A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes!

Its been years since we have had snow like this. Everyone who knows me knows how much I love snow, and how envious I have been of all of my friends who got snow over the Christmas holidays. Earlier this week the meteorologist in our area started talking about a major snow storm headed my way. I didn't believe them. As a matter of fact I said I would have to be literally holding the snow in my hand before I believed it. The closer we got to the weekend the more I started to believe it was a possibility. I went to bed last night praying for snow (yes, I know I have a sickness). I even dreamed about snow in my sleep! When I woke up I feared that my dream would still just be a dream. When I opened the window at 5:30 am this morning it took everything in me not to dance, shout and scream (sorry to those of you who follow me on twitter, that was my only outlet without waking up the entire house...lol).

So often our dreams remain just that.....a dream that we dream, but never pursue. Let's call that a dream that your heart makes. God created each of us for a special purpose. Those dreams we hold in our heart, many times are placed there by our father. This year I am beginning to see many of my dreams fulfilled. They haven't all come easy. Many of them I have had to fight to see come into fruition. Others came to pass that I never expected to be a dream of mine. Then there are others that seemed forever out of my reach, that have started to manifest themselves in ways I never even thought of.

Sometimes we have to release our dreams so that God can have his way. The surprising part in doing that is that when you release them into his hands he can do soo much more then you could ever imagine.

Pastor's Wives

If you are a Pastor or Minister's wife you will want to head over to Facebook and join the Leading and Loving It group. If you would like more info about "Leading and Loving It" just click here. My friend Lori offers great resources for women in ministry (especially us PW's) including opportunities to connect with other women in ministry who are living in this fishbowl we call life . You will love the virtual gatherings, and live chats. The Facebook group has just been added as another way that women can share praise reports, prayer request or words of encouragement with one another.

Never Underestimate God's Plan

My aunt would kill me if she knew this was up here. But she gave up her place at an event at her church to come and support and hear me speak. I think I even shocked her (I know I shocked myself)!

Wow, not blogging every weekend has been strange. I have loved spending time doing other things (like resting, working on a few projects for church, and resting some more), but I have to admit I miss not updating you every weekend with what's happening during my week.

I still feel its the right direction for me at this moment and time, in part because I'm busy helping set up our Children's Church program and two I want to spend more time focused on our Women's Ministry.

Last Saturday I spoke to a few of the women at WABC during our first Winter Tea. Honestly, I love doing stuff like this but I didn't want it to be the stereotypical "Women's Ministry Tea" (notice there are no hats or fancy teacups? Not that I don't think they have a place). I don't know about you but at this point in my life I crave just a bit more...........words of inspiration, a deeper connection with women, and an even deeper connection with God.

Just getting together for the sake of getting together doesn't always work for me. So this year we are adding a few things to our list. We will still do our "Girlfriend's Night Out" events where we just get together to fellowship, but we are also adding a Beth Moore Bible Study!!!! Can I get an Amen? I'm soo excited about this I can't keep it to myself (we are also headed back to the Women of Faith Conference in August).

We have a great noonday bible study going on right now and from everything I have heard our ladies are enjoying it. Coming out on Wednesday nights are hard for some of our older ladies, so this has been great for them. I'm hoping our Summer bible study will have the same effect with some of our younger women.

We had a great time at the "Tea". Great food, great fellowship, great prizes, and thanks to group publishing we had some great discussion (during the lunch portion the different hostess at each table used devotional kits with questions for the women to discuss). I even I made it through my "speech" without fainting. I know it wasn't me but God, because the old Cyndi would have been shaking like a leaf and would have probably passed out. I love it when he reminds me I'm not the one in control and that he has my back. If you had told me last year that I would be speaking I would have laughed. I won't make that mistake again. Take it from me...never underestimate God's plan for your life!

Few of My Favorite Things Take2

My oldest daughter Quisha had this bright idea to give us a "family" gift for Christmas.



This is Nicki and I cracking up because we had actually "guessed" weeks ago that it was a Wii.

Each of us was given a part of the game set to open. I'm not sure Marc even knew what he had in his hand. LOL

And as you can see by this picture ......."TJ" was thrilled. HAHA!

I put on a big smile, but in fact the thought of me playing with a game system seemed laughable. I've made it no secret that I am not a sports fan, or competitive by nature. So as much as I thought the game was a great idea for the kids to play with. I didn't see the benefits to my family as a whole. Until........I saw this (look below).

Marc loves the Wii bowling game. As a matter of fact he loves it so much that we have seen him downstairs more then I have seen him since he was sick a few years ago and was unable to get to his office because of the stairs (at one point he tried to hop upstairs not long after getting out of the hospital, but it backfired because it took so much effort he was to tired to do anything once he got up there. Plus, he realized he would have to come back down).

And then there is this one. She plays Wii with the intensity that she does everything else in life. The girl had us rolling over the holidays when she played the boxing game. Don't take my word for it. Just watch this. I wasn't sure where she got it from until I saw her dad in action.

I still have not touched the Wii. But next week we are suppose to get Wii fit and everyone has told me I will love it and that its good for me. The one thing I do love about Wii is how its brought my family together. If someone had told me a game system could do that I would have laughed. But now even I get the Wii commercial where they talk about how it creates a family bond. And that folks is why the Wii is one of my new favorite things!

These are a Few of My Favorite Things Part 1

1st of all I thought I was past the stage where children would be waking me up at the crack of dawn to open gifts. But Qui woke us up early to open gifts. Can you tell by my face how excited I am?

Each year for the last couple of years at least one of my kids has surprised me on Christmas morning with a gift I wasn't expecting. This year Nicki got me good.

It took me a minute to figure out what I was holding (add in the fact that I was in shock).

Then it slowly started to dawn on me!

Your looking at the proud owner of a Sony Book reader. If you know anything about me, I am a book freak. I have been a bookworm since as far back as I can remember. If its a good book I will stay up all night (until my eyes have literally rolled to the back of my head) to finish a book. At this moment I have a huge stack of books sitting on the floor on my side of the bed. Can you imagine what I can do with a Sony Reader? Its not a Kindle, but who cares! I actually have a few trips planned for this year, and I can't wait to load some books onto this bad boy (I already have a list of books, just need to recover from the holidays before I make any more purchases). So what did you get for Christmas? This is one of my favorites (actually everything I got this year would classify as a favorite) but I'm pretty laid back when it comes to the gifts I receive from people so it doesn't take much to please me.

Happy New Year

I can't get over the fact that its 2010! Today I'm taking down the last of the Christmas decorations. As I sweep out the old year (I'm in the mood to purge) I have been reflecting on what I would like to accomplish in 2010. My word for the year is "Determined". Not sure yet what that will mean for me, but I am praying for changes in the New Year in my personal life, at WABC and even here on my blog. I took a break from blogging the last few weeks to spend time with my family. It felt great! Marc took two weeks off from his "Day" job, and I got a glimpse of what it would be like to have him only have to do one job (that of a pastor). I loved it! I am amazed that God has provided the opportunities he has for us. I think Marc and I are still in awe of the fact that he is running his own business and that we are still making it daily. As a matter of fact this year he intends to cut one more day from work so that he can put a bit more time into WABC. Never saw that one coming! God is truly amazing.

The one thing the last few weeks has brought to my attention is that I want to do things differently in 2010. And especially here at my blog. I have enjoyed doing the Sunday Mind Dumps, but when I first started my blog it was mostly to document my life's journey and to share our daily/weekly musings with family and friends. So I have decided to go back to sharing our life as it happens, when it happens, and how it happens. I would love for you to stay, you never know what might happen. Granted it might not be anything earth shattering but I'm fine with that. I am determined to live life, to the fullest, with one foot moving forward at all times. I invite you to join me....who knows where the path may lead!