This I Believe Credo

"Not all days will bring me sunshine, so I will rejoice also for the rain"

 What is the meaning of rejoice? Rejoice is feeling great joy for something or someone. I feel as though I have learned the hard way when it comes to excepting the things that I cannot change. I mean why does everything have to be my way? I believe that things are done for the greater of our good even if they seem bad at the time. I mean how do we expect to learn and grow and become who we are supposed to be if we don't endure trials at times? I believe they help shape us into the people that we are meant to be. So we learn to try and find the silver lining in our times of darkness even though it may seem far beyond our reach. One of my favorite pieces of scripture says it all "We rejoice not because our circumstances are perfect! We rejoice because we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28)". When I started to apply this to my life I was a much happier person, one who could see more clearly to the bigger picture and realizing I am just a very small piece to a very big puzzle. I would encourage anyone to just take a step back and learn to let things go and you to will realize that your days will bring more sunshine than rain.

Marriage

My marriage is a good one even though we put a lot of effort into it. Loving my husband is not hard for he makes it very easy for me. He is a very hard working man that is letting me pursue my dream of going back to school. He has let me stay home to raise our three children while he stayed away working just to make sure we had everything that we needed. I never hear any complaints from him which makes it hard for me when I think I have had a bad day. David is not only a great husband but a great father as well and he is loved dearly. Marriage is way more than signing a piece of paper it is being that other persons better half. Supporting them in their decision making and encouraging them when they need it. Marriage is two people growing together becoming one with each other. My husband and I grow spiritually together for we put Christ in the center of our lives. Following Christ has blessed us in so many ways that I could't even imagine a relationship without him. Marriage is a faithful bond and is the most intimate of any human relationship. Don't get me wrong even the most perfect marriage can have its ups and downs that is just the way it goes but it is the love that you have that helps you see through it. If you haven't found that one that is for you, just wait it is all in Gods timing. I teach my children to be so lost in God that whoever is meant for them will find them through him. That is how you know that they are for real and not only wanting you for something you have. I hope that everyone can find that bond with someone else and when you do hold on to it and never let it go because it is so special to have and share.

My Motivation!

What is motivation? Motivation to me is a reason that someone has to do what they do and how they do it. I have many reasons to be motivated in my life and I feel lucky to have them. Happiness for my family is one reason, though we don't need everything to be happy. Striving to do better so I can live in a comfortable state is what I long for. We don't need lots of extra things just because we can, but just enough to be content. So what is your incentive to being motivated? Think down deep and recover what drives you as we all have a reason for striving to do better. I want to see the face of God which is my main motivation for acting how I do. Being forgiving, understanding, and not judging. Living more Christ like every day is a struggle but I strive to be a better person. Can you even imagine meeting our creator? I guess if you think about the alternative place that should be enough motivation to want to seek Him. It would really surprise me to hear that someone does not have any motivation for we all have something. I know that we all get let down at times but should not be a reason to give up. I would love to help people who can't find their motivation find it because I love to see other people happy and to succeed in the things that they do. Motivation is a very important thing to have for it pushes us closer to greatness. We need to learn to stay focused without getting distracted or overwhelmed. Learn to enjoy pushing yourself and you will never go without being motivated and success will be there. So how did you motivate yourself today?

The perfect day

Is there even enough time in the day to have the most awesome day? I know that mine would be to sleep in first of all. I am not a morning person so I like to sleep away that time. Then to be pampered by having my hair done while having my feet massaged. Man I can almost feel it now, lol. I would love to have my friends and family over for a big cook out and maybe take the boat out on the lake. My favorite thing to do is to sit and watch all the kids playing together and making memories. I always have activities for them to do mainly crafts so they have something to keep. I love to be on the river so canoeing would be nice to fit into my perfect day as well. I have so many things I would love to do like fishing, pottery, shopping, or even just sitting outside on my porch swing enjoying the weather rain or shine. Having a personal cook to cook anything I wanted and not having the repercussions of eating it all.  My favorite time of year is the fall, I love the changing of the leaves and the cooler temperature after a nice hot summer. Maybe a day where I don't receive a bill in the mail or even have someone come to me on my perfect day to say they are paying all of my bills that month, man that would be the best day ever. Can you imagine what your perfect day would be like? Maybe a day of just lying on the couch with no distractions and watching your favorite movies or TV shows. However you picture it I be it would be perfect. But to me family makes it better no matter the circumstance.

Family

What is family? Does it have to be blood related? I don't think so as I have people who are just as close if not closer than my blood family. Family is the second most important thing to me right next to God being the first. I have a mother, father, and three sisters, one younger the other two being older. I was raised with a very close family and we all helped each other whenever someone needed it. I had a grandmother and grandfather on my father side but on my mother side they passed before I was born. I had many aunts and uncles that are spread from California to Florida but they visit often. So many cousins that I can't even try to count. Now that I am older I have a husband and three beautiful children ages 9, 10, and 14, two girls and a boy in the middle. With my husband I acquired a father in law and a brother in law. I couldn't have been more excited to have my brother in law for I only had three sisters and no brothers. Now with my husbands family they are just as close to my family as I am. I was defiantly blessed with a great family and not sure what I would without them. How close is your family and how did it impact your life? I know that I would not be where I am today if it wasn't for mine for they are my backbone in life and my cushion when I fall. We have our differences at times but we always talk it out to see other points of views, but I would not have it any other way. I believe that teaching my children the importance of family will help them with challenges they will face in the future and knowing that they have the support is always a blessing to have.

Music

I love music! Music is a way for me to relax and unwind for the day. It also helps me get motivated when I need it. I listen to all sorts of music from rap, classic, to christian music. Christian music being my favorite because it is always positive and uplifting to me. I can relate to music for we all have similar things we go through in life and I love it when someone makes a song about it. I have a friend that is going to college for music therapy and I thought wow, this really works. My family loves music as much as I do and it is always on in our house as we do not watch much TV. We make up dances to songs, we learn dances that are popular even though we may not be the best at it. Music is just fun and you can learn so much from it and you can also express your feelings through it. Even though music is a big part of our lives there is also " bad music", music that I would dream of letting my children listen to or even myself. I believe that we can teach our kids to listen and to express themselves with music without harming them with things they do not need to listen to. My girls and I love to hula hoop and we do this this to fast past pick me up songs. I don't think that I have a favorite song but I do love music in general. When we are in the car we dance, we are that family that people see dancing when stopped at a red light but that's okay because we are a happy family and we love to show it. So what gets you moving and motivated? Do you have a favorite song?

Memories

I know we all have memories and not one of us are the same. My first memory that I can ever remember having is blowing my first bubble when I was 3 years old. I have friends that can remember events before they were 3 but not me. I can remember standing in the dining room with my youngest sister who kept trying to take the gum out of my mouth and me getting up on a chair where she could not reach me. At that time I tried so hard to get it just right and then it happened, my first bubble. I can remember having holiday get togethers with all my family as my family was very close. I can remember a time when my little sister has a 4 foot fiberglass rod throwing it up into the air and watching it come back down and landing in her eye where the tear duct is and no damage was done. Or when my older sister was burning the trash one day and catching not only the yard on fire but about 3 acres as well. I have had to get stitches several times from jumping on the counter and hitting my head on the open cabinet door to roller blading in my fathers garage and tripping over a pile of leaves hitting my arm on a newly sharpened boat prop. I can think back to when we first moved into a house when I was 7 and thought I was in heaven because we moved from a one acre lot to a 110 acre lot. We had so much room to play that we all started making club houses in the woods and we had even started hunting the wild game that was there. My two older sisters moved out after they graduated high school and that was trying times for me as I looked up to my sisters for everything. Can you think back to your earliest memory?