Hang in there...

I was sitting in church this morning and my mind began to wonder from the sermon. (I know that never happens to anyone else!) I started flipping through my bible and I came upon a devotion about Faith that was written by Babbie Mason. As I read this passage, I knew that God was speaking to me. The devotion was written off of a passage in Exodus.

"Do not be afraid. Stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today." Exodus 14:13-14

I don't now how many people have said this phrase to me in the past few years - "Everything will be alright. You just hang in there." Although these words are often very encouraging, sometimes "hanging in there" can be difficult to do. Babbie Mason looks at this phrase a little differently. She views "hanging in there" as flying out of control and being vulnerable. She chooses to encourage people (as I will from this point on) by not saying "hang in there", but "STAND in there"! What a fantastic concept! Jesus Christ literally "hung in there" and gave His life for us, so we can "STAND" in confidence that our foundation will not fall. Why "hang in there" when you can stand still and watch God work a miracle on your behalf?

So, from this point on in my life I will be "STANDING in there". I know God is in control of my life and He will bless me and Robert with a family and until then...
I will stand with confidence knowing that my foundation is secure.

Faith is not believing that God can - it is knowing that He will.

Please pray for Stellan!

One of my favorite blogs to read is called "Bring the Rain". It has been such an inspiration for me over the past few months. She has brought my attention to a little boy that needs our prayers. His name is Stellan and he is hospital fighting for his life with condition called SVT. From what I have gathered it mainly has to do with his heart rate, which is up to 300 beats per minute. His little heart just cannot take it much longer. Please read his story at http://www.mycharmingkids.net/ and hit your knees in prayer for this precious little boy.

Death to Shower Scum!

Oh my gosh!!!! The soap scum is never ending. I have never scrubbed so hard in my life.

I woke up this morning on a mission. Spring Cleaning! I had Robert take off the shower doors so I could really clean our shower. It needed it badly! Little did I know that I would spend all day on the shower. First, I couldn't get the floor of the shower clean. I was on my hands and knees for over an hour with a razor blade scraping the soap scum off the bottom of the textured floor of our shower. Finally I got it clean. Next, I decided to move onto the shower doors...the shower doors from the pits of you know where! Now I admit that I have neglected my shower doors a bit, but never in a million years did I think the soap scum had built up that bad.

I tried everything: Magic Erasers, Scrubbing Bubbles (3 different types), Tilex, Windex, Kaboom, Bleach, Lysol, Soft Scrub, SOS pads! I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed. Yes, I got the worst, but there are still little spots all over it! I can't even scrape it off with my finger nail. I spent almost all of my day in my bathroom cleaning those freakin' doors.

I'm seriously considering throwing them out and just buying new ones!!

Hello Again...

Hello all...

It's 12:30 a.m. and I'm wide awake, so I thought I would return to the world of blogging. Here's an update on the Ramsey family...

We made it through Christmas, it was a pretty difficult time for us, but we pulled through. We were so excited to be starting a new year in our lives. We were starting over. This year was going to be great. Little did we know that despair was right around the corner. On Wednesday, January 21, Robert's sister Dees lost her loving husband at the age of 43. Scott was a wonderful man. He was a loving husband and a devoted father to their three children: Jake, who is 11, and the twins Aaron and Ashley, who are 7. They are doing ok at the moment, but they will have many hard times to come. Please keep them in your prayers.

February came and Robert and I celebrated six years since our engagement on Valentine's Days! With it falling in the middle of the week, we didn't celebrate much until the weekend. He bought be a beautiful bouquet of flowers and we went dancing at the Arlington that weekend. The following Monday we got some wonderful news and I found out that I was pregnant again, only the good news didn't last long. Two weeks later I miscarried again.

Please continue to pray for me and Robert. We are struggling through some difficult times. I know it seems that everytime I blog it brings sad news. I promise one day I will write with happy thoughts.

Though times are dark, we know that God is in control. He always provides. Though we don't understand His ways, we know He is reaching down to cradle us in His arms.