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Thursday, September 30, 2010

What else do I need to know?




Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, all fear is gone.
Because I know who holds the future,
And life is worth the living, just because HE LIVES!


Sometimes we float thru life and think there is really no purpose for us, no reason why we are here. Like everything is just chance. I suspect alot of the world feels this way. Especially those who do not know Christ. I feel that way now and then, and I DO know Him! I was reminded in the car after I picked up Cameron from kindergarten, about all I need to know to get thru the day to day. All I need to know is HE LIVES! He lives so I can live. He died so I can live! How amazing is our God? Every hair on your head, He has numbered. Every star in the sky, He scattered like marbles tossed on the floor. He saved my soul...and I live to tell others that HE LIVES. My REDEEMER LIVES!


Its up to me to tell people that He speaks and calms seas, He walks and moves mountains, He died in my sin so that I may have eternal life! He rose again to keep a promise! He's coming back and HE LOVES YOU & ME! HE LIVES! I'm sooo blessed to be His child! If you don't know Him, let me introduce you today! Jesus Christ is my personal Savior and He wants to be yours too! All He asks is that we confess with our mouthes to be sinners and to believe on Him that He died and rose again for you! He paid the ultimate price for you and me! All we have to do is accept the gift!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Does J-O-Y consume me?



This song really spoke to me today...on many levels. On our love of God, our love of others, and our love of self. It seems many of us would do anything for our spouse, or our children, or our parents, etc...but would be do the same for God? Would we give up EVERYTHING to follow our Savior? Would we make a sacrifice for Him, after He made the ultimate sacrifice for us? I don't know that many people today can say yes. Its heartbreaking. I hope that I could pick up and follow my Lord, wherever He asked me to go.


And then another part of the song talks about how we have to forget what the world has told us...the world tells us to Love ourselves! Live for today and live for YOU! Me, myself and I are the 3 most important people in my life...right? WRONG! This is not how it was meant to be. We were not put here to serve only ourselves. Its this selfishness that has caused so much turmoil, sadness, depression, and corruption in our world. We live for ourselves. We abandon marriages, children, responsibilities at work, and even churches all because we want to do what makes us feel better individually. How sad is that? I think its devastating. I think if we went by the 'JOY' acronym, we'd find all our relationships would improve. Jesus-Others-Yourself! What? Put ourselves last? Yep...thats what I said.


There are many other things I hear from this song...things about marriage, parenting, etc...but the main thing is that we have let our love of what should be important become unconsuming and let our selfish needs completely consume us. I have so much more to say, but I can't get my thoughts out right. Anyways, I hope you enjoy and are blessed by the heartsong of my day. It just speaks volumes to me.


You Can Have Me lyrics

If I saw You on the street
And You said come and follow me
But I had to give up everything
All I once held dear and all of my dreams
Would I love You enough to let go
Or would my love run dry
When You asked for my life
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
If You’re all You claim to be
Then I’m not losing anything
So I will crawl upon my knees
Just to know the joy of suffering
I will love You enough to let go
Lord, I give you my life
I give you my life
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
I want to be where You are
I’m running into Your arms
And I will never look back
So Jesus, here is my heart
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
My Father, my love
You can have me

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Let the waters rise...




Sometimes there are songs that speak every word that is written on your heart in that moment. Wow, is this one of them! Alot has been going on in a short amount of time. Sometimes I don't get why God allows us to go thru certain things or makes us wait on things that we have planned and thought was going to work out. But He knows best...and I will give my heart and soul to following His will, wherever it may lead us.
I can't really find any other words to say right now...so I will let the music do the speaking for me. God bless!
~Jillie


Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A letter to my Tater...



A friend of mine posted her letter to her son she wrote about him going to kindergarten...Since my kindergarten letter would be far too sad cause I'm not exactly dealing well, I thought I'd share the little letter I wrote to Cameron while we were unpatiently waiting for him to arrive! lol

Cameron Tate Mills~

We are so anxious for you to get here! I have had contractions all day and I'm hoping we will be seeing you shortly, maybe even tomorrow. I love you so much already! I have outfits all picked out for your whole first week of life! Your cute little car seat is already in the car & we have toys for you too! Everyone is so excited to meet you. Your sonogram pictures show that you have alot of hair. I can't wait to see if its dark and curly like mine or blonde and straight like your daddy and brother have. Caedmon is very excited to be your big brother. He will be really good to you and I'm sure will be a great example to you! He's a very good boy, as I'm sure you will be too.

Well come see us soon Baby Cameron! I promise we will take wonderful care of you! Mommy loves you bunches and always will!
June 3, 2005...

Cameron was due June 1, 2005...he didn't arrive until June 15th, 2005 when the Dr's made him come out! lol My contractions were all false, he never dropped, and they thought he was going to be over 10 bs and suggested a c-section. This was God watching out for him. He was only 8.6 lbs, but had the cord around him twice and was why he couldn't move down. If we had tried inducing, things could have been much more scary! He didnt have dark or blonde hair at that time...It was red! Daddy and mommy both have alot of red undertones. He got very curly in his first year, but once we cut it the first time, those sweet curls never came back. When I first saw him, all I thought was how much he looked like his big brother and that he was the most beautiful newborn I'd ever seen! He was perfect! And a perfect addition to our family! He made me glad that he wasn't a girl, like we had originally thought he was. What can I say, God knew what He was doing when He gave us 2 awesome boys! Its so hard to believe that Caedmon was just finishing kindergarten when Cameron was born and now he's already in 6th grade-almost jr high! And its Cameron's turn in kindergarten. My boys are growing up way too fast for my liking! Every day I feel that step closer to empty nest...can't handle that! I'm so blessed that God has allowed me to be mom to these 2 precious little men! Caedmon makes me sooo proud every day! He is one of the most outstanding young men I've ever seen! I may be a bit biased, but he is! Cameron makes me laugh all the time and his snuggles are just the best present a mom could get on a daily basis! Thank you Lord! Thank you for every moment I get to be their mom!