Thankful Thursday - Lots going on :-)

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. Romans 1:8

1st thank you to all who commented and are praying about helping the children in Ethiopia, Guatemala and around the world this Christmas! I'm so touched and humbled by your love for others!

I am excited to announce the winners of this week's give-away! I hope you will join me again next week for another book give-away! (hint to what book it is one that I quote from many times!) Congrats to the winners! Please send me an email with your address so I can send out your books right away! May they bless you and strengthen your love for Him, shining forth in all you do!

Winners for this weeks book give-away -

#1 Stacy


#2 Debra


Thank you all for commenting and participating! Remember every Tuesday thru Wednesday is another chance to win!

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7

I have seen "tagging" on many blogs and this week I was tagged by Tracy to praise our husbands and give 5 reasons why we love them. I think this is the perfect post for Thankful Thursday!

I asked Scott before agreeing to do this, "was it ok to have me focus my post on him." He is very humble and still is uncomfortable knowing that I might stumble someone by "my" feelings and blessings. I pray that does not happen and it encourages anyone who is going through a rough spot in their marriage, to see that with God a marriage is not only resilent but He can and will restore it. God has grown us quickly and we feel blessed beyond measure for the love that is ever present in our marriage today that was missing for 3 yrs of our marriage. If you are struggling in your marriage today or your husband is not "doing" the things you would like or doesn't know God, please reach out to Him and watch God work. Lay it all down at His feet and trust in His promises. I am here to pray with you and guide you through the steps we have taken with God to be where are today. Forgiveness is the first step.

**NOTE: I will share with you all. As you can see above I saw that this one tag as an opportunity to reach out to others who might be in a marriage that is hurting. Please don't be upset if I don't play along with future tags. I'm not one to fill others email boxes with these sort of things. I don't want to look like a sour sport or ruin the fun of others who enjoy this blog game. My commitment to God, myself and to all who read this blog is to encourage us in our growth in Him.

THE RULES: Grab the graphic and insert with these rules, in your post.Give at least 5 reasons why you love your hubby. List more if you want.Tag 5 people (or more) to play along and link to their blogs in your post.Then visit those women’s blogs and leave them a comment on any of their posts.

Tagging the 5 of you:

1: Jenn

2: Kelly

3: Alison

4: Melinda

5: Michelle

5 Reasons why I love my husband: narrowing it down to only 5 was hard for me - but here goes!

#1 Scott's love for The Word, God, Jesus and seeking His will in all things blesses me and our family beyond measure. He is a man of integrity. He is loyal. He is trustworthy. He is a man of honor. He is humble and is gracious! He lives to bring glory to God the Father in all he does. I respect him immensely and because of him in my life, I am a much better woman, wife, mother, daughter and friend. His wisdom and discernment are a constant gift to me and our children!

#2 Scott is a wonderful teacher. First to me and then our children. He has been blessed with the gift to teach and I love watching how God continues to grow him in this area through our home bible study, Sunday School Teaching and his blog that shares the teachings he does here each Monday. You can check it out here. I enjoy watching him bring bible stories alive to our children. I love how God has filled him with a passion to learn more about Him through His word. His love for learning and teaching continually blesses us and encourages us as a family to grow in our walk with Christ!

#3 Scott is a wonderful husband. He has made a commitment not just in words, but in actions to pur out family first! He works hard to provide for us and allow me to be a SAHM. He helps out in any way he can and his first thought is, "how can I bless her today?" I see this lived out every evening when he comes home and takes over with the children. He is eager to hold them, play with them, love on them, read to them, feed them, prepare meals for us as a family, and baths the boys each night and tucks them in to bed with our good-night song and a prayer. Nothing is sweeter than looking out of the kitchen to see him nuzzled on the sofa with 2-4 children all around him getting hugs by Daddy. Our almost 2 yr old is madly in love with his Daddy and that says so much to me! He likes to sit and listen about my day. He enjoys praying with me and encourages me in my walk with Christ!

#4 Scott is a wonderful Father - for all of the reasons and so many more! He is always there to help when a child is sick. He is fine changing diapers and has learned how to make the best of a very stinky situation! He is their greatest cheerleader and fan! His one desire for each of them is to love Jesus and follow Him all the days of their lives - learning how to do this by watching him...their earthly Father. Scott has taught me so much through our journey of adoption. His heart for children is a blessing to our family and any that God is waiting to introduce us to!

#5 Scott is my best friend. There is NO one I would rather be with than him and I cherish the times we get alone. I can count on him to always be there for me - whether physically, spiritually or emotionally. He will always make time for whatever I need. He makes me feel safe and is definitely my covering! He is funny and makes me laugh harder than anyone ever could! He makes me feel special by the way he looks at me, how he notices the little things I have done - whether it be a new hair cut, new pair of jeans, how the house looks at the end of the day, and encourages me so much as the mother to our children. I trust him with my life. I trust that his love for God is greater than it is for me and because of that - I have learned to willfully and joyfully follow his leading and submit to him as the head of our home. Unfortunately for our marriage and Scott I was slow to trust God in this area and it took a toll on us for a while. I'm so thankful God was gracious and merciful with me as I learned to walk by faith in this area. It has been such a blessing to us both. I still have a long way to go - but I am so glad I'm not where I was six months ago! I know he is always praying for me and when I need to be lifted up in any way, he stops whatever he is doing and joins me in prayer! It doesn't hurt that he is really cute!

I am thankful for Scott and can't thank God enough for growing him into the man he has become! Not to mention the man God is growing him to be! What a journey we have been on over the past seven years and really the last 3.5 since coming to Jesus! WOW! Only You, LORD! Only YOU!

I'm so happy to see that some of you have taken the award I have been giving out. Today, I hope all of you who stop by will pick it up as well!

I have prayed about designing a new award to share with friends for a while. I am deeply thankful for the many friends I have met along this journey since entering blogland. Many of you have touched my heart and life in ways that have changed me eternally! I thank you for being a faithful servant and being obedient to the upward calling every time you share a piece of His heart living out in you! I pray that you will share this award with others who have touched your heart by sowing seeds of love into your life! They will know we are His by how we love one another! Let us sow seeds of love throughout the blogging world and touch the hearts of those who come to read what we all share! To HIM be all the glory forever and ever! AMEN!

I truly don't like leaving anyone out when I have been asked to pass along an award. So if you are here today reading my blog and desire to sow seeds of love with me - please copy the award and pass along! Thank you all for blessing me with your words of encouragment, grace, support, prayers and His love! Please leave a comment so we know where all the seeds of love are going :)

Wishing you all a very blessed day! Don't forget tomorrow is Fearfully Fabulous Friday - hope to see you there!

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