Thank you for my husband, God, and my life with him. Thank you for all You have given us and Your loyalty to fulfill Your promises.

HAPPINESS IS A JOURNEY

Sometimes in life we are challenged to make choices. Some we might regret for the rest of our lives, some we might be the happiest person on earth because we made such choice. Knowing if you made that right choice is where the challenge begins. I like to believe the choice I made was the best choice of my life. Days go by and I sit and think what my life would be like if I didn’t marry the man I married, and Honestly I can’t imagine that life.

THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT HIM

Being his wife to me means more than I can explain in words. I can’t begging to express what I have been feeling lately. All I know is I bow down on my knees and pray and cry out to God and ask him every day to keep my marriage in his hands and continue to guide us and HELP me Not to let Anything or anyone break our bond. Keep our LOVE True

I got this book to read a long time ago it took me a while to actually get to it and start reading it. The book is about the desire for women to live well. However doing that in todays world it’s almost impossible. The book sends out a message that nothing is impossible if you believe and trust God in helping you achieve your goals. There is hope for your family, your children, your husband, and your self. The book has a lot of truths that will help you lead to a more joy-filled life. It will challenge you in making some dramatic changes for the better. It will inspire you to Love like you’ve haven’t loved before.

This book was very interesting to me because some of the points that she pointed out was so relevant to something I have faced before or am currently facing in my life now that once I started reading it I could’t put it down. I downloaded the ebook for me to read and almost the whole book is highlighted LOL. It challenged me to make some changes in my life. Causing me to go through some tough battles that I’m now facing but I believe God has a better plan, everything in life has it’s price. It inspired me to pray for my family. On her book Courtney gives some great examples of scriptures and one that I highlighted that I keep going back to all the time is…

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.  He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Psalm 121:1-3

It’s a great passage for when you are struggling with unanswered prayer

She got me thinking when I got to the part about marriage where she talks about ” Finding Forgiveness ” It’s funny because we find in our hearts to forgive everyone and take care of everyones problems but we don’t look close enough to our owns.

Ruth Bell Graham says, ” A good marriage is the union of two forgivers.”

There’s some good points in there about marriage,a little challenge for the wife, and some great scriptures.

Where she talks about children and the internet she teaches you how your kids can be safe online. How you should control it.

Over all the book got my attention I had to finish reading it, I ended up looking at her website subscribing to it and now I get her e-mails everyday with a prayer and her newsletter, and I do agree with her as far as being able to get things done and still be able to care for your family, and find joy in your life.

Sometimes we are all overwhelmed and tired and there are somedays we just want to scream and call it quits. We have to believe GOD sees us …

Book Description

Women desire to live well. However, living well in this modern world is a challenge. The pace of life, along with the new front porch of social media, has changed the landscape of our lives. Women have been told for far too long that being on the go and accumulating more things will make their lives full. As a result, we grasp for the wrong things in life and come up empty.

God created us to walk with him; to know him and to be loved by him. He is our living well and when we drink from the water he continually provides, it will change us. Our marriages, our parenting, and our homemaking will be transformed.

Mommy-blogger Courtney Joseph is a cheerful realist. She tackles the challenge of holding onto vintage values in a modern world, starting with the keys to protecting our walk with God. No subject is off-limits as she moves on to marriage, parenting, and household management.

Rooted in the Bible, her practical approach includes tons of tips that are perfect for busy moms, including:

• Simple Solutions for Studying God’s Word
• How to Handle Marriage, Parenting, and Homemaking in a Digital Age
• 10 Steps to Completing Your Husband
• Dealing With Disappointed Expectations in Motherhood
• Creating Routines that Bring Rest
• Pursuing the Discipline and Diligence of the Proverbs 31 Woman

There is nothing more important than fostering your faith, building your marriage, training your children, and creating a haven for your family. Women Living Well is a clear and personal guide to making the most of these precious responsibilities.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookLook Bloggers <http://booklookbloggers.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

A few things have changed for us. I started school to be a Medical Assistant :) I’m very exited and I’ve been doing ok at it, never thought I would but I guess I’m a little better than I gave my self credit for.

My Husband started a new job :) he is still doing pest control but for a better company that he is very happy with. So there for I’m happy. As long as his happy  I’m happy not only for him but for us <3

We’ve had lots and lots of snow falling on our heads LOL  it’s been very cold here in New England but hey it’s NE what do you expect right?

I started my workout again, I don’t go as much as I would like to be going at the moment, I don’t make to all the classes I used to but I’ve been doing good and my diet has been better than ever and I have seen great results :)

The Love I feel for him has only been getting stronger  day by day I can never see myself without my husband being present.

I Pray to GOD everyday …

For him to keep as strong in Faith and Love, and keep our promises not Only to HIM but to each other.

“A simple ‘I love you’ means more than money.” – Frank Sinatra

inspiration:

Everyone faces the storms of life. Sometimes we have the faith to be delivered from the storms instantly; sometimes we have the faith to walk through the storms. But no matter which route you take, you can be sure that God is right there with you. He will equip you and sustain you. He will give you the grace, the supernatural empowerment, to make it through.
Today, maybe you are facing a storm and can’t quite see a way out. Maybe you’re not sure what the answer is. All you have to do is take it one step at a time by saying, “God, I know You have a good plan for my future.” “God, I am doing better today than I was yesterday.” “God, I know You are leading and guiding me.” With every step you take, know that God is doing a work in your life. Know that He is with you, and He will comfort you. Keep moving forward. Keep taking those steps of faith and keep walking through the storm into the place of victory He has prepared for you!

“Nothing would be the same if you didn’t exist” 

I can’t recall exact dates but I know it was sometime in 1993? Maybe the beginning of the year or summer time? When I met my husband. We were at a night club called Venezia. It’s was a water front restaurant/bar/Brazilian night club at the time. Today I don’t think they have a club there anymore. It’s funny I remember the exact time I met him I was sitting at the table no one was on the dance floor but his brother, after he got there I guess the party started LOL. Everyone started to dance, his sister, me and everyone else that was there. I remember him asking me to dance more than a few times I was very interested but he had a Girlfriend that night so yeah a little embarrassed but I was so young and I really didn’t care much about anything. I danced with him a song that I will never forget that song got stuck in my head for ever till this day I still know it that one specific song he asked me to dance

It’s My Life by Dr. Alban

It’s going to be 20 years and I still remember that day, the way we danced, the way he looked LOL now can I call that “Love” or Obsession? hahhaha Poor guy he had so much more coming if he only knew maybe he would have never danced with me that night. But I like to believe it was

God’s Plan to put us together other wise we wouldn’t have lasted 20 years 

After that night my dream guy went home, I was the happiest girl in the world imagine a 14yrs old girl just  met the most handsome 17yrs old in a club that not only looked good, he drove a nice car, he smelled good, he showed interest in me :)

The following Sunday I was the 1st one to show up at the club again with BIG hopes to see him again and there he was, looking just as good as he did the sunday before. My heart would beat so fast. This day It was even more memorable to me because he didn’t have a girlfriend (anymore) so we got to dance all night hang out and …

Yes he got the 1st kiss. I even remember what we were wearing that night LOL and I remember this because I was so in LOVE with him I saved my Jeans shirt ( he happened to be wearing one too same night ) I wouldn’t let no one wash it because of his smell that was on it. Of course I didn’t tell anyone but I would come home from school everyday and smell that shirt and remember that kiss he gave me  that sunday night. To me it was such a big deal. I bet he doesn’t even remember LOL. It doesn’t matter what matters is that LOVE prevailed and you LOVED, LOVE, and Hope will Still LOVE me Forever more 

After all this I was so in love with him every where he was I wanted to be, anywhere I saw him I wanted to be with him and around him. He came to my house to do what?? till this day I don’t know :0 I never thought to ask him this question because after he came to my house he called me and said to me he wasn’t interested in dating anyone I was so Heart Broken, I don’t think anyone was ever so hurt like I was. I cried so much and I couldn’t deal with my feelings and like all teens with a bad history I turned even more to the substance abuse I had a few friends that I trusted with my life my best friend Linda ( may she R.I.P ) and I would tell her everything she knew everything about me just like I knew all about her, we would sit all night drinking and talking about our problems and we would cry ourself to sleep.  I remember one night calling the radio station and requesting a song LOL when that song played we couldn’t even open our eyes because we cried so much hahahaha. Today it sounds funny but back then it was painful.

After a few days passed I went to a gathering the catholic church had and there he was the love of my life walked in with his new girl friend  I was so upset and so sad and angry at the same time, not even because he had a girlfriend because I had a boyfriend too but because he lied I was devastated, and the girls that knew about it made fun of me all day because of him being with this other girl, I of course played like I didn’t care when I got home I cried a river hahahha.

Summer came around and I met up with Chris again by this time we had moved next to his house, and once again he had no girlfriend lol. So it was finally my time to shine, later on I heard he told everyone because I bothered him so much he decided to date me LOL. Well I was told if you Love someone you fight for them as hard as it take right? That’s what I did he was Single, I was single so I fought for him and I won him 

From that Moment on My Life Changed from living like a crazy person to living my dream. Like every girl has a Love dream.

 We started dating I guess Summer 1994  ( wow Time goes by too fast )

We had a great relationship, we fell in love I could tell he loved me and I loved him with all my heart. At the time we didn’t belong to any church so we partied a little too much, but we knew we loved each other, we decided to get engaged on December 25, 1994 and we did just that we got engaged and all of a sudden my lovely fiancé decides he wants to end it all  here we go again I couldn’t even deal with how hurt I was but I never gave up on him, to me it was like we never broke up just took a break LOL. During this break we both went to church and became a new person, we accepted Jesus as our savior and became a Christian best decision ever made.

Our Son Joshua was born a precious time in our life, We Decided to get married June 13, 1998.

From this point on we never looked back.

Our Love Story was mended together Till Death do us part 

For all the people that didn’t believe in us in our love all I have to say is

” Mathew 19:4 and 26″  

Go get a Bible and read it if you don’t know what it says :) 

Now with this amazing love story and strong marriage in the Lord you would think we had no battles right? ” Wrong” We had, Have and will have many. But with God’s Help and grace we will fight EACH and EVERY one of them till the end. I will NOT let my family fall apart no matter what it takes, how hard I have to fight.

Right after marriage we had 2 more Boys Isaque & Gabriel as you all know :)

The Joy of our lives.

There is no words to describe the LOVE we feel for our children, it’s something unexplainable. 

Little boys come in all shapes and sizes
Shy and adventurous, full of surprises
With misshapen halos and mischievous grins
Small dirty faces, and sweet, sticky chins.

They’ll keep you so busy and yet all the while
Nothing can brighten the world like their smile.
And no greater treasure has brought home more joy
Than a curious, active and lovable boys!

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This year my husband and I celebrate our 20th Valentines together can you imagine it’s like another life, we’ve been together for so long, that today we can just look at each other and know that there’s something wrong, If we are sad, happy, angry. LOL. My love for him has expanded to a point that if anything ever happened I don’t think I would survive without him. I don’t know what Life is like with out him beside me. We’ve been together since I was 14. It’s always been me and him, never just me and never just him. All I can say and hope is that he would feel the same. That to me is the most romantic, Beautiful, Love of all. The one we share side by side everyday. I still get butterflies every time you kiss me, when you leave me I miss you dearly, and when you forget to kiss me Goodnight, or in the morning it’s like a part of me is missing because I’m so used to you doing it every night and morning.

 I know I have many flaws, but I want you to know what I feel for you  is real and I guaranty no one will ever replace how I feel… Eu Te Amo!!!

Thank you for being the Best Father, Friend, Husband, Lover a person could ever ask for. I will continue to pray for us and believe in God we have many more years to celebrate together … <3 and NO ONE will EVER TAKE THAT FROM ME :)

AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES US A FAMILY <3 HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE

So Silent… So still
Listening for God’s Will
Hoping I can hear Him
Speak to my heart.

Wishing I was flawless, perfect and pure
Wondering what life trials I’m destined to endure.
Eager to seek Him, eager to grow,
What’s really inside me only He and I know.

Constant Hunger and constant thirst,
Constantly striving to put the Lord first.
Feeling unsettled like something’s not right
It’s a spiritual war and I’m ready to fight.

Help me, Lord. Make my heart your reflection!
Calm my spirit Lord, point me in the right direction.

With everything I am I want to serve You,
Hold me in your hands Lord, so to you I stay true.

My life is yours God, this I reaffirm today,
In everything I do Lord, You have the final say.

My heart is heavy like I lost a loved one,
My soul is crying for comfort from His Son.
Lord Jesus, Come! Be everything that I am!
Help me to see and live Your master plan.

To you Lord God I give all the glory,
Be alive in me father while I tell the world my story.
I lost my life for you the night of December eighth,
I thank you every day Lord, for making my path straight.

I am always falling down Lord, remaining on my knees,
It’s a constant reminder only you can meet my every need.

So I look to you in prayer and I ask with a sincere heart,
Cleans me, hold me, lead me, away from the death of dark.

By– © Ashley Plaisted

A Woman Of Strength

A woman of strength,
Has courage to face the day,
And the confidence,
To handle whatever comes her way.
A woman of strength,
Has so much love to give,
And more compassion,
It gives her a reason to live.
A woman of strength,
Can face trouble with more hope,
Face adversity,
Always finding the strength to cope.
A woman of strength,
Can take the bad with the good,
And learn from it all,
With a sense of pride that’s understood.
A woman of strength,
Can conduct herself with grace,
Hold her head up high,
And dignity always has its place.
A woman of strength,
Can face almost anything,
And can look forward,
To what the future will possibly bring…

{©2008 Jan Brooks}

Wait for the Wisdom of God
People often ask me, “How can I know for sure whether I’m walking in the truth or walking according to my feelings and emotions?” I believe the answer is found in patience.
Emotions urge us to hurry, telling us that we must do something and do it right now! But godly wisdom tells us to wait until we have a clear picture of what it is we are to do and when we are to do it. Godly wisdom tells us to seek wise guidance and counsel before we rush into decisions.
We need to be able to back off and view our situation from God’s perspective. We need to make decisions based on what we know rather than what we feel. We need to receive His wisdom and the wisdom of the trusted people He’s placed in our lives.
When faced with any difficult decision, wait until you have a clear answer before taking a step that you may regret. Emotions are wonderful, but they must not be allowed to take precedence over wisdom and knowledge. Seek God’s guidance and let Him show you what to do.

Prayer Starter: God, I won’t rush into decisions and be led by my emotions. I commit to seeking Your wise guidance for the choices I make.

For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers. (Proverbs 11:14 NIV)

Daily Devotion By Joyce Meyers