Summer Time

So I never thought I would be one of those people who was just "so busy", but holy cow! Summer is Crazy! Life is so good, kicked off the summer with the Shine Conference in Jacksonville, Fl. It was amazing, what a blessing to sit under some incredible women in leadership and hear their hearts. I am so excited about bringing that encouragement to lead back home to Mosaic.

Lots of fun with my boys, man I have a GREAT family!!!

Then last week we attended the Southern Baptist Convention. I was very excited to be able to experience how the convention worked. While it was no where near as fun as a jewelry convention ;) it was so neat to see so many people come together to try to work together to accomplish God's call. Beyond that I was able to spend a week away with my beautiful husband. Now that was fun! It is so easy to get distracted by life and forget just how amazing the people in our lives are. James Ross is passionate, hilarious and such a man of God. I am so blessed by his love and leadership and so privileged to work alongside of him.

Many more adventures to come...along with much more faithful blogging!!!

XOXO,

Christie

Easter Weekend

I don't know why but this is probably my favorite pic form this weekend. We had a jam packed, non stop weekend of fun. James' family came into town to celebrate with us. Saturday morning we decided to go to two Easter Egg Hunts. I learned that by Easter Egg hunt they really mean, rush to pick up as many eggs off the ground as possible. There is no actual hiding involved! Cameron had a great time, he is still proudly toting his Easter basket around the house full of eggs. We had an awesome time at the city hunt and I even found an opportunity to venture out of my Christian bubble on a long-term basis!!!

Sunday was AMAZING! I was trilled to see so many committed Mosaic partners filled with excitement and invested in making visitors have the best experience possible. Of course, there were many attacks- James spent the whole night awake coughing up a lung! The sound system had all the problems to be expected on a big day. The nursery had all sorts of craziness going on....BUT God was there! In the midst of all of the chaos God met us where we were and it was beautiful. The message on mercy was so challenging. How can I ever feel like someone doesn't deserve my mercy anymore, how foolish! God never ceases to give me mercy and I don't even think I give 7x's worth of mercy to others.

I hope that everyone had an awesome Easter full of God, love and fun! I'm excited for this rush of energy that is going to carry us into the summer and hopefully challenge us all to be active participants in our faith!

XOXO

Christie

Obedience

So this morning while we were getting ready all Cameron wanted to do was turn on the water in the bathtub. Now he knows that this is a major NO NO! He cutely looks at me with his hand on the faucet and I reply "Cameron I'm going to spank you". Now what happens? He reaches behind and spanks himself! We played out this scenario about 5 more times before we left. Ultimately he did decide not to turn on the water, I guess he had given himself enough "spankings" already.

But it made me start thinking...how many times do I weigh the consequences of my actions and still choose disobedience? Let me answer that, most days I do it many times! Obedience should be done for love, from a heart of gratitude...not just for the avoidance of consequences. Disobedience is never worth the consequences. It is a big red flag if you are willing to accept not only the consequence of disobeying but the knowledge that your heart is out of tune with God's.

And with that in mind, I'm going to start my cleaning!

XOXO,

Christie

A Day at the Park

Today we went to the park with a lot of our amazing friends. I cannot believe how blessed I am to have each of these ladies in my life...God is so good! I thought I'd share I few things I learned:
1. 6 wk old and 17 month old can be interesting...but I'm so glad they will have each other to play with unlike the kids who are talking to themselves.
2. The park makes me nervous...Cameron is going to get hurt and that's OK. This is going to be step one in accepting that I cannot control every move that he makes...but oh it is HARD!
3. Take snacks...my poor little chunky monkey had no cracker. Thankfully, there were snacks to be shared :) His face was priceless though!Finally, be excited! When was the last time you can remember being this joyful? Man, I want my life to exemplify this excitement in all that I do. I want to enjoy the ride and experience all of the fun that God is so graciously willing to share with me!I am so glad that Spring is here!!! I can't wait for all of the adventures to come!

XOXO,

Christie