the blessings you have given me and realize that the way I have been toward them is not how you expect me to be.  I am sorry about this and pray that with your guidance I can overcome this.  I pray that my family can forgive me for my short coming here of late.  I pray that I will be able to lead a happy life doing the work that you have called me to do.  I pray that I will be able to be  the mother and wife that my family needs.  I do not like the person I have become and pray that with your guidance that I can overcome this.  I thank you for my husband, who loves me with out a doubt.  He is my knight in shining armor who if I do need meds to get through this only you will be able to get him to understand.  I thank you for his desire to work hard so I can stay home, his desire to allow me to homeschool, and his desire to have children.  I pray that you will protect him as he works.  I thank you for my four beautiful children who I am not deserving of.  Please help them to grow and know you, I pray that they will be come Godly deciples that will spread your word to the unknowing.  I ask that you help me through this time in my life when I am in a situation that I feel like the days are just something to get through rather than a time to rejoice in your love.  I ask that you help me find the joy in life and help me become the mother and wife that you desire me to be. 

Amen.

Nice visit with grandparents

My Husband

My children

My Salvation

MOMYS

Lynette

Amy

Janice

Bible Study

My home

MIL is having Thanksgiving

Ability to Stay Home

All the wonderful blessings God has provided for me.

I saved this as a draft and never got back to posting it, but here it is. LOL

I know many of us are in a state of extreme disgust over the results of the election.  However, i encourage you to get down on your knees and pray thanks be to God that he can not be thrown from hi throne.  Even though Americans have made choices that may not be in our best interest, God is still God and he will guide us through this.  I encourage and challenge you to get on your knees and pray for the people who HAVE been elected.  Nothing is lost when God is involved. 

This is from a forum, written by me.  I wanted it saved somewhere, so the next time I hear someone bashing the elected officials, I can come here and get a few suggestions. LOL  I don't always agree with the officials, but know that we chose them.

As I sit here this morning after a long day yesterday sitting on the edge of my seat watching the numbers flip flop around, I am sadden that so many of this Nations people are blinded by the mudslinging that went on over the last several months. However, I do believe that with God all things are possible, and there in the end could be some good that can come out of this. In order for this to be a good thing we all are going to have to be on our knees praying that God's will be done! We need to all be watchmen for our country! This election hit hard on this nation. I want to challenge each and every Momy to take 10 mins out of your day everyday until the next election to pray for our country. I believe with prayer this election will not be near as devistating as we are believing it is now this morning after. I challenge each of you to help find and motivate leaders that would be better in our leadership roles then what have been elected at this point.

I kind of have kept this low key here until yesterday in my Homekeeping post, but I was involved with a local state rep campaign. I made calls, emailed, talked to people, distributed flyers, and researched info about the opponet. It is a stressful job, but I believe after the final count my efforts will not have been a waste of my time. Right now there will be a recount the current count has the guy I have been campaigning for at 19 votes ahead. I encourage you to get involved, this has been an awsome experience for our entire family. My 7 yr old ds now knows more about our country's government then I did before this election. LOL I ask each of you to pray for conservative leaders who will run in our next election. I ask you to encourage them, and get involved with their campaigns. This is more important then you may realize. We can not sit here and complain about who was elected if we don't get involved more then just going to the polls. I know without the efforts of the team of people I have worked with things would be different here. I will now get off my soap box, and get busy around here.
Praying, 
Betty

Does anyone else ever feel like the housework, homeschooling and all other things that have to be done each day could take over your life if left undone?  I often get this feeling, exspecially when I am behind.  Right now I am pretty much caught up except for the pile of clean clothes that is piled over 2 foot tall on a full sized bed in our guest room.  I walk in there to get that tackled and just feel overwhelmed.  This is my main goal for today.  My other goals are:

*wash diapers

*set out church clothes

* straighten areas of our home in need

*Lunch

*supper

* catch "P" up with school.

That is a pretty lite load of work for me.  However it will most likely take me all day. 

I am so thankful that I have these things to do each day, as it means I have a house to keep me warm, clothes to wear and many children to keep me young.  I know that the daily load would be much easier to tend to if I could stay caught up.  I am putting together a plan to help with that.  Will it work?  Only time will tell.

and I got 3 list, but they don't like quite like I want them to.  I would like to change the font color and have them spaced differently.  If I want to add to my list do I have to edit template each time??  I would also like for each entry on my list be another line rather than using commas and spaces.  I don't have any knowledge of HTML, so I am just doing this by trial and error.  If you could type out exactly what I want in HTML so all I need to do is copy and paste it I would really appreciate it.  Thanks,

I had a blog awhile ago, but do to nosy relatives that wanted to start trouble I deleted it and will not be sharing this one outside of a certain group.  I enjoyed writing my thoughts somewhere where they wouldn't get slobbered on.  LOL  I hope to be able to work through ill feelings by writing them out and coming back here to read them.  I hope you enjoy readding about my day to day blessings, stuggles, and humerous goof ups as I work to raise my blessings to love and serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.