No need to PANIC!!

Does panic ever seep into your heart and head and LIFE?!  This happens to me on occassion, not a lot, but occassionally, it does.  It's a feeling that I'm not used to and I don't always know how to deal with it.  I have to remind myself over and over and OVER again that I don't have to panic...there is ONE that is in control and takes care of my EVERYTHING.

We sang this song at church on Sunday and something about the lyrics just hit me.  There's a line that's repeated a few times...

"that's just the way it is."

That line speaks to my heart.  I don't have to question, I don't have to second guess, I don't have to wonder - the KING of KINGS is on His throne watching over me, caring for me, loving me, even liking me!

And that's just the way it is!

My prayer for each of YOU:

When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. Add I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and high deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infintely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. Ephesians 3:14-20

And of course no post is complete without a few pictures...

Tripp's Room

I really wanted to post about his room when I was completely FINISHED with it.  However, if I waited until it was finished, there would never be a post!  I'm constantly "tweaking" things.  And I have to do things when I get the resources (time, $$, time, time...you know how it is with a 2-year old right?).  But I've made progress and Tripp seems to really like it.  Quick look at the room before it was Tripp's:

All of these pictures were taken with my phone so they're not very clear.  But hopefully you can see the direction we're heading.  I'm really happy with it and I have to say, I love doing projects like this!

I don't have time to do a detailed post about the room, but overall it was a very inexpensive project!  There are many items that aren't exactly where they're supposed to be (map above bed should be a little higher, curtain is actually a piece of fabric draped over a rod until I figure out what I want to do!).  But I will work on it and hope to do a detailed post with better pictures soon!