Fearfully & Wonderfully

"I will praise thee: for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works: and that my soul knoweth right well." Psalm 139:14

I can choose to praise God for how I am made or I can choose to complain about what I think are imperfections in my body. There are days when I feel not so beautiful and complain about being overweight or my complexion is not smooth. How does that make my Creator feel? It most likely saddens Him because He made me just who I am.
I have to remember feelings come and go. I also have choices about the food I put into my body. Overall I have to remember that my God loves me and He fashioned me to be who I am. I will choose to Praise Him because just like the Psalmist wrote, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made" from the top of my head to the tips of my toes.
Blessings to you!

A new day

"This is the day that the Lord has made, I WILL rejoice and be glad in it."
I am so thankful that I have a brand new day to do the Lord's work. It is my prayer that He use me in ways that are beyond my imagination. I want to be willing to serve Him in any capacity. Writing that down scares me a little, but I have to remember He equips those He calls. He will be with me every step of the way.
Blessings!

Moments

It has been a busy month for me. I've celebrated a friend's birthday, my sister's birthday, took in a Sabres Hockey game, played in a volleyball tournament, traveled to Ohio, played a little tennis and took a lot of photos.
Back at the end of March, I helped my friend, Kim, celebrate her birthday. It was a fun evening. Only the girls were invited and we did manicures and pedicures. I've never had a pedicure but it was a lot of fun. Kisha's mom, Andrea, (what a sweetheart) did my pedicure. Her and Kim, the birthday girl, did the pedicures. There was a lot of wet feet and tons of laughter.

Next on the calendar of events was the volleyball tournament. It was a fund raiser for a mission's trip to be taken at the end of September to Juarez, Mexico. Ten teams signed up at $150.00 each with all the proceeds going to the missions trip. The day started at 9am and lasted until 5pm with the winning team being unbeaten the whole day. It was a successful tournament and I only heard good reports from everyone who participated. They are looking forward to the next tournament.

The day after the volleyball tournament the family celebrated my youngest sister's 24th birthday. I can hardly believe she is 24. It just seems like yesterday I was going to see her & my mom in the hospital. She is a wonderful little sister and I am blessed by her presence in the family.

Taking my friends Jeff & Karin and my sister, Cassandra, to the Sabres game was a lot of fun. We all met at Jeff's house to head downtown to HSBC arena. The traffic close to the arena was horrendous. It took us over 15 minutes to go less than a mile to a parking ramp. Once we arrived we had a lot of fun watching the game. Going into the second period the score was 0-0 but the Detroit Red Wings decided it was time to score. After that it went down hill for the Sabres. They lost the game 4-1.

Now off to Ohio for Easter. It was a nice get away. I traveled with my two sisters on Friday evening and we stayed until Monday morning. During our time in Ohio we watched my two cousins play soccer. It was a beautiful sunny day but with a very bitter cold wind. I did not dress warm enough so I ended up being very cold for most of the day. Also the wind was so cutting it made my eyes water to seem like I was crying. Thankfully my cousin had sunglasses and it helped. In the afternoon, Cassandra & I went shopping and out to dinner with Amy & Janiel. Sunday morning, I went to church at Oasis of Life (my uncle is the pastor). It was good service. After church we headed over to my brother, Ryan's house for dinner and an egg hunt. The kids had a great time hunting for candy filled eggs.

This week has been busy with Lifelinks, Mosaic, Murj, Lockport Alliance church's coffeehouse and tennis.
I am grateful for the blessings God has given. He truly is Jehovah Jireh!
Blessings to you~~~