Satisfaction Through Christ

Remembering Mandy Kelly from Worshipful Living

Tuesday, March 21, started like any other day around our house. I got the kids off to school and came home to do some work. Around 9:30 a member of our Facebook Mastermind Group (a group of about 10 Christian women bloggers that support one another through blogging and life) posted that she'd seen some chatter on Mandy's Facebook profile and wanted to see how we could pray for her. It wasn't 20 minutes later that we all realized what was going on... Mandy, her husband Scott, and their … {Read More}

HIV and Adoption

My blog buddy Rachel has been blogging about her heart for HIV+ orphans over the last few days...If you have time, please read her last 4 posts (it's a chronological series). Her view has really changed my perspective!Intro: A Series is BornPart 1: How God Opened Our Hearts to HIVPart 2: HIV: I Want That Kind of FaithPart 3: The Stigma is a Lie (& Satan is the Liar)Please become a follower … {Read More}

Treasuring Christ…

...is more important than bearing children.This sentence, in the midst of an enormous quote by John Piper, took my breath away today. It almost caused me to fall to my knees...You see, bearing children has been at the forefront of my mind for 3 years...three.long.years.And in that time, I've had many arguments with God, I've prayed, I've questioned, I've pondered, I've cried, I've … {Read More}

Random…

I received my first ever bag of Just Love Coffee coffee this afternoon! I was so excited...I could smell it from the postal envelope!I'd highly recommend trying some, especially if you know a specific adoptive family that has set up their own Just Love Coffee site. If you purchase from their family site, a portion of the sale goes towards their adoption!Can't get much better than that...coffee … {Read More}

The Gift of Single-ness

As I prepare my mind and heart for our first Teen Talk Tuesday (TTT) topic of purity (...grab the button to your right!), I continue to come across relevant material.I don't feel led to speak about the topic of "The Gift of Single-ness" in relation to TTT, so I figured I would share a blog that I've come to love and today's post on God's provision for single women.Q has briefly mentioned to our … {Read More}

Homestudy Received!

Well, it is Tuesday, but we received our homestudy through email this afternoon!!! Oh, how exciting! I have skimmed through it and will sit down with Q to go over/correct it tonight!One more step...done!On another note, I stopped by the AdoptUsKids.org website this afternoon and ran across this precious boy. Can he get any cuter!? Unfortunately, since our homestudy hasn't been approved yet, it … {Read More}