Ahhhhh

Hello ... I'm back! Today is my precious Garrison's 8th birthday and the memories of the day he was born have been flooding my soul all day. All I can say is THANK YOU GOD for loaning him to me for his life on earth. I am overwhelmed with how blessed I am. Mind you, the enemy of my soul, has been trying to remind me of all that's gone wrong and the verse, "take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ," has been my mantra. TAKE captive EVERY thought! Last week, when I was going through a really tough time emotionally I finally got so sick of it that I cried from my innermost being, "HELP ME GOD!!!!" Guess what? He did. Within a second, no exaggeration, I was healed of the emotional despondency I'd felt for 48 hours. I believe in healings because I've known people to be healed, including my husband, but I didn't believe it had never happened to me. So, through this entire roller coaster ride I've been on for 3 weeks I get to proclaim a healing that I recognized. Then I realized how many times God HAS healed me when I did NOT recognize it. The day I gave my heart to Him, and He healed my brokenness. The two times I gave birth and was up walking within one hour. Now that's some healin' ain't it sistas!!! :) The day I married my soulmate my broken, lonely heart was healed. There are countless other miracles that God has performed in my life, and I've allowed them to go unrecognized. As I sit in my living room, with my Japanese cherry blossom tree in FULL bloom and listen to my little boy and his buddies play and see my sweet kitties snuggled up in the windowsills of my home I can't help but say 'ahhhh' because my life is sweet. Today Lord Jesus I choose to recognize You in it all. I see you Lord - thank You for opening the eyes of my heart. All the doubt, worry and anxiety about what tomorrow may hold will be taken captive and I will MAKE it obedient to You. I get to choose that so I have decided to follow Your Word today and not my own. I love You Lord. Thank You.

Thank you my friends for your prayers, your love and your support. I go back to work on Tuesday and I'm praying that I'll still find time to write in my blog. I don't feel like this journey is over and I know God is still teaching me. I covet your prayers this week - I need supernatural strength to do this and I hope that all of you know I will do the same for you whenever you need it. Please always be encouraged that YOU are His favorite. I have a dear friend that kids me all the time that I think I'm Jesus' favorite and guess what --- I think I am, but I think you are too. :) Don't ever let that devil get too far in your head - squash him like a bug by taking those thoughts of defeat and anxiety and MAKING them obedient to Christ. You can do it!
Love you,
Ann
xoxoxo