Thursday, September 30, 2010

temper, temper

So I don't know what is going on with me lately. I have been losing my temper too easily. It is driving me crazy. I get to frustrated at every little thing. I am not sure if it is the birth control I have switched to or if I am just too stressed out but I just loose it. I get ticked off at everything. I am also really dreading the drive to Indiana again. I hate that 5 hour drive. The kids are usually horrible and it just gets longer and longer each time. Oh well. Hopefully things will start to get better.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Lots of prayers today

I have so many thoughts and prayers running through my head today so I thought I would share the burden...
Seth and Lindsey, Jessica and Logan Martin, Kelli Cummins, Jesse Brown, Guyandotte Church of Christ, Stacy, Suzi and Carleigh Smith, Jason Leap, Josh and myself.

God is so good and I a praying for His will in each of these requests. Thank you Lord for the blessings we haven't seen yet and all the things you are going to do. You are AMAZING!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Ready for the weekend

Thursday's are a great day at the Tinkler house. On Thursday nights we get together with our great friends Tim and Amanda. We usually try to play cards or just socialize. While the adults are doing that, Kenzie and Eli get to go play with Jesse and Nate. This is such a good break for Josh and I to just have some adult interaction without the kids. We have an exciting weekend planned for this labor day weekend. We are going camping with Uncle Seth and Aunt Lindsey. I am so glad they are coming here for the weekend. I truly miss seeing them. Hopefully we will be seeing more of them! Pray for our little family. We are getting new neighbors and I need to have a good attitude about it all! Excited for the changes we are having in our lives!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Busy, busy!

Another Wednesday is here and almost gone. I had class this morning, three hours worth of classes. I just realized the other day just how much I am doing lately. I am take 12 hours of classes a week, working for Thirty-One, and being a stay-at-home mom, plus I still find time to do dishes, laundry, and keep the house clean. What a lot. I am praying God gives me the energy and the drive to get everything done that needs to get done. I am truly blessed to be able to do all of this!

Monday, August 30, 2010

Revive Me, Oh Lord

I have been blessed with the opportunity to go back to school completely free. All I have to pay for is text books. I am currently enrolled in 2 Bible classes, Wisdom Literature and Acts. The other classes are Ethics and Microeconomics. So I am technically a full time student again. While in these classes the Lord is really laying a lot on my heart. In Wisdom Lit we are talking about Job. How do I attend this class and not get my faith shaken. I know I should be striving to live for Christ, I know I need to be working harder and I feel these classes are showing me that even more. I am reading the Bible more and more, I have to for class. This is helping me read the Bible a little more too. These classes are making me want to learn more. The professors are helping as well. I feel God is using all of this to REVIVE ME. This I am so excited about. I feel like God is actually saying, "Are you ready to take that leap yet." I feel like taking classes was the leap I needed to take for now but I have to keep listening to God. I want to keep my ears open, I don't want to miss out on what God is trying to tell me. So I am really excited to see what comes next! For the first time I am actually excited to be living in Grayson again!

This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 
--Job 1:2

Monday, August 23, 2010

Zumba

Just did my first day of Zumba. It is tough but I am hoping I can stick with it. Not really trying to loose weight just trying to get more active!!

My prayer

I can hear her saying,

“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, what about us?

Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”

My husband absolutely loves this song and I find it quite ironic. This is exactly what I am crying out to him. I feel so lonely. I have incredible friends and he is a great husband but I feel he is just going on through life with the cruse control on. Just getting by with what he has to do but not doing the extra stuff. I know I am guilty of the same with my relationship with God but I feel I need Josh to be my spiritual leader as well. I feel I am missing that. I am missing something and not sure what to do with this knowledge. I can only encourage him so much, I can't make him do anything. I am just stuck. All I can do is pray I guess. I guess I just need God to take over from here. Why didn't I think of this before. Why didn't I think to involve God in all of this.

Dear Lord,
I want to pray right now for my husband. I pray you can lead him to be a strong leader for this family. I pray you can make him spiritually fit. Help him grow closer to you and to just simply read your word everyday. This itself will help him tremendously. Help him find out what he needs to do to get closer to you. Thank you for putting him in my life but now I need your help, I need you help so much!
I love you Lord.