I Want to Pray for My Baby

"At every stage of their lives our
children need and will
greatly benefit from our prayers"
Stormie Omartian

(Clarke Sleeping in His Favorite Chair)

I am currently serving as Vice President Spiritual Life for the Protestant Women of the Chapel in Illesheim, Germany and I love every minute of it. I get the incredible job of seeking out the Father's guidance and choosing the studies that our ladies will be participating in during the semester. "The Power of a Praying Parent" was recommended to me by one of my friends as a 3rd class since we have a lot of new mommy's in our group. I ordered this study as soon as it was recommended and the minute I put my nose in it, I was hooked! I know I long to be that Mommy who prays with and for her children every day. I did decided that we would offer the book as a study and I can't wait to hear the other ladies input. I know I am standing in amazement already and I've just finished Chapter One. I love to read and this book is one that I HIGHLY recommend for any mother or father who has children and also have that strong deisre to pray for their children, young and old alike. So if you my friends wanna pray for those little blessings that are making you pull your hair out :-) run out to Lifeway or check out www.cbd.com and get your own copy!!!

Here are a few quotes and scriptures from the first chapter that really jumped out from the pages.

"Train up a child in the way he should go.
Even when he is old he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6

"Pour our your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands towards Him for the life of your young children.
Lamentations 2:19

"we must cover every detail of our child's life in prayer."

"My husband and I had dedicated our son to God in a church service, but God wanted more than that. He wanted us to continue giving Christopher to Him on a daily basis."

"Prayer is acknowledging and experiencing the presence of God and inviting His presence into our lives and circumstances."

"When we pray, we are humbling ourselves before God and saying, "I need Your presence and Your power, Lord. I can't do this without You."

"Praying in the name of Jesus gives you authority over the enemy and proves we have faith in God to do what His Word promises."

"It's not enough to pray only for the concerns of the moment; we need to pray for the future, and we need to pray against the effects of past event."

"The battle for our children's lives is waged on our knees."

"If we... WATCH Him,
WALK with Him,
WAIT on Him,
WORSHIP Him
and LIVE in His word
WE WILL WIN this battle for our children.

Other Scriptures to for you too look up:
John 16:23, 14:12-14, 15:7, 15:16
James 5:16, 4:7
Psalm 143, 25:14, 34:17, 18:37-39
Provers 20:7
Hebrews 4:12
Isaiah 55:11
Philippians 4:13
Luke 4:7-8
Matthew 12:29, 18:18-19, 21:22
Revelation 12:10
Deuteronomy 32:30
Ephesians 6:4& 17-18

Pass the Prayers Please

For those of you who believe in the extra-ordinary power of healing and of PRAYER please check out Nate, Tricia and Gwyneth's story. I've been following it now for almost 2 weeks and wish I would have fallen upon it sometime earlier. I have seen through Nate's post amazing things that ONLY our Father can do.

http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/

Here is a praise chorus that I just believe fits the situation perfectly,

Holy Wonderful
Holy, Wonderful, Marvelous, Glorious, Omnipotent, Righteous and Mighty,
Lord we Praise You, We lift you up we, magnify glorify,
we exalt you, we extol you, we adore you Hallelujah.

I'm Back and Ready to Go!

HELLO BLOGGING WORLD!

This will be the first post for me in a very long time. I was so busy during the end of 2006 and all of 2007 with a new addition to our family that I completely slacked up on blogging. I think i've finally got a little extra time each day that I can sit down to share my thoughts with you, my friends and family. My New Years goal was to get my blog back up and running and to be consistent in posting, so I hope that you will all stay on my case if I start falling behind again :-)

So, here I am. I've finally come up with a new name for the blog after a lot of contemplating, "Scattered Fruits". My hearts desire in choosing this name is that people that read my blog and people that cross my path on a daily bases would feel that I have scattered just a little of the "Fruit" that the Father has blessed me with in their lives. I want people to know the goodness that has been scattered in the lives of my husband/my soldier Wesley, our 15 month old Clark ,in my life and in the lives of both of our Families back in the United States Let me catch you up on where we are now. Wesley graduated from AIT and headed straight for Illesheim, Germany in August of 2006. Clark was born on September 28, 2006 in Dothan, Alabama and we were able to join Wesley in Germany 7 weeks later. Clark is 15 months old now and growing like a tumbleweed. He is the light of our lives and we count it a blessing everyday that the Father would choose us to be Clarke's parents. We love being in Germany, and as of recently we will be stationed here until Feb. 1st of 2010. Right now we are getting ready for a BIG transition that will separate our family for 12-15 months.

(Clark at 14 mos old)

That's pretty much everything in a nut shell. There is so much good and bad that we were faced with in 2007, but in all I must say we've all come out as stronger individuals with a deeper love for one another and for our Father.

Until Next Time,

Where Have My Fruits Gone To?

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, PATIENCE, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and seld-control." Galations 5:22 Lately, I have been pondering the fact that most of the fruits that I am suppose to possess, and have possessed at one time have SLOWLY withered away. It's my own fault, there is no one else to blame. I believe that I have just become so content with my life situation that I have allowed those fruits that are so vitally important to my relationship with Christ to surely slip right out from under me. I can make excuses over and over again, but are they reasonable, or are they just lame, and due to my laziness. Love is not a problem for me at all, but do I love the right things? Am I showing love to those who need it the most, or have I become somewhat of a hateful, ungreatful person? I have joy unspeakable right now, or atleast I feel like I do, but is the joy that I am experiencing TRUE joy? Peace, I'm not really sure that I can say i've come face to face with peace lately. In this crazy little life of mine over the last 7 months, I don't think I've had a peaceful moment. I am lacking patience greatly. Should I ask for more? I know that I am going to need patience like never before once Wesley leaves for Germany and the baby arrives, but what should I do about it now? Do I ask the Father to give me more, or is that just selfishly asking? I'm a kind person, or most people would say that I am, but yes like most I do have HORRIBLE mood swings from time to time, and I can be very hateful when I'm in one of my moods. Goodness, yes I've experience goodness ALOT lately, but have I shown goodness towards others is the real question? Have I allowed other to see that I am truly greatful for the things that they have done for me, especially Wesley and my mom and dad? Lastly, but probably the best of them all self-control...believe it or not I can give a positive on this one. I can truthfully say that self-control is something I have been working hard at over the last 7 months. But the real question is why? Why did I allow my fruits to get away from me? Contentment? Discontentment? Laziness? There could be a world of reasons, but really I dont even know where to begin to look for the answers. I've spent alot of time thinking today, and over the next few weeks, unless the Father sends me in another direction I am going to be searching the scriptures and studying each piece of this verse with a fine tooth comb. I've got alot of work to do, I know this for sure. I need it though. I've come to a dry point, and until I can get my fruits back in order, it will remain that way. Enough Said. Point Taken! I think I just answered alot of my own questions.

Megan and Wes Sitting in a Tree KISSING!

* Wesley sent me these roses all the way from Virginia!!!*
It's been 2 years today that Wesley and I have been married, and I still love every single minute of it. I cannot lie and say that every day has been perfect, because just like every couple we've had our ups and downs, but luckily more ups than downs. The last 7 months have been extremely trying at times (since Wesley has been away beginning his new career), and the next 5 months will probably be the same way (moving to Germany and Clark's arrival), but for some reason I have no doubt in my mind that things are going to all just work out great in the long run, and for that I am very excited. I'm so thankful to be married to Wesley, and I couldn't ask for a better person to spend the rest of my life with. He has gone above and beyond his calling as a husband, and I know that once Clark is born he will do the same as a father. We've got a lot to look forward to in the years to come, and I know they too will be just as thrilling as the last 2 years we've spent together have been.