He's got my back!

I woke up this morning praying. I like to start praying before my feet ever hit the floor, but this morning...I just couldn't get focused...so I simply  started praying..."Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus..." I guess when you just don't know how to pray or what to say, Just pray Jesus over and over.

Today I asked God to show me a word and this is what I got...
"Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh, is anything to difficult for me?" Which I immediately answered, No, no it's not!

 I also found, Romans 8:26-28 this morning as well. I memorized Romans 8:28 back in my high school days...but verses 26 and 27 gave me that extra punch that I needed this morning.  "And in the same way the Spirit helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the spirit Himself intercedes for us with groaning too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose."

So this morning when I couldn't get past just saying my Jesus' name over and over...the Spirit helped me in my weakness...I do not know how to pray as I should...but He Himself intercedes on my behalf.

Why do I struggle with worrying? I am a daughter of the Most High God...The God who created it all...He's definitely "got my back"...so why do I worry. Pop handed my a thin little book called Letters from Ruth's Attic it is 31 daily devotions written by Ruth Bell Graham; and this little book was compiled after her death. I really enjoy reading her insights and hearing her mother's heart in her writings. Yesterday, I opened it up to Day 30 where she (even Ruth Graham) talked about worrying over her kids. The Lord spoke to her saying "Quit studying the problems and start studying the promises."...Whoa, I needed to hear that? The scripture verse for that devotion was none other than Philippians 4:6-7. Hmmm, sounds like He's trying to tell me something, doesn't it?  "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the Peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:6-7

The devotion I read today out of Ruth's little book had several little gems that I underlined. God wrote them through her just for me cause he knew I would need them today. She wrote," He asks us to take care of the possible and to trust Him for the impossible. ..Our responsibility is to minister lovingly to the immediate needs of our families and our responsibility is to pray. God will do His part. Salvation and love for God, the willingness to come under His authority, and the longing to do His will joyfully are miracles of grace. And miracles are in God's department, not ours.

Again, I am reminded of the verse He showed me today,  "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything to difficult for me?"  I am a daughter of the Most High GOD... He has my back! He's got it under control.

Recipe~~ Just Like Olive Garden Salad!

My friend Melissa forwarded me this recipe from her friend Stacey. This is supposed to be very much like the Olive Garden Salad. Now we can all have an endless bowl!

Olive Garden Italian Dressing

½ cup mayonnaise

1/3 cup white vinegar

1 tsp vegetable oil

2 T corn syrup

2 T parmesan cheese

2 T romano cheese

¼ tsp garlic salt

½ tsp Italian seasoning

½ tsp parsley flakes

1 T lemon juice

Mix all ingredients in a blender until well blended.  If this is a little too tart for your own personal taste, add a little extra corn syrup or sugar.

Olive Garden Salad Mix

1 bag American Blend Dole Salad

4-5 slices of red onion

4-6 black olives

2-4 Banana peppers

½ cup Croutons

1 small tomato (quartered)

Jolie update

Last week we sent a care package to Jolie through redthreadchina. We sent the Pj package plus we added the photo teething ring so she could get used to what we all looked like. She really doesn't need a teething ring, I guess. The report says she has 9 teeth now...but at least she can hold it and look at us...LOL

                                      Here's a photo of the care package that Ann from Red Threads sent us. There's pjs,

                                    a blanket and a stuffed animal and photo teething ring for Jolie. There's also candy for

                                     her foster family and a camera that I hope they will use to take some photos of Jolie.

                                   Ann also sent us 3 photos of Jolie, we already had 2 of those photos from her referral,

                                   but there was one that we had never seen.

                                            Here she is all bundled up. I am wondering if the weight they

                                             sent us was taken with this many layers on! Her height report

                                            has her at 33 inches tall at 16mo. old. Can we just go get her already? Her 

                                            family needs her here.

                                      

Air Show!

This Saturday we loaded up at the crack of dawn to get to Dobbins Airforce base for the Air show. The blue angels and the snow birds were there plus a variety of other air show fun stuff. There was lots to see and do. And since we got there early we were able to get seats right next to the runway fence. The sun was bright (very bright)...it was a good show. My youngest loved it. My oldest wanted to go but had to work and my middle girl (she could have done without it...lol)

Canadian Snow birds

                                                 Shek on the shuttle bus!

                                                    blue angels parked in the background

                                                 Karlie says this is the car I want!

                                                   Gam Pop and Karlie...this was before the big crowds and before it got really hot.

                                                          jet car...glad we had earplugs

                                                I didn't catch the airplane in the photo...but there's its smoke!

                                              On our way to wait in the shuttle bus line for 1hour and 1/2, Shek posed for this photo...

It was a fun day! A long day...and we ended it by meeting up with Zach at Mellow Mushroom for Karlie's favorite meal...Pizza!