Marlo's Memo

Okay, no this is not about my kids' quiet time in which one of them reads while the other plays make believe with his pillow, blankets, books and cup until he falls asleep. This is real quiet time. There is no tv noise in my house right now...very unusual for me. I ALWAYS have the tv on either a show or at least the Christian music channel. The only noise is my fingers typing away on this. It's funny how this is the first time my kids have been with g-parents and I haven't been somewhere also. Everyone is asking what I'm going to do w/ the free time, so here is what I've done so far... I planned to sleep late as no one would need me to turn the tv on for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Imagination Movers, Sesame Street, etc. That didn't happen. I adjusted the number on my sleep number bed and didn't sleep well last night. It made my back hurt, so I finally just stayed awake at about the time M has been getting up anyway. =) I have folded and put away a load o...

Over the last month, Ihave been going...and Idon't just mean in the regular day-to-day stuff at home and work. I have been from coast to coast...and loved both trips...from Georgia to California (Wow! never really thought that would be something I could say). Yes, work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, between being out of the state, meeting MIL to pick up M, working VBS at work - 4 days in a row, S's rehearsal, recital, b'day, and sleep-over, preparing for last days of work...I finally have time at home! Georgia was awesome, and I'm still trying to figure things out. Crazy Love by Francis Chan is a great book. I'm still working on it, though. I have noticed that it affects people who've read it differently. I don't want to be the same person after reading it...I can't be. Look in the Bible...I can't be the same person I have been. I'm selfish, and there's nothing positive for those people in the Bible. Jesus was humble! He was a servant. ~...

Do you ever feel that way, but at the same time you don't feel overwhelmed at all? I've been following a friend's blog for about a week, now. I'm so impressed with her. She does so many things in her home in so few hours and then gets to do the things she wants to do. Of course, I can tell from her blog time that she is a very early riser...something I am not. I am a night-owl. Early for me is 6:15 am, and that doesn't happen very often. I am just not motivated to move that fast. There are always things I want to get done and things I want to do, and somehow, I only get to 1 or 2 of the "have to get done" things. That's where the overwhelmed comes in. There are all these things that really need to happen. I can't do them on Tuesdays or Thursdays because I'm at work. The past few weeks it seems like there is something on Mondays and Fridays as well, and on Wednesdays, I have started going to a book/Bible study...which means I really do...

It was twelve years ago today at 6 pm that my husband and I began our wedding ceremony. We have actually known each other since November, 1994...14 years. It has been a wonderful. Not that we haven't had our rough times, but the good times definitely outweigh the hard times. My husband is a wonderful man. He has grown so much in his relationship with God, and he continues to pursue that relationship, which is extremely important. We have been blessed with two wonderful children. A daughter who is six and a son who is two. This won't be a long blog. I could tell very many stories, but the most important thing is that we love God and we love each other! I love you, Randy!! Thank You, God, for this wonderful man you placed in my life. I am so undeserving! You, God, are so amazing!!! I love You. Thank YOU! Thank YOU!!

I have always really enjoyed Christmas. As a kid I couldn't wait to open presents. There were presents at home; there were presents at Mimi and Pappaw Chuck's house; there were presents at Mammaw Vivian and Pappaw Curtis' house; there were presents at Mammaw Latham's house. Everywhere we went there were presents...even at our annual Christmas program at church we got a little present. I was so over-consumed with what I hoped I would get. Now, I still really enjoy Christmas. I like to decorate our house for Christmas, and I listen to Christmas songs all the time. My hope now, though, is that my kids enjoy Christmas but don't become consumed with the presents received. We've talked alot about Jesus being the only true reason we have Christmas, and how Santa really started with a saint who wanted to give gifts to those who wouldn't otherwise have any. We did have an angel tree child that we purchased items for, and we've been singing Happy Birthday t...

Sydney came into the room tonight to ask me a question to tell her friends. She asked me, "How old were you when you were alive?" I had to have her repeat it 'cause it was cute. She has a slight infatuation with the year 1980 and the fact that I was alive then. I told her I was 6 in 1980. However, the friends who were over asked a deeper question...How old were you when you were alive?...Yes, it's the same question, but think about the meaning a little bit. I'm as alive as I ever have been, but I'm more dead than I ever have been. I've been alive since conception, yet I'm closer to physical death than I've ever been. Then I thought...I was nine when I was alive. I was nine years old when I was born into the Kingdom of Heaven! That is when my life truly began because it will never end as I will leave this earth one day to join my Saviour and Lord in Heaven!!! Do you ever think about that and just get excited about getting to be in God...

I knew that it was going to be a little different this morning because our three pastors were all speaking, but I had no idea how powerfully God was going to use these three men. I was challenged to truly spend time with God...something I have not done well in way too long. He, God, is so unbelievably amazing! Thank You, God, for using these men to speak to me and to our entire church body. What a challenge and blessing all at the same time! Have a great day!! Find yourself completely happy and CONTENT with God!!!