We have a million billion things going on around the Odom house this December. Then its GOODBYE 2011 and HELLO 2012!
We're kicking off the last month of this year with a whole week of Josh being off work. We don't have any big vacation plans, just staying home, lounging around, and watching a lot of Christmas movies together under the covers while it gets colder outside. Our decorations are all up except for a little section of lights that Josh has to finish on the outside of the house (maybe tomorrow if its not raining) but I must say our tree looks FABULOUS! :)
Next weekend we're going to go get ALL of our Christmas shopping done. ALL. As in, we're not coming home until we have a gift for everyone on the list. I HATE waiting until the last minute! We've planned a trip to Birmingham on Friday or Saturday so we should be able to get it all done that day. Then I'm going to wrap it all and get in under the tree so that I can sit back and relax while everyone else goes crazy shopping in the weeks before Christmas! :)
This is also our last week off from the doctors office. Starting next week its an appointment each week. I'm not looking forward to that but I am excited that it means that we're SO close to our little man getting here!
With all that we have going on in December, I am sure its going to fly by. I just can't wait to finally get to Christmas knowing that our baby will more than likely be born the very next week! For the most part my pregnancy has been easy for me and I feel really blessed for that. Although I am officially in the final stages now where everything seems to hurt, none of my clothes fit, and I feel like a walking swollen up balloon! I am looking forward to EVERY aspect of this baby coming, including not being pregnant anymore! We just can't wait to hold him in our arms for the first time and begin our life as a family of three.
December also means the end of another year. This year didn't start great for me. Then it got worse. Then it got a WHOLE lot worse. Then it got better. Then it got WAY better. But the one thing I know for sure as this year winds down and I get ready to begin a new year of my life, God used this year to change me. To make me 10 times the person I was in so many ways. And then he gave me two of the most amazing blessings God gives to people.
I am sure I will look back on this year for the rest of my life as some of the happiest moments and some of the saddest moments I will ever experience. But no matter what happens to me from here, I know that I will carry with me what I've learned this year. That God loves me. That He is in control. That He wants me to place Him first in my life. That He will always lead me through His word. That He is capable of SO much more than I could possibly imagine. That if I can truly let go and allow Him to be the central focus of my life in every way, He will fill me with an everlasting joy and peace that is exactly what Christmas is all about. That is what me and my family will celebrate this December.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Marriage
Marriage:
Definition-(a)the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.
(b)any close or intimate association or union
Synonyms- blend, merger, unity, oneness; alliance
Antonyms- separation, division, disunion
God makes the roles of the husband and the wife so clear in the Bible. We should never have to question what our marriage should be.
Wives:
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Ephesians 5:24
Husbands:
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Ephesians 5:25
These guidelines for living as a married person are strict and are stated many times in the New Testament. God makes it clear that He wants a wife to be submissive unto her husband in the same way that we as believers are supposed to be submissibe unto Christ. He also makes it clear that husbands are supposed to love and protect their wives in the same way that Jesus loves and protects his church of believes.
It is so clear in the Word of God that God has TWO marriages that we are to be faithful to. (TWO if we are married physically on this earth to another person. One of we are not.)
--The first and more important marriage of the two is our marriage to Christ. We as believers are active members of the body of Christ. His church. His bride.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:2
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. Revelation 19:7
God then uses the rest of His Word including His commandments and laws to tell us what our role in this marriage is.
--The second marriage is our earthly marriage to another person. God blesses us by allowing us to unite with another person and become as one during our time on earth. He sets specific guidelines including those verses in Ephesians to show us exactly what our roles are to be in that marriage as well. God never leaves any stone unturned. He always blesses us with specific instructions on how to stay in His will.
Something that I find striking is that the first and foremost antonym of marriage is seperation. This rings true not only in our physical marriage but in our spiritual one also. To be a believer is to be united with Christ. If a person dies without ever having come to Christ, they will live in eternal seperation from Him. Likewise, if a believer dies, his eternal reward is eternal life in the presence of the Almighty God.
Definition-(a)the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.
(b)any close or intimate association or union
Synonyms- blend, merger, unity, oneness; alliance
Antonyms- separation, division, disunion
God makes the roles of the husband and the wife so clear in the Bible. We should never have to question what our marriage should be.
Wives:
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Ephesians 5:24
Husbands:
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Ephesians 5:25
These guidelines for living as a married person are strict and are stated many times in the New Testament. God makes it clear that He wants a wife to be submissive unto her husband in the same way that we as believers are supposed to be submissibe unto Christ. He also makes it clear that husbands are supposed to love and protect their wives in the same way that Jesus loves and protects his church of believes.
It is so clear in the Word of God that God has TWO marriages that we are to be faithful to. (TWO if we are married physically on this earth to another person. One of we are not.)
--The first and more important marriage of the two is our marriage to Christ. We as believers are active members of the body of Christ. His church. His bride.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:2
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. Revelation 19:7
God then uses the rest of His Word including His commandments and laws to tell us what our role in this marriage is.
--The second marriage is our earthly marriage to another person. God blesses us by allowing us to unite with another person and become as one during our time on earth. He sets specific guidelines including those verses in Ephesians to show us exactly what our roles are to be in that marriage as well. God never leaves any stone unturned. He always blesses us with specific instructions on how to stay in His will.
Something that I find striking is that the first and foremost antonym of marriage is seperation. This rings true not only in our physical marriage but in our spiritual one also. To be a believer is to be united with Christ. If a person dies without ever having come to Christ, they will live in eternal seperation from Him. Likewise, if a believer dies, his eternal reward is eternal life in the presence of the Almighty God.
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