A husbands advice...

 I started a commitment to blog more and then like usual I became busier than ever.  That's my life though....
Our women's bible study came to an end in November and I began preparing for our Annual Women's Christmas Celebration.  This year we were having a "Tacky Tea".  Mismatched tables, crazy tacky Christmas sweaters.  Games, door prizes, testimony, worship and teaching.  We started off with 150 tickets for sale and as we kept selling out in just a few days we began adding tables until I was sure we would be putting a few tables on the stage just to fit everyone.
My church is a smaller sized church.  It seats about 260.  We have an overflow room that seats 50-60 more, but once you add tables, it really limits how many you can have.  We ended up with 192 ladies coming.  I was so excited and so worn out.  I really want every detail to be important and matter and so I put a lot of time and effort into it.

At one point during the prep for this, I cried to my husband... He is my best friend and he gets to hear my breakdowns the most.  Well I cried to him about how overwhelmed I was, how much I had to do and then being attacked in the midst of it just felt like added impossibilities... How could anyone stand up in this... He always has amazing advice... He reminded me of Nehemiah and how they had to both build the wall, and carry a sword in case of attack.  He reminded me it isn't always going to be like that and to just keep working and holding up my sword.  God's strength would get me through.

Well as if personal attack, heartaches, planning and preparing an event for 192 ladies wasn't enough to add to my homeschool mom and pastors wife life... My oldest son came down with chicken pox.  From where, we have no idea.  I almost laughed at just how ridiculous my life was at that moment....
Well the tea is over, I made it through the attack, my heartaches.... well they are in God's hands.  My other kids all have chicken pox now, to which I quickly decided.... WINTER BREAK!!!  I mean really 4 kids with chicken pox and still doing school.. NO WAY!  I declare a mental Holiday just for their teachers sake. ;-)  And yet my husband was so right... I sat back, let God be in control, started everyday rising early before my family, sitting with my bible and praying while reading... and yeah, God's strength sustained me through it all.  And now... now what am I doing?  Absolutely nothing.  The nice thing about chicken pox, is we can't go anywhere and we can't have anyone over... So I have had 2 days of lounging with my kids in our jammies, watching movies, and I even have gotten to read a book.  I am so thankful for my husband and his wise advice.... Want a quick marriage tip?  The reason my husband gives such great advice is that he reads his bible almost every day.  I pray for my husband and I have for 17 years now that he would be so in love with Jesus and in love with reading the bible... Well he is, he does... and it means he is one amazing father and one amazing husband.   Don't focus on if they are romantic, or what they are or aren't doing for you... Pray they fall in love with God, and it will change them more than your whining, complaining or anything else ever will.

The pics are me in my tacky tea outfit... that lights up.  And the room packed with ladies.  Such a sweet day!