Life of Eucharisteo

So I've decided to do my own version of " 31 Days ". And because it's my own version it's okay that it's six days into October and I'm just getting started. The plan is to do a photo a day for the remaining days of October. I think I'll call them Photos of Gratitude. Sounds good, huh? Probably better for a November post, but like I said I'm doing it MY way. ;) So let me catch you up on the last six days. Scratch that. Let me catch you up on the last month or so. I'll nutshell it. We've finished our house enough to move in. When I say move in, I mean throw all of our stuff into the room in which it goes, put up some beds and sleep there. We're waiting on bathroom countertops and a kitchen. We should be fully functional by the end of the month. Praise Jesus! Having said that....I shall now confess to a few things. I have fallen into the black hole of materialism in the past few weeks. All I have done is fret about fu...

　 Last week I was floundering. I dedicated two posts to the acts of indecision and discontentment . I was spending far to much of my emotional energy on these feelings. Apparently God thought so too. My girls and I came to Pennsylvania this summer to be with our #1 man. Let me just say that the transition from South Alabama to PA was like going from Earth to Jupiter. ( I might be exaggerating...just a little )  Just when I was feeling a little like I’d moved out of my skin, God sent the most wonderfully wise woman to deliver a message to my heart.  The very moment I needed it most, I opened my inbox and read this…. 　 The words flew through my head as I read your post: "Be still and know that I am God". Sometimes that is our assignment: to just be still and be aware - nothing else. Your ministry is not in a pause phase just because you are not in your usual place doing the things you do so beautifully. Your ministry continues even while...

　 In my reading yesterday, I came across a question. “Do you experience Jesus Christ in the daily activities of your life?” My mind immediately went to a conversation that I had just had with a friend. I was telling her how neat it was to see God work in the small stuff, and how He customizes His blessings to the individual person. You see the thing that blesses me may not bless you. I’ll give you “a day in the life of me” example and we can compare notes….. I woke up this particular day (reluctantly) with a huge sense of dread for the day that lay before me. I had too much to do and no time to do it. At the top of my list was a trip to Lowe’s (with a three year old) that was going to involve itemized lists, price comparison, hours of my time, and way to much use of my tired brain. For those of you that don’t know the story behind this , I am in the middle of building a house while living in our travel trailer (scratch that, my husband came home and got our tr...

Today's post is a conglomeration of jumbled up thoughts that need to get out of my brain, and Five Minute Friday. So here I go. I guess Lisa-Jo must have been reading my mind this week because TIRED is exactly what I've been. And when I say TIRED, I mean the crying kind of tired. I can sooo relate to Lisa-Jo as she was sitting in her warm car and the tears came. I've been there....this week even. Throughout my week of "tired", God has been whispering to me. "Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 . He sent my rest last night. We had no where to be, no homework, and we had supper at home! Then this morning He put a cherry on top and gifted me with refreshing and renewal of my spirit. I'll give you a sneak peak into my morning. 6 am...I wake to a phone call. A call for my oldest from a friend who needed a ride to school. This of course gets her up and at em' right away. Middle and you...

As women...wives....mothers....sometimes we think we have to make everything okay. We think we have to be strong when no one else can be. We place before ourselves an unrealistic set of standards and we judge, sometimes other women, but mostly ourselves, by them. Grace for the Good Girl Author, Emily P. Freeman , tells us to take off our masks. I tell you (more like I tell myself) stop trying to live up to what you think everyone else wants you to be. The ONLY thing that matters is what GOD, your Heavenly Father, wants you to be. Let's follow the example set by Jason Crabb in the words of this song. These are honest, true, heartfelt words that I think a lot of you (and I KNOW I) can identify with. Praise be to God. He is our Comforter. He hears our cries. Falling before Him, Tracey <><