Earlier this week I wrote about all the many things I am thankful for. I hope you got a chance to read it. Here it is Thursday and I am so overwhelmed with my blessings I have to shout out!
I know some of you have only been following my blogs for a little bit, so you may have missed out on some of the really good ones that I had hoped were encouraging. I am going to refer back to a couple of those today, as I think its necessary.
Okay... so as some of you may recall from my "When You Believe" Blog... posted back in March... I spoke about a recent miracle (of many) that Toby and I were being blessed with. Since that blessing, Toby and I have continued to live out God's direction for our lives. We have faithfully started tithing again, and we have faithfully continued our prayers, and we have faithfully found a church to call home once again. In the midst of our faithfulness the Lord has continued to bless us abundantly. I am not referring to only material things either. The Lord has greatly blessed our marriage as well (not that Toby and I ever had a problem) - but we are learning to communicate on such a deeper intimate level. Might I recommend some books: The Five Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman, Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs and The Unexpected Adventure by Lee Strobel and Mark Mittleberg. Toby and I are currently reading the later of the three. Anyhoot... it is through these devotionals and intimate reading times that Toby and I have really connected to each other and our marriage. I never thought I would say this, but Toby is my world. He is my soul mate and so much more. He has blessed me beyond belief and I could not have asked God for a better partner to go through life with.
The Lord is also blessing us in so much other areas of our lives. As seen in the "When you believe" blog - Toby and I have been working deligently to get out of the massive debt we accumulated. March seems so long ago from what we have accomplished since then. We have saved so much money since then, not only that, but we have been faithful coupon users! AH! I admit its a fun, very fun, addiction, believe it or not. To see some of those savings check out our "I can teach you to save money" blog (you won't be disappointed)! Well in addition to our diligent work and faithfulness, we were given another gift to pay off more of our debt. Toby and I can now say that we have exactly 7,000.00$ left in credit card debt to pay off (also saying we will be almost completely debt free after we pay that off!). Oh this is so exciting, I can't even begin to tell you how freeing it is to know that everything we own is ours and in less than a year we will have our final card paid completely. This is not to say that Toby and I are still asking God for guidance in paying back my student loans, but we are at peace knowing even those loans are in his hands.
Additionally, because we are loved by the GREATEST of all, He continues to bless us. Toby and I just found out today that he was promoted! Toby is now a level 2 instead of the level 1 that he has been for years. Now Toby is NO LONGER at the bottom of the totem pole! You have to understand how much we count this accomplishment as a blessing from our Heavenly Father. In these tough economic times, and knowing we have two more weeks left until our daughter graces our hearts and arms, we can't help but know this was God's way of showing us just how much He has us!
We are saddened by some of the things that are going on around us personally and non- personally, but we have so much to be thankful for. We have so much to live for... we have so much to give our daughter and teach her... we have so much! We are thankful for those of you have bent over backwards to make our wishes for our daughter come true. You know who you are... we know the Lord is going to bless you guys just as he is blessing our family. But because I can't help myself... and because I said I want to shout it all out... here our just a few thanks we owe (I will try to remember everyone!)...
I know some of you have only been following my blogs for a little bit, so you may have missed out on some of the really good ones that I had hoped were encouraging. I am going to refer back to a couple of those today, as I think its necessary.
Okay... so as some of you may recall from my "When You Believe" Blog... posted back in March... I spoke about a recent miracle (of many) that Toby and I were being blessed with. Since that blessing, Toby and I have continued to live out God's direction for our lives. We have faithfully started tithing again, and we have faithfully continued our prayers, and we have faithfully found a church to call home once again. In the midst of our faithfulness the Lord has continued to bless us abundantly. I am not referring to only material things either. The Lord has greatly blessed our marriage as well (not that Toby and I ever had a problem) - but we are learning to communicate on such a deeper intimate level. Might I recommend some books: The Five Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman, Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs and The Unexpected Adventure by Lee Strobel and Mark Mittleberg. Toby and I are currently reading the later of the three. Anyhoot... it is through these devotionals and intimate reading times that Toby and I have really connected to each other and our marriage. I never thought I would say this, but Toby is my world. He is my soul mate and so much more. He has blessed me beyond belief and I could not have asked God for a better partner to go through life with.
The Lord is also blessing us in so much other areas of our lives. As seen in the "When you believe" blog - Toby and I have been working deligently to get out of the massive debt we accumulated. March seems so long ago from what we have accomplished since then. We have saved so much money since then, not only that, but we have been faithful coupon users! AH! I admit its a fun, very fun, addiction, believe it or not. To see some of those savings check out our "I can teach you to save money" blog (you won't be disappointed)! Well in addition to our diligent work and faithfulness, we were given another gift to pay off more of our debt. Toby and I can now say that we have exactly 7,000.00$ left in credit card debt to pay off (also saying we will be almost completely debt free after we pay that off!). Oh this is so exciting, I can't even begin to tell you how freeing it is to know that everything we own is ours and in less than a year we will have our final card paid completely. This is not to say that Toby and I are still asking God for guidance in paying back my student loans, but we are at peace knowing even those loans are in his hands.
Additionally, because we are loved by the GREATEST of all, He continues to bless us. Toby and I just found out today that he was promoted! Toby is now a level 2 instead of the level 1 that he has been for years. Now Toby is NO LONGER at the bottom of the totem pole! You have to understand how much we count this accomplishment as a blessing from our Heavenly Father. In these tough economic times, and knowing we have two more weeks left until our daughter graces our hearts and arms, we can't help but know this was God's way of showing us just how much He has us!
We are saddened by some of the things that are going on around us personally and non- personally, but we have so much to be thankful for. We have so much to live for... we have so much to give our daughter and teach her... we have so much! We are thankful for those of you have bent over backwards to make our wishes for our daughter come true. You know who you are... we know the Lord is going to bless you guys just as he is blessing our family. But because I can't help myself... and because I said I want to shout it all out... here our just a few thanks we owe (I will try to remember everyone!)...
Thank you Jesus!!!
FOR EVERYTHING
Thank you Rachy and Mikey...
for agreeing to be our daughter's God Parents...
Thank you Roger and Marvel...
for what you've done for us there are no words...
Thank you Mommy...
for the many hours we know you are going to commit to our little girl...
Thank you Aunt Lori and Uncle Bill...
for your blessings...
Thank you ULA...
for promoting my hubby and keeping him humble...
(hes the most humble man I know)
Thank you to all of you who came and participated in our baby's shower
And if I missed anyone... thank you for what you will do!
FOR EVERYTHING
Thank you Rachy and Mikey...
for agreeing to be our daughter's God Parents...
Thank you Roger and Marvel...
for what you've done for us there are no words...
Thank you Mommy...
for the many hours we know you are going to commit to our little girl...
Thank you Aunt Lori and Uncle Bill...
for your blessings...
Thank you ULA...
for promoting my hubby and keeping him humble...
(hes the most humble man I know)
Thank you to all of you who came and participated in our baby's shower
And if I missed anyone... thank you for what you will do!
Toby and I are celebrating our one year anniversary this year... we know that the baby will be somewhere between a week to three weeks old... so keep us in your prayers that she latches on a bottle so that mommy (that'd be me) can breast pump so Toby and I can enjoy our anniversary alone! WE are so thankful for the time we get to be together as we know we could not have started such a more beautiful journey without each other.
