There are a lot of things that I am praying about right now. There are some things that I am waiting patiently to hear from God about (ha!), there are some things that will be (whether I like it or not), answered with a yes or a no soon, there are somethings that I am praying for that are completely selfish WANTS and some that are great needs! I have prayers for friends and prayers for family. Heck, I throw up prayer throughout my day just for patience and good attitude (which doesn't come naturally)!
This isn't to say that I am some kind of prayer warrior, because I am not! Although, I am so thankful for those who are!! I think I truly have adult ADD, which lends it's self to getting off track very easily, especially during prayer ti
me. Truly, sometimes I end up thinking about the most random things and I realize that I am completely lost in the actual prayer I started off with. Which is why my blogs go all over the place and my conversations have ten different subjects!!!The funny thing is it doesn't matter how off track I get... I can always recall when God has NOT answered my prayers!!! I get angry at God, when I feel He hasn't answered my prayers the way I wanted or in my TIMING!!! Ugh.... I really do not like waiting!!!! I continue to pray for more patience, but like I said that is not one of my virtues!
Virtue or not, one thing God calls us to is JOY! Not just joy sometimes, but Joy all the time! HOW THE HECK DO YOU DO THAT????? I mean, as a mom I can wake up in the morning, get my coffee, thinking I will have a few moments to myself, and "Bam!" Emma is up and ready for cereal! Now you know I love Emma, but sometimes I just need a few minutes
and so there goes my one chance to be alone for the day! "Oh, be joyus Cortney!" How about this... I get all the kids dress and ready for the day, we are about to get 
out the door and Izzy is on the porch playing in the dog's water, SOAKED!!! Or when I just mopped the floors and Mary B. who tends to spill more drinks than any child I know, spills apple juice all over the place! As moms we feel like there are plenty of reasons through out our day to take matters into our own hands and let our attitudes take us down!!!! I am so guilty of this! So my thought today is take every moment to God, and know that He wants all your pain, all your worry, all your prayers and all your JOY!!!! I gave the verse below to the kids this summer to memorize and it was helpful to me, because I was able to learn it also!!! It's a reminder to me that God is GOD, in all circumstances! There is nothing too big or too small that He can't handle! Bubba always reminds me that I can't control my circumstances, but I can control my attitude (there's a coach for you!) So my heart will tr
y to rest in God's promises and hopefully He will continue to sanctify my heart and lead me to JOY in all circumstances!By the way, I have witnessed a hand full of people that eximplify this Christ like nature, I want to say thank you, it's people like you that make others want to know this GOD we serve!
BE JOYUS always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances for this GOD's will for your life in Christ Jesus! 1 thessalonians 5:16-18
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Cortney, thank you for those words! Oh how I need to be reminded of this daily as well...I wish we still lived in each others backyard so we could have more of our chats, but I can see God is doing wonders in your life, Bubba's and the kids down there in Tennessee. So I only selfishly wish you back here;) (by the way, Isaac looks sooooo grown-up and incredibly handsome in that picture!). Miss ya girl:)
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