Tomorrow is a day I have waited for ...well...for weeks if not months! I get to get out of this house and enjoy some time with other girls while we do girly stuff! FINALLY! You have no idea how EXCITED I am!!!! Living in a house with 4 males drains you!!!! I rarely get out to go to the grocery by myself let alone to do girly stuff! I want to thank my bestie Kelly for the invite and wonderful idea and my mom (the best ever!!) for tackling the boys for the day so I can get out! BRING ON FRIDAY!!!!



I am being picked up by my sugarbooger aka bestie aka Kelly in the morning @ 9am. We are going to go to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and girl talk!




Then it's on to Main Street to do some window shopping! Of course I will have to hit the cafe for a latte!






Afterwards we are meeting up with Stacy @ Magnolias for spa treatments! This is going to be the highlight of my year thus far!!!!! AAAHHHH ME TIME, RELAXATION, QUIET!



I'll be able to kiss these goodbye! LOL



As for now....Friday isn't here yet and motherhood calls. There is dinner to prepare, messes to clean up, kids to tuck lovingly into bed and American Idol result show on tv! Happy Thursday Loves!




Day 21

Love is Satisfied in God

The Lord will continually guide you, and satisfy your desire. – Isaiah 58:11


Day 20 was a vitally important day in the Love Dare – and in your life. You came face-to-face with the glaring need of every human heart. And perhaps for the very first time, you became aware of how personal this need really is. You may have realized that nothing in your toolbox of talents and resources could repair the damage that sin leaves, and that Jesus is the only One who can supply what you’ve been missing. If you’ve received Him by faith and have turned your life over to Him to manage and lead, then His Holy Spirit is renewing your heart. His wisdom, grace, and power can now be released into everything you do. Including, not the least, your marriage.

But whether this is new territory for you or if you’ve been a follower of Jesus for quite a while, now is the time for you to firm up one thing in your mind: you need God every single day. This is not a part-time proposition. He alone can satisfy, even when all else fails you.

Your husband may be late coming home. Again. But God will always be right on time.

Your wife may let you down. Again. But God can always be trusted to deliver on His promises.

Every day you place expectations on your spouse. Sometimes they meet them. Sometimes they don’t. But never will they be able to totally satisfy all the demands you ask of them – partly because some of your demands are unreasonable, partly because your mate is human.

God, however, is not. And those who approach Him in utter dependence each day for the real needs in their life are the ones who find out just how dependable He is.

Can your spouse give you an inner peace? No. But God can. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).

Can your spouse enable you to be content no matter what life throws at you? No. But God can. “In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled … I can do all things through Him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:12-13).

There are needs in your life only God can fully satisfy. Though your husband or wife is able to complete some of these requirements – at least now and then – only God is able to do it all. Your need for love. Your need for acceptance. Your need for joy. It’s time to stop expecting somebody or something to keep your functioning and fulfilled on a non-stop basis. Only God can do that as you learn to depend on Him. But He wants to do it His way. “My God will supply all your need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).

The needs of love, peace, and adequacy are real. No one is saying you shouldn’t have them. But rather than plugging into things that are unstable at best and are subject to change – your health, your money, even the affections and best intentions of your mate – plug into God instead. He’s the only One in your life that can never change. His faithfulness, His truth, and His promises to His children will always remain. That’s why you need to seek Him every day.

Our only reason for not doing this is because we really don’t trust God to supply what we need. And yet the Bible says, “Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). When we are seeking Him first, loving Him first, making our relationship with Him top priority, He promises to supply us with what we really need – which, actually, is all it really takes to satisfy us.

Jesus once spoke to a woman at a Samaritan well, a woman who had tried getting her needs met through a string of failed relationships. With both her life and water bucket empty, she had come to this place broken and hardened yet still desperately in need. But in Christ she found what He called “living water” (John 4:10) – a supply that wasn’t just for quenching temporary thirst. What He offered her was a drink of soul satisfaction that never quits giving and refreshing. And that is what’s available to you each morning at sunrise and each night before bed, no matter who your spouse is what they’ve done to you.

God is your everyday supply. Of everything you need.

TODAY'S DARE

BE INTENTIONAL TODAY ABOUT MAKING TIME TO PRAY AND READ YOUR BIBLE. TRY READING A CHAPTER OUT OF PROVERBS EACH DAY (THERE ARE 31 - A FULL MONTH SUPPLY), OR READING A CHAPTER IN THE GOSPELS (MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN). AS YOU DO, IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE LOVE AND PROMISES GOD HAS FOR YOU. THIS WILL ADD TO YOUR GROWTH AS YOU WALK WITH HIM.

(In your Love Dare Journal or a notebook)
How do you think spending time daily with God will change your situation and perspective? How can you make HIM a bigger part of your day?