tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41970053783912472272024-12-18T21:22:03.611-06:00Join ur online bffs for great tips and encouragement to be the incredible woman you were created to be!Marla Robisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12666064925646506346noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197005378391247227.post-15534342612818914202010-03-16T21:37:00.000-05:002010-03-16T21:37:18.158-05:00

"SOMETIMES IT TAKES A SHIPWRECK" COMING OUT OF THE CAGE OF FAILURE If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. -----John Chancellor Mark Batterson encourages all of us to look at the "shipwrecks" of our lives...as opportunities.  We ALL experience failure.  It's all about what we do with that failure. Failure handled improperly can be devastating, but failure handled

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A couple of weeks ago my oldest son, Stephen, had this really great party to go to with the Youth Group at church. SIDE NOTE: Whatever you do...get your kids to church...help them get involved in an awesome youth group. They will make Christian friends that will impact them for good.  They will have such great memories of church and church events.  God will bring people in their

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What an incredible weekend!  My son turned 14, he designed his own invitations on the computer and passed them out at school.  We had 60-65 Jr High students come over on Friday night.  They were awesome.  So much fun to get to know your kid's friends...ya know...spend time with them. A few parents insisted I had lost my mind.  They wondered how my house would EVER

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Wow! I have missed you!  Sorry I haven't posted in soooo long.  Life got crazy there for a bit!  I'm super involved in a nonprofit called Cherish Kids...we are endeavoring to help over 9,000 children in the State of Missouri find a home!  There are over 500,000 kids in the foster system in the United States.  We gotta find them a home! Okay...on to this great book : ) &

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OH WOW!  It just keeps getting better!  "Wild Goose Chase" by Mark Batterson is a super-fun read! Chapter 2 - Goose Bumps - Coming Out of the Cage of Responsibility "The soul lives by that which it loves. ---St. John of the Cross I'm going to highlight a few amazing points in Chapter 2 but you really need to get the book to read the awesome real life stories of Mark's personal

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Welcome to our online book club!  If you haven't got it yet...you need this book!  LIFE IS EITHER A DARING ADVENTURE, OR NOTHING. HELEN KELLER I love this book and the challenge to change my thinking!  But I also love this book as a mother raising two sons!!! We ALL need adventure...but ESPECIALLY our boys (and husbands)!  I recommend every man read it for sure! 

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I am so excited to announce our new book for the online book club! Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson is such an inspiring and amazing book!  I want to invite you to read it with me.  One chapter a day, and soak in the great challenge to live an incredible life and be all that you can be! I will start jotting notes here on the blog in the next couple of days but I want to give you

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Our last day with Dr. Kevin Leman and his inspiring advice for great relationships with our kids! FRIDAY:  THE DOC IS IN...AND IT'S YOU It's time to pull together your game plan! This week's review: Monday:   1. Say it once   2. Turn your back  3. Walk away Tuesday:   1. Acceptance  2. Behavior  3. Character 1. Let reality be the teacher. 2.

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Okay MOMS!  We are on Day 4 (Thursday)!  If you haven't bought the book yet...I highly recommend it!  It is nice to be able to see real life examples in the book when you need support! : ) But What If I Damage Their Psyche? (Uh...What's a Psyche?) According to Dr. Leman, these day, parents are overly concerned with a child's self esteem.  "I want Johnny to feel good

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Wednesday with Kevin Leman: Life is speeding by like sand through an hourglass.  You can't afford NOT to take advantage of the time that you have.  Sometimes your job will be tedious and boring (like laundry, over and over).  Other times the pace will be breakneck, especially when your children are young or involved in a lot of activities. *Remember that what your children think

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Disarming the Dude (or Dudette) with the 'Tude Attitude speaks loudly - even if your child says nothing.  A negative attitude can show itself through many behaviors:  the rolling of eyes, talking back, stubbornness, poor manners, being a know-it-all, whining, the "me, me, me" syndrome, defiance, throwing a tantrum, choosing not to cooperate with family members, showing disrespect, etc

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Day 1 of our very 1st Online Book Club!  Woohoo! I purchased my book for $17.99 at Books A Million...you can purchase one for less by clicking on this link: I am going to write key points from the book.  I would encourage you to purchase this book so that you can get details and refer back to it when you think you're gonna lose your mind! LOL Here we go! WHERE DID THEY ALL COME FROM?

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"Do not regret growing old, it is a privilege denied to many."   Author Unknown Thank you God for another day to serve you!  The day after my 4oth birthday...I am reflecting.  God is so good.  He has been so faithful and NEVER, NEVER, NEVER let me down!  I have served him over 30 years and have found His Word is true and FAITHFUL! The ball is in our court...He has

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Dictionary.com:  Soccer Mom - noun.  A typical American mom with school-age children. Okay...that made me laugh.  We have our own very special name...how cool is that? Not too crazy about the "typical" but its up to each of us individually, to break that mold. : ) Let's see...we take kids to school, pick kids up, wash the laundry, put laundry away, grocery  shop, put

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 “Opportunities multiply as they are seized."  Proverb Opportunities are all around you!  The question is...What are you going to do with them? The most incredible opportunities of my life came right after I had to DO something...usually work...always something that was inconvenient.   When the boys were young we enrolled them in private school.  I would go up to

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While driving through the city, I noticed flower carts along the streets and wrote the following... I see beautiful flowers on every street corner, in so many different countries. Amazing colors, shapes and sizes amongst the local sundries. Could it be that they signify A beauty unable to be spoken? A surprise, a refreshing, a love,  and purchased with but a small token.

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"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined." Henry David Thoreau 5 years ago, a friend and I were challenging one another to dream big.  We listened to an inspiring speaker who insisted we write down 3 of our most amazing dreams that we would love to see take place in the next 5 years. We laughed and started to write a couple of things we knew were not

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I received a phone call this morning from a friend.  She was frantic.  It seemed NOTHING was going right.  She cried and said, "All the odds are stacked against me!"  I listened to her sob as she went down a very long list of all that was troubling her...no job, hurting children, bills, she felt hopeless. I responded, "Wait, take a deep breath.  God hears your cry.  

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One Saturday morning, Brent & I were laying in bed (We were talking! I promise!)  The boys ran in and jumped in bed with us.  We were just kind of laying there and I said, "Hey guys, we are never going to have this day again...What are we going to do with it?"  At that time, Christian was 10 yrs old.  He looked over at me and said, "Mom are you reading a new book?" Brent

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HAPPY MONDAY TO YOU BFFs! Don't do life alone...everybody needs somebody, sometime! I've heard women say, "I just don't have a bff." (Best Friend Forever) Well, here's the deal.  I hope you don't mind but since we're here...let's be BFFs! The first thing you need to resolve is what your expectations of a bff are...THIS IS HUGE! First, let's talk about what a bff IS NOT.

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Soooo, a friend called today and said,  "Hey Marla, wanna go have coffee?" (My favorite thing to do!) I said..."Sure".  She then says, "Okay meet me at the gym and we'll WALK FIRST."  OHHH LOVELY!  Now what do I say?  I haven't walked in 2 years...I have an extensive list of excuses reasons, but I KNEW that's what I needed to do.  (I LOVE how she just threw

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I want to take a minute and BE REAL! About the organizing thing...ummmm...I just wanna say...I DID NOT GET MY CHORES DONE YESTERDAY! For crying in the night...I had my list ready...I was excited to motivate the boys to help...blah blah blah.  I picked them up from school and they said, "Hey mom...today is TRAP SHOOTING and then CHURCH.  Sooooooo, I left at 3pm and returned at 10pm. I

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Today I am thinking of the devastation in Haiti.  Very sad.  God sees every broken heart.  Let's agree together that God will give the survivors strength and peace.  We are instructed to "Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ."  Galatians 6:2  We hurt with Haiti.  We pray for the restoration of all that was lost...for those who

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So, I'm on a mission to organize my home.  I have limited time and what ends up happening if I DON'T organize...clutter, disorganization & stress! I invite you to join me on this mission to take control of housecleaning once & for all!  Whether you LOVE to clean or HATE to clean...we all have to clean.  Whether you LOVE to do laundry or HATE to do laundry...we all have to

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Proverbs 30:5  "Every word of God proves true;  He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him." WOW!  What a great reminder that God's promises in His Word are TRUE!  Your circumstances may be screaming...WHERE IS GOD NOW?  But I am here to remind you...He is right with you.  He will NEVER leave you and He is NEVER late.  Trust and Fear Not! The 2nd part of

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