Baby Number 3

It's true we are expecting again! This time another Girl. We're Due October 18th. It's been really difficult to continue blogging since that requires for me to sit down, gather my thoughts and write. Tyrell and I have been Vlogging on Youtube though. It's a little easier to do that.

We've also moved recently. We now live in a beautiful house in a quiet neighborhood. We live in a small town near the Potomac River. Our kids love it here and so do we. The Lord has been so gracious and we are extremely grateful for His provision.

I can't imagine myself writing as much as I use to since being a mother and homemaker takes up a lot of my time but I do faithfully VLOG so do check out and subscribe to our Youtube Channel to stay up to date. Here is how we told the children we were expecting ^_^

Doc Band Journey

Our little Girl just got her Doc Band!

As Some of you already know we pushed for 2 hours straight only to find out that our little girl was stuck in my pelvis. They took her out via C-Section and her skull was deformed as a result of pushing for 2 hours. We tried repositioning for the first 5 months of her life but unfortunately that hasn't helped much. She was diagnosed with Moderate to severe plagiocephaly and brachycephaly.

Here's a little chart on skull deformities.

Encouraging song

Love this song. Edifying and comforting. 

The Recent Uproar In Ferguson, Missouri

As we wait to find out what really took place, we, Christians need to be renewing our minds.

Here are a couple verses to meditate on.

1 Peter 2:13-14
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.

Romans 13:1-7
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Let us also keep in mind that hating authority figures is rooted in the fall of mankind. Whether it's God, governments, our parents, or even...hmm...cops. We are wired to rebel against and despise those who rule over us or enforce rules. In light of this ongoing tragedy in Ferguson let us consider these truths lest we come to despise the authorities God has put in place purposely to mimic His own rule. And when they do not mimic Him, exhort them peaceably and pray all the more earnestly.

Don't let racial injustice or speculated racial injustice cause you to sin. The white man doesn't want to kill you...Satan does. Know the real enemy...and know that He is a defeated enemy and find your resolve in his conqueror, Jesus Christ.

Because when we despise them...we despise Him.

God Bless you all.

2 weeks to go!

 

Baby Girl is almost here! It's been an extremely hard pregnancy and now, we are being pressured to have her by 39 weeks or they'll give us a repeat C-Section. Praying hard and Waiting on the Lord. May He have His way and be Glorified. We can't wait to hold her in our arms.

True Joy

Are you frustrated? Utterly discouraged because of how life is going? What did you expect? Did you believe the lie that life was all about you and your desires? ?Yes nowadays we are taught to indulge, be "ourselves" 

(whatever that means) seek pleasure at all cost but is that really what life is all about? Is it really pleasurable to live in such a manner or does living this way just rob us of joy? Being sinful, indulging in what seems pleasurable to us and seeking to fulfill our own desires only leads to sin and sin to death. So how are we to live then? The Westminster Shorter Catechism puts it simply 

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? 

A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.

So What is the point of life? How are we to live you ask? Scripture tells us that we ought to live for the glory of God. "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." (1 Corinthians 10:31) Instead of seeing all things through the lenses of whether or not whatever we are thinking about doing will be pleasurable for us, we ought to ask instead whether whatever we're considering doing pleases the Lord and will bring Him the most Glory. 

Life is hard, we live in a fallen world. We are constantly met with disappointments. We cannot live for the "pleasures" in  this life. Things in this life are fleeting and passing away. We must set our gaze on Christ and the things above. When we are self absorbed not only are we in sin but we rob ourselves of joy.

R.C. Sproul wrote a book Titled Can I Have Joy in My Life? in it he writes: "The enticement of sin is that we think it will make us happy. We think it will give us joy and personal fulfillment. But it merely gives us guilt, which undermines and destroys authentic joy."

This book has really helped me in my walk. It was extremely difficult for me to transition from living for my own pleasures to living for the Lord and finding my Joy in Him. The Lord has used this book to put everything in perspective for me and teach me to imitate Christ and lay down my life for others not to mention live to do the Will of my Father in heaven rather than doing my own will and whatever I perceive will bring me joy in this life.

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Come And Rest in Me

A Poem from one of my favorite poets in the entire WORLD! ^_^

Why doth thou despair?

Dost thou loveth thy life too much?  Why hast thou not found Me sweeter than all life... CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING --->Living In Light Of Eternity: Come And Rest in Me: By Tyrell L. Samuels