Carlson's Best Life

Monday, May 25, 2009

It's amazing to me how GOD works. The Bible says that he works in mysterious ways. In the past, I often times wondered why I must endure certain seasons of my life only to find that once that season was over, new growth had developed inside of me and I became stronger and even more passionate about life. Recently, I've had to face a season in my life that's been very difficult for me to understand. At first I wondered how I would cope, but after sincerely praying unto GOD and asking for his help and understanding, I was reminded that the Lord is by my side and that I can do all things thru Christ which strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13

In the midst of this storm, the Lord has shown me that it's not so much what I'm going thru, but how I go thru it. A couple of weeks ago out of no where I suddenly started seeing pictures in my mind of the news anchors from, "The Weather Channel" and all of them were reporting during severe weather. And I thought to myslef, "this is random." Seconds later I realized that the Lord had dropped that thought in my Spirit and was showing me that sometimes instead of worrying or just giving up because of the conditions of the storm, you have to get in the game, get your rain gear on and PRAISE HIM in the storm no matter the condition of the storm. He aslo reminded me that the reason the weather men can stay overnight and report on a storm is beacuse they know that it will eventually end, and they will see clearer weather conditions. I've been a different person since then, because mentally that's exactly what I did. I decided that I wasn't going to worry or fret, but that my faith and trust in GOD was my "rain gear". There's a popular Christian song and some of the lyrics are, "I will praise you in this storm, and I will lift my hands...." and that's exactly where I am with my daily walk in this life. I walk by faith and not by sight and know that his word has stood the test of time. I have no need to fear, doubt or worry but enough faith to believe.

All things are possible to him who believes. Mark 9:23

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The Light's, party of 4May 26, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Thanks for sharing!! Great food for thought. I love you and am praying for you......
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August in Review

August has been a very busy month and we are not quite done yet. Micah turned 5 months on August 16, and is doing so much: sitting on his own, playing every morning and afternoon in his activity saucer for 15 minutes at a time, pushing up on his forearms and getting on his knees when he is on his belly. He has also already cut his two front bottom teeth and appears to be working on cutting a top tooth. I'm thinking we are going to have a crawler very soon. He is growing so quickly and we are totally captivated by his every move.
Alana is getting ready to begin 2nd grade. I just can't believe that my child is going into 2nd grade. Where has all of the time gone? She is full of energy, love and zeal for life. Her typical days in the month of August have consisted of play dates, swimming, riding her bike, Bible School (she attended 5 this summer), traveling and hanging out with the family. I have promised her that we WILL go to the beach before summer ends, so I have two weeks left to make that promise come true.
Jim hashad a busy month so far and we are praising God for his new position/transfer closer to home. He will begin at his new location on the September 1, and we are so happy that he will be closer to home now. We are going to really enjoy meeting him for lunch and getting to kiss and hug him goodbye in the mornings now that he will not be leavign quite so early. God is AWESOME!!!! He always works things out for the good for those who love him (just a little paraphrasing..lol)
I have also had a busy month so far. One of the memorable things I've done this month besides playing the role of mom and giving vocal and piano lessons was being a part of the Royal Tea hosted by the 1st P.H. Church. It was a great experience and the guests speaker, Connie Hale, really spoke a message that penetrated deeply. Her word somewhat revived my heart and reminded me of the quality of life I have as a "Daughter of the King." I have willfully let go every unkind, critical and negative word ever spoken over me. I have determined that I WILL NOT listen to, entertain or accept any opinion of me given by others that is contrary to the words and thoughts of GOD. I am living a more productive and satisfying life because of it.
Below are a few pictures to document this month. I will obviously be adding more pics as the month comes to an end. In the future I will only update this section on a monthly basis.