THE SHOCK FAMILY

Ok… bear with me. What I am about to post started out as a prayer in my journal. Somewhere in the midst of the prayer... it turned into a blogpost. Normally doesn't happen… and I was going to rewrite the whole thing. Then I thought, maybe… just maybe, you all might want a look into the way my ridiculous brain works. :) Saturday 11/26/11 You are all I need God.  You are more than enough! Sometimes You, in your sovereign plan… no, a lot of times, You bring people into my day, my life, my world, to give me what it is that You know that I need. But, too many times, I take it upon myself to appoint others, especially my husband, as my Savior… the one that will sweep me off my feet and rescue me out of all my troubles.  I lay a burden on the poor guy that he was never meant to bear. For example, this past Monday [I think this is where it turns into a blog instead of a prayer btw], I was so excited that Kevin was going to be there with me for Andrew's surgery.  He co...

Thanksgiving has come and gone. I have been hesitant to even post anything about it. It just all seems so cliche. This year it has been especially crazy. Dad was in the hospital last week. Drew had surgery on both feet on Monday. Kevin came down with cellulitis in his foot on Tuesday. We think Alayna has strep. I have changed ice packs and Depends. I am the resident nurse and pharmacist for the whole household. I have spent more time in the hospital/dr. office than a recovering hypochondriac can handle. Not to mention… Everyone keeps talking about how grateful I should be to have both parents with me on these holidays… And when I don't feel very grateful, I feel very guilty. That being said… When I walked in the door tonight, Mom and Dad were having pumpkin pie by candlelight, listening to the local radio station play Christmas music. At first I was teary eyed just looking at my parents… it was precious! Just then, on the radio, came my very LEAST favorite ...

So, I was downstairs exercising this morning, and because I was pretty close to death (need desperately to get into better shape), I had this thought… What would happen if I keeled over and died right now? To that I answered… It would be great.  I told God that I would absolutely love to see Him right now... that I totally trust Him with my husband and my children if He wants to take me home right now! A very sweet peace came over me right then. I trust God in my dying. Then I thought… What is wrong with me that I don't trust Him in my living????  I don't totally trust Him with my husband and my children if He wants to keep me here on this earth today. Crazy thought huh?  It kinda seems like the worry and anxiety that I carry around day to day is based on the premise that I am in some sort of control… as long as I am here to save the day (or ruin it) of course. For today… I am going to set my heart and mind on 1 Peter 5:6,7 Humble yourselves, therefore...

I know it's been a long time since I have blogged.  I have a whole lot of thoughts about blogging, just seems like I don't ever have enough time. But yesterday while I was out on my walk, I just got to thinking… I am not sure that I've ever really written Kevin and my story out on paper.  We've told it countless times…and I'm sure if you are our friend or in our family, you have heard it countless times :)! Today though, I just want to record this story of redemption…and what a better way to do it than here… in blogland?! So here we go... If you knew me when I was young, you might say two things about me ~~  I loved Jesus & I loved boys!  You can already see where this is going.  In high school, I went to all the christian events I possibly could.  I really wanted to follow Jesus, but I know my friends would definitely say that I talked more about guys than I ever did about my God. The summer after our freshman year in college,  Mr. Kevin S...

Life is crazy around here. Dad seems to be getting worse... He is still so cute though. Mom gets very frustrated with him... She still loves that man so much. It is raining. I have to pick up Dad's van from our mechanic. I haven't even thought about supper. We have a co-ed bridal shower for 3 couples tonight at community group. I am bringing the meatballs... and cupcakes (courtesy of Kristen, Christen & Alayna). I so love our community group. Katie might come :). We have so much to do for She Has A Name . I cleaned our bathrooms this morning! Alayna is trying to finish up Math for the year today. I adore my husband! God is on His throne. We are taking our first ever alone family vacation on Friday. Atlanta here we come! The very God who placed the stars in the sky and knows them by name... He cares about me... and what is going on in my house and my heart right now. When I thirst, I need to turn to HIM... All my fountains are in HIM! He is the well ...

We just sat at Bob Evans with my mom and dad, Kevin's parents, our kids, our grandbaby and our niece Katie.  Hard to believe we had 4 generations (on both sides of our family) enjoying everything from pancakes... to fish... to a big ol' burger.  Bob Evans is a great place for such an age span :)! I realized as I was sitting there just how special this moment really was. I so wanted to savor every minute of it.  Crazy how fleeting time is. We just sent Alyssa and Kessa off... back to their new home in Indy. Right before they took off we captured Kessa on video... singing her precious rendition of The ABC Song for her mom, grandma and 2 great grandmas. We were all so very proud :)!

Alyssa and Kessa are here. She (Alyssa that is) just sat down at the piano... Playing Grace Flows Down . It was beautiful. Asked her if she would play my favorite... Help Me To Find You  by Todd Fields. A song that we learned at Passion '05. We sang it in our leader's group. Had never heard it before. I think it is one of my all time favorites. When Lys plays it, I stand up on a chair... I am not even kidding (there are people who have witnessed this...). And sing it at the top of my lungs... It ain't pretty. But I don't rightly care. The kids don't even laugh at me... They know I mean business. After singing today, I found it on youtube. Just want to share it with you! Feel free to stand on a chair and sing once you catch on :)!!!