Madison Irene Randall

Last night I got to spend the night at my mom and dad's house. It was soo good to go back home and be a kid again! : ) I had a girls night with Madison and it was so much fun. We got up early and got ready together this morning. She is the cutest thing in the world. This look just like my my mom in this picture!

Just thought I would share with you all how precious my Maddy Irene is! : )

Our First House!

Here are two pictures of our first house! We live in a cute house in Glendale. We have lived there for almost 6 months now. Recently we have remodeled the living room and the dining room. Our bedroom was done a couple of months ago when just Josh was living there. We get most of our stuff from IKEA. I absolutely LOVE that store!


I will post more pictures later this week of the inside!

Family

Family


God has blessed me with the most amazing family ever. I am so thankful for each and one of them. My mom and Dad are the strongest people I know and have brought us up in a strong Christian home and I am so blessed for that. Here are some photos of my Fam!

Here in this picture is my aunt Glenda, mom, uncle Gary,me Aunt Kalleen and mamaw. I absolutel Love and adore each and one of them and so blesses to have them in my life. : )

Here is a picture of my sissy and her husband Andy. There in Hilton Head in this picture! They are the cutest couple ever : )

Me and Dad

Gracie bein silly

Me and cuz Ash at Wendy's..

An Awesome Devotional

September 21, 2009

The Promises of Problems
Mary Southerland
Today's Truth
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good." Genesis 50:20


If you are like me, you prefer days when the sun is shining, the sky is blue, and not a cloud in sight. Problems tend to irritate me because they make me realize just how frail I am as a human. But I have come to realize that every problem points to a promise.

• Promise of direction


God uses problems to show us the way. We would walk through the wrong door if He didn't close it. Years ago, I dated a young man I thought I would marry. We had it all worked out. He was a preacher and I played the piano and sang. What could be more perfect? I began to pray, "Lord, if he is not the one, just close the door!" The very next conversation I had with this young man ended our relationship and resulted in my taking a church staff position that led me to Dan Southerland. I look back and thank God for that closed door.


"Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways." Proverbs 20:30


• Promise of correction


God uses problems to correct us. I have come to realize that some lessons can only be learned in the darkness, through pain and failure. When our daughter was a toddler, she was fascinated with electrical outlets. Nothing we said or did seemed to deter her...until the day she stuck a safety pin in the outlet. "Ouch!" she cried, holding up her little red finger for me to kiss. She never played with an outlet again.


"It was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws." Psalm 119:71-72


• Promise of protection


A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it keeps you from being hurt by something more serious. It was so hard for me to take our children to the doctor to get immunization shots. I would take a healthy child into the doctor's office and come out with a little one who was fussy, sore and running a low grade temperature. Our pediatrician finally said, "Mary, just think of it like this. You are allowing your babies to experience a little hurt in order to prevent them from experiencing a bigger hurt. A tetanus shot is nothing compared to tetanus itself.


"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good." Genesis 50:20


• Promise of perfection


Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. I recently spoke for a women's conference that used the theme of "Problems into Pearls". Strands of pearls were everywhere - the center of each table, on the podium from which I spoke, draped across tables - and many of the ladies wore pearls that day. When the worship leader welcomed me, she said, "We have to get you some pearls!" Digging in her purse, she produced the most beautiful pearl necklace and placed it around my neck. As the day went on, I spoke several times, counseled and prayed with numerous women and tried to meet as many women as possible. When everyone had left, the woman came to retrieve her pearl necklace. I was embarrassed. I had worked up quite a sweat with all of that hugging, laughing, talking. She brushed my apology aside and said, "Sweat is good for pearls. It helps them keep their luster."


"We can rejoice when we run into problems... they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady." Romans 5:3-4


God is at work in and around you. You may not see His hand, hear His voice or even understand His process, but you can rest assured that you can trust His heart. Remember, every problem points to a promise.

Gracie Jordan Walker

Gracie has gotten so big! Her birthday is next month andI can't believe she will be 1. She took 4 steps the other day and she is starting to talk here and there. She says mama, dada and talks a lot of baby talk. Lauren and Dubby are  the BEST parents in the world. They need to get started on another baby boy for Gracie  to play with soon : )

Wedding and Honey Moon Pictures

So this is my very first post on my Blog! I thought I would start my blog with some Honeymoon and Wedding photos. I wanted to start this just to share what is happening in our lives and something fun to do.


Josh and I got married about 5 months ago... it's been filled with laughter, awkward moments, burnt meals, bad dinners, more laughter, trying to communicate, and house projects! We have done so much to our new house and I cannot wait until it is completely finished! It has been so much fun playing house and were almost done with the inside!I'm starting to feel like a married women, for a while there I felt like I was sneaking over to his house but still had this feeling that I should be home by mid-night. Married life has been so amazing and I cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for us.


Josh and I recently started going to Origins for the past 2 months and it has been so refuleing for us. Scotty truely has a gift of speaking and God has used Him to help us in our daily walk with Him. Each week Josh and I are so excited to be there and can't wait to start small groups this fall. In last weeks service our church donated shoes to the City Gospel Missions Organization. So many people walked out of the building barefoot. It was the most amazing experience Josh and I have been through. I love how Scoty preached His message (how to love one another) and acted on the message right there in church. That spoke so much to my heart Sunday. Sometimes we go to church,listen to the message, talk about the message and then it's on to the next Sunday. We should be applying it to our lives and living that way EVERYDAY! I want to be that person who gives my shoes and gives everything to God at any moment in time.