emotions~i don't like them. They are so hard to deal with, and they are aggravating. My emotions go haywire all the time. My poor, sweet husband. He is so very patient with me. I am so glad God gave me him! I do not know what I would do without him! At church Mrs. Neal read a story about silver being refined. She said that when silver is put in the fire it has to be in the very hottest spot. Then how the silversmith knows when to take the silver out of the fire is when he can see his reflection in the silver. The point of the story was: we are the silver and God is the silversmith. And the fire....is the hard times in life. When God tells us to give thanks in all circumstances that is the refining process. Cause giving thanks takes a lot of work. When we give thanks, or at least when I give thanks in the hard times, its hard....really hard. But in giving thanks we get such peace. Philippians 4:6-7 "do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God and the PEACE of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." What a comfort.... God's peace is going to guard our hearts and our minds!! I love that... cause I think way, way to hard about things. Most of the time my mind is in overdrive. Another element of all this is trusting. Trusting GOD fully. This is hard too. Expecilly if you(like me) like to be in control of things. Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths" And with this trusting and the peace that comes with it, comes contentment. Being content in our situation because we are at pease cause we know we can trust God to take care of it. Isn't it cool how it all works? So, all of this comes down to the silversmith seeing his reflection in the silver. God is working all things in our life for good, cause He is working them all in the direction of making us look like His son...the reflection. We are suppose to be like Jesus....And He trusted His father completely, and was at total peace, and completely content (even to death)... and that is our goal, to be like Him. So, the refining process is a must. To take all the inpure things out. The process hurts sometimes though....fire hurts, life hurts.
Now, just so you don't get me wrong. My life is not in the "fire" right now. But, I've just been thinking bout this. And yes I would say I'm in the process of being refined...but I would also say that we all are in some stage of the refinement at all times, if we are God's children. God is trying to teach me to do these things even when life is easy. To give thanks, be at peace, trust Him completely and be content. Even at time in life when I feel like I'm not being useful, He is trying to get me to see that its not about what I do, its about my relationship with Him. And, that even the slow times of life, when He says wait, no, and not now, He wants my complete trust and He wants me to give thanks, and in return He can give me His complete peace and contentment. I think the trade is well worth it. :)
~Hannah
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursdays
I like Thursdays...they are one of my favorite days! Amy comes over and we have fun! :) Today we are going to make cookies! YAY!!!!
So last Tuesday Jordan got off work early cause his grandparents yard caught on fire and he went to help. Nothing was seriously hurt, they got the fire out in time. Anyway Jordan didn't go back to work, he ended up working on house stuff. We got three holes filled with concrete! YAY!!!
We are making progress!! :)
Oh funny story! Joseph came to help, he comes almost everytime. I enjoy him coming he is fun. Anyway, we were talking bout how Joseph always knows everything...and he said this..." I don't evesdrop, I'm just sitting in the room when people talk and i remember it. And people tell me its Evesdropping!" lol it was funnier in person! :P
~Hannah
So last Tuesday Jordan got off work early cause his grandparents yard caught on fire and he went to help. Nothing was seriously hurt, they got the fire out in time. Anyway Jordan didn't go back to work, he ended up working on house stuff. We got three holes filled with concrete! YAY!!!
We are making progress!! :)
Oh funny story! Joseph came to help, he comes almost everytime. I enjoy him coming he is fun. Anyway, we were talking bout how Joseph always knows everything...and he said this..." I don't evesdrop, I'm just sitting in the room when people talk and i remember it. And people tell me its Evesdropping!" lol it was funnier in person! :P
~Hannah
Monday, January 23, 2012
Today
I didn't get up until 10:00. I didn't sleep well last night. So i went back to sleep after Jordan left for work. I have just been piddling every sence. Well I started laundry, and picked up the house. That doesn't take to long though! :)
I don't know what my plan for the rest of the day is... hmmm....I think I will just be lazy :)
Well, I'm kind of drawing a blank...so i guess i'm going to go!
~Hannah
I don't know what my plan for the rest of the day is... hmmm....I think I will just be lazy :)
Well, I'm kind of drawing a blank...so i guess i'm going to go!
~Hannah
Monday, January 16, 2012
Monday
Well, I'm sitting here listening to Odyssey. I can't decide if i want to exercise today. I dislike exercising with a passion. There is nothing fun about it to me. Its painful and just not any fun. But, I think it is something i need to do. God says my body is His temple. I guess i should take care of it huh? :) I just don't like it! bla... but I know that I need it. I have decided to try it once again. ugh. Maybe. No, I really will. Today at least.
Anyhow, on another note I had a lot of fun with Joseph Saturday. We played war and ERS. I won both games of ERS, but the game of war we didn't finish. That game last forever! Saturday night we had a party for Jordan. We had cheesy burgers and cake. Lisa, Stevo, Nanny, Papa, Brandy, Reg and the kiddos came over to Mom's. We had fun! We played kinnect on the Xbox. That is fun stuff. :)
The plan for today is: Finish all the laundry, make my bed with CLEAN sheets, (I love clean sheets!) exercise at some point, and sweep and mop the kitchen. The only one I'm dreading is exercising. Bla bla. haha
Well tata for now! :)
~Hannah
Anyhow, on another note I had a lot of fun with Joseph Saturday. We played war and ERS. I won both games of ERS, but the game of war we didn't finish. That game last forever! Saturday night we had a party for Jordan. We had cheesy burgers and cake. Lisa, Stevo, Nanny, Papa, Brandy, Reg and the kiddos came over to Mom's. We had fun! We played kinnect on the Xbox. That is fun stuff. :)
The plan for today is: Finish all the laundry, make my bed with CLEAN sheets, (I love clean sheets!) exercise at some point, and sweep and mop the kitchen. The only one I'm dreading is exercising. Bla bla. haha
Well tata for now! :)
~Hannah
Saturday, January 14, 2012
A house update
Well, I haven't said anything about the house stuff in a while. We are finially done with all the work at mom and dad's. Done with the perlins and the trusses! YAY!!! Last wednesday we bought all the stuff for the concrete. Hopefully today we will get to dig the holes and pour some concrete. :) exciting huh? It makes me happy. :)
~Hannah
Friday, January 13, 2012
Birthdays
I love Birthdays. They are so fun! Today is This^guys Birthday. He is turning 20! For his Birthday he wanted biscuits and Chocolate gravy. I am not very good at making any kind of gravy but chocolate gravy is even harder in my opinion. I made it anyway and He said it was good. :) Last night i made him steak, mashed potatoes, some more gravy, English peas, and crescent rolls, it was yummy! I also made him a chocolate cake with a moose with pink mittens....that's what he wanted. Haha i think he was kidding but that's what I put on his cake anyway! He loved it. He laughed and couldn't believe I remembered he had said he wanted it. Tonight Jordan is going with his papa and Reg and I think my Dad, to go eat fish. He loves fish and I don't so I'm glad he is going with papa. I am so thankful for Jordan. He is such a blessing to me. He is always there and he is the perfect husband. I love how he can make me laugh even when I'm having a hard day. Thank you Lord for another year with my man! Give me many more years! I LOVE you baby!! Happy happy birthday!!!!
Today is also our 5 month mark. Its been FIVE months!! Crazy huh?
~Hannah
Today is also our 5 month mark. Its been FIVE months!! Crazy huh?
~Hannah
Monday, January 9, 2012
Honeymoon pictures
At the Air port in Fort Smith.
In the first plane.
At the Dallas Airport.
At the hotel in Boston
The yummiest ice cream! In Boston waiting on our flight
Waiting...
Waiting some more...
In Portugal
Our donut and juice that cost $15!!
At Erica's House in Portugal
At a bull fight.
At the Hotel in Portugal
THE OCEAN!
Haha Jordan got cold
He has a magic touch with Malachi
We got rained on when we were sight seeing
At the Boston Airport on our way home
On our way home.
We had so much fun and learned a lot on our honeymoon! So many memories made!
~Hannah
Friday, January 6, 2012
Confessions
I have been debating with myself on weather or not to write about this. I finally decided to give a go at explaining what is on my mind. I named this post confessions because i am going to confess some things I'm not very proud of. Nothing horrible, just things i struggle with. This may be hard to understand what I'm trying to say, please bare with me. :)
I don't know if anybody is aware,but i have a terrible habit of comparing everything about myself to other people. I can't make it through a day without comparing something about myself. For example...I will see a girl on a commercial on TV and think, "man, why can't i look like that?" Or i will hear of somebody doing something like... playing the piano really well, and i immediately think "man, i wish i could do that, but i can't cause I'm not talented enough." This is a constant thing with me. I do it without really realizing that's what I'm doing. I do it like i breathe. It comes naturally to me. God has shown me that this is such a sad way to live my life. When I'm in this constant state of comparing then i lose my contentment with who God made me to be. I get in the oh pitiful me mode, and then I'm just in a bad mood and then i snap at the people i love the most. I've come to realize that it even runs deeper than that... when i compare myself it makes me feel bad, because I'm putting myself down, so to make myself feel a little better i think of something that i do like about myself and then put the person I'm comparing myself to down...like this..."well, my _______ is better than hers"... so now I'm being judgemental. So, not only have i lost my contentment by comparing...( or a better way to put it would be: being envious), I'm now being judgemental. Another thing is I'm really being prideful, because, to be honest i want to be better than i am....so i can feel good about myself...and be PROUD of myself. So, you see how this habit is so destructive to me, because it doesn't stop at one thing, it leads to another and another and well, you get the picture. In a nutshell it hinders me from serving God with the gifts He did give me. i lose sight of what is important in life, and that is serving God with a JOYFUL heart. it doesn't even matter what i look like or how good i am at doing things. God doesn't care about those superficial things, He cares about what our heart looks like! He wants us to realize that we are weak on our own. With that state of mind He can show Himself strong on our behalf! That brings Him glory. Bringing God glory is one of the best things i can do!! And the truth is that doesn't take a good looking and talented person! Praise GOD! So, now my struggle is stopping this habit. The only way i can think of how to do this is to find my joy in the LORD and not to even let my mind go to the place of compare mode. This is not easy. I have looked for a verse that speaks directly to this and compare isn't in the Bible that i have found. But there are these verses: Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." and Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always; again i will say, rejoice" and Philippians 4:8 " Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things"
So, i know what i need to do, and i have some ammo for the battle ahead. Now, if you would pray for me. We can start this thing. I want so badly to get better about this. :)
~Hannah
I don't know if anybody is aware,but i have a terrible habit of comparing everything about myself to other people. I can't make it through a day without comparing something about myself. For example...I will see a girl on a commercial on TV and think, "man, why can't i look like that?" Or i will hear of somebody doing something like... playing the piano really well, and i immediately think "man, i wish i could do that, but i can't cause I'm not talented enough." This is a constant thing with me. I do it without really realizing that's what I'm doing. I do it like i breathe. It comes naturally to me. God has shown me that this is such a sad way to live my life. When I'm in this constant state of comparing then i lose my contentment with who God made me to be. I get in the oh pitiful me mode, and then I'm just in a bad mood and then i snap at the people i love the most. I've come to realize that it even runs deeper than that... when i compare myself it makes me feel bad, because I'm putting myself down, so to make myself feel a little better i think of something that i do like about myself and then put the person I'm comparing myself to down...like this..."well, my _______ is better than hers"... so now I'm being judgemental. So, not only have i lost my contentment by comparing...( or a better way to put it would be: being envious), I'm now being judgemental. Another thing is I'm really being prideful, because, to be honest i want to be better than i am....so i can feel good about myself...and be PROUD of myself. So, you see how this habit is so destructive to me, because it doesn't stop at one thing, it leads to another and another and well, you get the picture. In a nutshell it hinders me from serving God with the gifts He did give me. i lose sight of what is important in life, and that is serving God with a JOYFUL heart. it doesn't even matter what i look like or how good i am at doing things. God doesn't care about those superficial things, He cares about what our heart looks like! He wants us to realize that we are weak on our own. With that state of mind He can show Himself strong on our behalf! That brings Him glory. Bringing God glory is one of the best things i can do!! And the truth is that doesn't take a good looking and talented person! Praise GOD! So, now my struggle is stopping this habit. The only way i can think of how to do this is to find my joy in the LORD and not to even let my mind go to the place of compare mode. This is not easy. I have looked for a verse that speaks directly to this and compare isn't in the Bible that i have found. But there are these verses: Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." and Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always; again i will say, rejoice" and Philippians 4:8 " Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things"
So, i know what i need to do, and i have some ammo for the battle ahead. Now, if you would pray for me. We can start this thing. I want so badly to get better about this. :)
~Hannah
Sunday, January 1, 2012
2012
Hey! it is the first day of 2012 and i'm excited to see what this year has for us. A quick update on some things... Jordan finished the trusses for the house last Saturday!! YAY! praise the Lord!!! that took a long time! i am so proud of how hard Jordan has worked on all the house stuff. I didn't get any pictures of the trusses... i know i'm failing. :( haha... i think we can finilly start on the up part of the house. :)
on other notes we are having a good time being married. Life has been good. God is good and faithful. We are curently watching our new favorite show...24. yay us! oh and we got internet for Christmas! i can update my blog now!! i'm so excited!! oh and Joshua got us an Ipod! YEAH! i know! :) And we bought a laptop with our Christmas money. we are uptown now!! :) anyhow i'm going to go and enjoy my husband. :)
~me
on other notes we are having a good time being married. Life has been good. God is good and faithful. We are curently watching our new favorite show...24. yay us! oh and we got internet for Christmas! i can update my blog now!! i'm so excited!! oh and Joshua got us an Ipod! YEAH! i know! :) And we bought a laptop with our Christmas money. we are uptown now!! :) anyhow i'm going to go and enjoy my husband. :)
~me
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