Look back to Wordless Wednesday and you will see a picture of the latest teenager/offspring of mine to be licensed and behind the wheel of a car! Yep! Kayti took her road test and passed! She was so excited and I am so proud of her!
Our joy was a little short-lived as she experienced her first teenage heartbreak. :( I have tried to keep my opinions about this boyfriend of hers in check. After everything I've been through, the LAST thing I would ever want to do is judge someone else for making the same mistakes. He was a nice boy, polite enough and for the most part, a typical 19 year old. Except for the fact that he was DATING MY BABY!!!!
No mother EVER thinks anyone is good enough for her child but I really knew this wasn't a match made in Heaven and didn't like his influence over my very smart but highly vulnerable and impressionable daughter. I never prayed for them to break up, but I DID pray for God to watch over the situation and act accordingly. I am happy with how He handled it even though my sweet baby girl is heartbroken.
I tell you one thing is for sure, I do not miss being a teenager. I wouldn't do it nowadays if you paid me! It was hard enough the first time and I think it's harder in today's world. Cell phones, social media...I think it makes things like this MUCH worse. So we had a bit of drama with that over the weekend. But I think it's settled down now and I am proud of the way she's handling herself except for a few things. She will learn. She knows deep down in her heart that she is destined for great things and that, even though she won't acknowledge that God has a plan right now, all things work together for her good!
So back to the driving, no, I have no yet turned her loose with the car but I have let her take a few small trips alone or with Brooke in tow. She has to get her confidence up about driving alone. And yet I still hold my breath whenever she leaves the house!
In other things...I did get back on Facebook. :( I know, I'm disappointed in me, too. But hey, I made it 12 days this time! Progress! lol I needed to get in touch with a friend and for some reason, the contact info didn't transfer in the export. I will have to figure out what I did wrong before I make another attempted at getting off again. And yes, I did miss it...somewhat. But I discovered Twitter and am slowly learning to navigate that.
I have made some progress on some projects and the To Do list, boring to you but thrilling to me. Love when I can scratch something off the list! I'm getting excited about the Shrimp Festival and other events coming up this month. I'm not sure if we will get to go camping Halloween weekend but I REALLY want to!
I also got started on another HUGE project that a friend and I are collaborating on and I pray that we see it through to fruition.
Gonna share a few of my notes from reCreate...I'm still reeling at how AWESOME a conference it was!
1) John 10:10 says "The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance."
Key in on the word ABUNDANCE. Jesus not only came to give us life here on Earth and eternal life but to make sure our life here was AWESOME. He cares about every detail. If it's important to us, it's important to Him--just like with our own children. As long as it's not harmful to them, if it's a true desire of their hearts, we want to do everything to see them get it. Don't be satisfied with mediocrity. Pray to God and then PRAISE HIM for bringing it about! Speak words of praise and victory over your life!
2) Ask God how you can be a light in WHATEVER situation you're in. God goes to great extremes sometimes to orchestrate putting you in a particular place in a particular time. Don't take it for granted. You never know how He will use you. But remember, our light is to be a GUIDE, not a BLINDER! In other words, don't focus on how someone is sinning differently than you! Don't shove your Bible in their face but definitely open it for them.
3) Don't EVER let anyone tell you that God can't use you! Regardless of what things you've done in the past, God doesn't call us for our past but for HIS purpose! Your experiences can be used to help others in their struggles. I struggle with this one. I WANT to share my testimony and help others who are struggling with the same issues I had not quite two years ago. But it's a delicate topic. When the typical "christian" discovers what my testimony is mostly about, they get scared and want to silence me and sometimes, I regretfully let them. But I promise I DO NOT want to see any woman go down the road I did. It may look like it's turned out well and I DO focus on the positive and count my blessings but I paid dearly, continue to pay dearly and probably will for a long time if not the rest of my life. It's definitely not an even trade. And I hope that people see that in my message.
And yes, that is just a SAMPLING of my notes from things I got out of this conference! Can you just imagine if YOU had been there? Well you can--next year! October 3-4 & 5-6. They have already lined up Priscilla Shirer and Lisa Bevere and you can register now at churchofthehighlands.com
Be blessed!
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