Summer Summer Summer Time!!!!
Hey All,
Thanks so much for visiting my site! As ALWAYS, it has been a while since I have blogged soooo let me catch you all up on what’s been going on….
First, as of July 8, 2010, I will be beginning my last quarter of Radiology Tech school! I am so excited and I’m ready to graduate and have a career in something I enjoy doing. My graduation date is Sept 19, 2010!!!! YAY!!! I haven’t been speaking alot lately because I have had some health issues and had to have a couple of surgeries but all that is over now. I am recovering from my last and final surgery and ready to get back to spreading God’s word of what He has done and continues to do in my life.
My next speaking engagement is in Birmingham Alabama on July 9th. I am looking forward to sharing and meeting lots of wonderful people. I did want to share about an amazing event I did back in late April, early May. I went to Des Moines Iowa and did an amazing event for The Hope House and I was so touched by many of the people I met. I was able (along side of my daughter) to feed homeless people at a homeless shelter (that was more rewarding than any material gift I’ve ever received), I was able to spend time with women who have and are struggling with many of the same issues I have struggled with and it was incredible to see God at work in their lives. I was able to speak at a youth conference and see some amazing teenagers on fire for Jesus and I was able to meet people I now consider friends. If you haven’t heard of this ministry, look it up!!!! You will be glad you did!
On another subject, my family and I have bought a new home and as soon as I graduate, we will be moving back to my homeotwn of Augusta, Ga. I have been busy painting and decorating and working my magic on our new home. My girls just love their new rooms and my room…well…lets just say it’s still “under construction”. We have been attending our new Church home Greenbrier Church (which is my and Paige’s old Church) and we are so happy to be back!!!!! There is nothing like a sermon preached by a humble man of God whose passion is to become more like Christ everyday!!!! Go “Pastor” Chuck!
Paige is excited about starting a new school and making new friends. She has been enjoying the summer with my “Aunt Kim” while I work diligently to finish my degree. She is such and incredible little girl! My husband has been so great lately taking care of me through these health issues….sometimes I think maybe I should stay sick, that way he will ALWAYS be at my beck and call!!!! LOL Just Kidding y’all!!
We have seen many great movies and been able to hang as a family these last couple of weeks and it has been so wonderful to not be so wrapped up in the rush of life. I like slowing down sometimes and just enjoying the sunset as well as the sweet family I have been blessed with .
On a spiritual note, God has been working on me in many areas, but one area I’d like to share is the area of priorities. It’s easy to get lost sometimes in priorities. Sometimes it’s difficult to determine which ones NEED to come first in the eyes of Jesus! The world’s standards of our priority list is much different than the list Our Saviour gives us. Even things we think God would want us to put high on our list are actually thing that don’t need to be on our list at all. Work is important to take care of our families, but is it so important that our children or spouses never spend quality time with us because we are “too busy working”? How about housework or hobbies? They are important, right? Think again!!! God words says, “ we are to fix our eyes on Him, the Maker of the Universe”. He takes care of the birds, won’t He take care of us and our “to do list”? I have seen so many miracles happen in my life. Things that can only be explained by the “loving touch of Jesus Christ”. Things that in no way could be humanly possible without coming straight from above. WAKE UP WORLD….Jesus loves you….He died for you…He’s coming back for you so that you can spend eternity with Him in heaven….Don’t you think HE should be our #1 and ONLY priority!!! We are His #1 and only priorty! Psalms 32:10: Many are the woes(priorities) of the wicked, but the LORD’S unflailing love surrounds the man who trusts in HIM”. Make Christ your #1 priority…I know I am!
SERVING GOD WITH A RENEWED PASSION!!!!!
Ashley <3