2.14.2013

iPad Mini Giveaway!!!

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A Father to the Fatherless

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
God sets the lonely in families, 
He leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun scorched land.
Pslam 68:5-6

I thought this would be a guest post from Christie from Satisfaction through Christ,
but I guess you'll have to settle with me. ;)

My heart is especially soft towards Christie and her family and what God is doing in their life. 
Because I believe in it. 
So, it is easy to pray for them. 
It is easy to write this post. 

Adoption is part of God's plan of redemption.

There is nothing that so reflects His heart towards us as adoption.

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you recieved brought about your adoption to sonship And by Him we cry, 'Abba, Father.' The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 
Romans 8:14-16


Christie, her husband and their adopted baby girl, Moriah
found out they were chosen to adopt another baby girl who is due on April 6!

Of course, as you can imagine, they are overjoyed!

Read Christie's blog people!
You will see that this is a woman who loves God and longs to love others as herself. 
I feel so blessed to be able to read her stories online and encouraged to see her families faith.
It's no secret that adopting is usually expensive. 
In order to make this adoption a reality God must provide {and of course He will!}
$35,000. 
To man, that number is HUGE!
But God is even Bigger! And owns the cattle on a thousand hills!

About two weeks ago, Christie proposed the 10:10:1 plan to reach a $10,000 deadline.
10 days, 10 Thousand Dollars, 1 baby

Our God, who is always faithful to provide, provided the $10,000 they needed with $19 to spare!

April 6 is less than 2 months away, a short amount of time,
 but I know this family has a full 2 months ahead! 

They are still in need of $25,000 and not to mention TONS of prayer! 

Let's join together in prayer for this family:

Pray for the health of their new baby girl and her birth mother.
Pray for faith. That they would believe each day that God is able to do all things. 
Pray for perseverance as they wait on God.
Pray for joy! Pray that would have much joy while waiting and preparing for their new daughter!
Pray for provision! Pray that God would abundantly provide for all their needs!
Pray anything your heart stirs you to pray for this sweet family. 
Also, if you would like to give towards their adoption, you can do that on Christie's blog in the Paypal widget. No amount is too small! Remember, Jesus multiplied a few fish and few loaves to thousands!


2.11.2013

Lots of Goodness.

This next week on the blog is going to be full! 
Snowflakes.

Tomorrow, I am so honored to have Christie from
Satisfaction Through Christ  guest posting about how 
God is richly blessing their family
 by entrusting them with a
baby girl through adoption!
Tomorrow, you'll find out ways you can help make this blessing happen! 

Chinese New Year week is in full swing and I can't wait to post more this week on that. 
And the gazillion fireworks being let off deep into the night. 

And get ready because I'm participating in an iPad Mini Giveaway 
& Thursday that Raffle copter is going LIVE! 

We're still on vacation. And it's lovely. We're doing a lot of this ;), sleeping and relaxing.
And we are all Smiles. :) Shameless tag.
 We discovered brunch at our favorite restaurant, The Canvas. 
I wish I could have taken a picture of this goodness before I dived in, but there was never a chance at that. It looked amazing before I devoured it. 
Best part of that dish was that it included a glass of champagne. Ahh. The life. ;)
Zachary decided on an omelet, bacon, sausage, toast and potatoes. 
The potatoes were delish. We ordered more. :)
Zachary and the boys made a tent to watch a movie. 
I love having big tents and laughing children in our living room.
Makes me dream of a day we have kids of our own. :)
What's a Mosby vacation without lots of Starbucks?
Zachary found one of his favorite games ever, Risk 2210!
A shop near our house is named Move Pink and sells gelatto. I naturally have always thought this was Movenpik, the popular gelatto company.
It wasn't until the other day that I noticed it's called Move Pink and not Movenpik.
Oh China. They so shamelessly do rip offs. 
I've been doing a lot of this lately. 
Surrendering. 
Surrendering Time. Plans. Weight loss. Future. Jobs. Money.
Every.single.thing. 
 Love, love, loving this verse lately. Always But especially lately. 
Friends, if there is any encouragement in Christ, and love, fellowship, affection, compassion, anything good at all {and of course there's a limitless amount!} focus on these things. 

Not on fear. Not on money. Not on what you wish you looked like. Not on how you seem to fail at anything relating to a schedule or goal. Not on time. Not on how tired you feel.
 Not on anxiety. Not on money. 
Don't focus on these things! 
Focus on the rich, deep and beautiful goodness and love of Christ!
My adorable dream journal from my grandma.
Consuming a lot of green juice lately. 
That's probably why I look so hot when I first wake up. 
Bahaha. Please excuse the eye boogers and beautiful twin pimples on my nose and forehead.

Well, that's all for today folks. 

Except a question.
Should  I or should I not get a 
Facebook for the blog? 
All the research says I should but I'm on the fence. 
Personal experiences?? 

We love you all. Mwah.
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