Ready to be home.

This is the first time in a week that I have had the chance to write! I agreed to watch my neighbors 2 children, 6 & 3, every other week under the impression that 3 of my boys would be on summer visitation with their mom during those weeks. Wrong! Last week I had 6 children during the day and 4 in the evening Monday and Tuesday AND Andy was gone on business. By bedtime I was one pooped lady! Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I had just Zachary plus 2. That was more like it lol!

I am leading this summers bible study for church, No other Gods by Kelly Minter. I do believe that is what got me through this crazy week. Staying in the word is the only way to get through. It was really eye-opening this week working through the different things that drive our need to turn to 'idols' in our lives. I was able to relate to almost every category- identity, pain, need, and silence. As a woman, I put so much who I am based on what my roles are versus who I am in God. This week in the study, this phrase stuck out to me "Husbands don't seem to solve it. Kids apparently don't do it. Careers fall short. " (minter p 36). When it discussed 'need' as a reason to turn to idols, we looked at Sarah in Genesis. What a story of Gods love and faithfulness even when we choose to take matters into our own hands! Sometimes it's the pain in our lives that drives us the fastest to false gods. On day 3 we saw how through pain we can also turn to God as Hannah did in 1 Samuel. Lastly we looked at times when we feel God has abandoned us. You can look throughout the whole bible to see that God will never leave us, although sometimes we are tested to grow stronger. Look no further than the Israelites to see what happens when you believe that lie, that God has abandoned you. They had seen so many miracles yet when Moses, their link to God, disappeared they went right back to their Egyptian pagan roots. I hope that I am more able to pinpoint my idols before they become disastrous! I cannot wait to dig into next weeks discoveries.

This weekend my best friend got married. I came down Friday to help with last minute stuff and stayed till Tuesday to watch the little one while they got away for a cpl days. It was a small but pretty wedding and I got to practice my photography skills :) I love taking pictures! One day I hope to be able to take a class or 2. My little boogers aren't the best subjects because they won't sit still and could care less about getting them taken.

Yesterday and today I took care of Daxten. He is a very good baby! All except this morning, he refuses to drink his bottle. He loves Zachary and I must say Zachary is quite taken with him too. I think he will make a great big brother some day. Well technically he is but Caleb was already 3 when Andy and I were married. I think this time around he'll make a great baby helper, all except the poopy diapers!

This afternoon I shall make it home and I am so excited to visit with my friend who just had her baby, a girl after 3 wonderful boys!! I will post pictures from this weekend as soon as they are transferred to my Mac.

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