It's November.  Where has the year gone? I mean seriously...I woke up yesterday and had a newborn, and now he is one.  Millie is turning 4 this saturday.   What the What?

This year, I am already over the commercialism of Christmas.  I recently read the book, 7 by Jen Hatmaker.  It is so convicting.  But oh so good.  We have so much stuff.  Our closets are full, our garages are full, our rooms are full, our pantries are full.  FULL.....Yet, we are about to add more to their mass.  It's just disgusting.  Our world is broken,  our church is broken, our families, are broken.   I am going to do my best to reign it in this year.  Yes, I will buy my precious chilren toys they can enjoy. But I will not over indulge them.  I will not give in to the feelings that I am an inadequate parent if I do not buy my children every thing they ask for.

I want my children to love Jesus more than anything.  I want them to be world changers.  But they cant do that and be that if they don't have examples.  This year.  I will be better.  This Christmas is all About Jesus.  As it always should have been.

The Best is yet to come,

Sara

Here is the Church

I was scrolling across facebook and this quote rolled across my page.

The church is the only community that changes individuals from the inside out. -Jud Wilhite #Catalyst2013

Since Cary and I planted Verge a little over a year ago, the church has changed so much in my mind.  I have seen relationships built and disciples in the making.  The way I view what it means to "do" church is drastically different that in years past.  Week after week,  we pour our heart and energy into setting up the Malco Theater into Verge Church.  We don't have a building, we don't' have a permeant place to call our home base.  But we have each other.  A group of people that stay connected every week through communication.  Not through a building or a program or anything else we program in.  At Verge we encourage people to become involved.....Involved in their family, in their friends lives, and in their community.  When you make a commitment to have a relationship with someone it takes work.  It takes sacrifice.  It's hard to love people  It's so much easier to just stay at home in our own little worlds. But that is not what we are called to do.  At Verge, peoples lives are changing and people are changing lives.  And it's because God is alive and well, working in our church, our people.


The Best is yet to Come,

Sara

Twice in One Year!

Well...It is still 2013, and this is my second blog post.  As I stated in my first post, better late than never!

I was going through me emails at work today and I ran across this verse.  1 Thessalonians 5:24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.  I feel like there should be an exclamation point at the end of that sentence.  He will do it!  He will do it guys...do you believe it?  If God has called you to it, keep it up...he is faithful and he will see you through it.  Dig in and dig deep.

So many days we grow weary with life.  It's hard, and sometimes not fun.  But God is our Joy and we are blessed far beyond what we should be.  I'm talking to myself here, but hold on tight, press into God, seek Him at every turn.  And get ready....

The best is yet to come,

Sara

Happy New Year....2 weeks late

Christmas morning. They kiddos received bean bags, a kitchen and a swing set. Along with lots of other fun things.

The kids don't have their own Christmas tree, but I have the perfect place for one. So next year they will have their own. We made salt dough ornaments this year and had so much fun. They played with the dough for over an hour...which is a Christmas miracle at our house. :-)

We also painted a variety of other ornamments. Sweet Memories.

Well, It's a new year. I didn't really set an resolutions this year, because frankly I would break them. But I have made some mental notes of things I would like to accomplish this year. And one of them is blogging at least once a week. As you can see....i'm already a bit behind. But better late than never, and the first step is always the hardest. Feel free to insert any other cliche' here you choose.

I have 2 soon to be 3 small children and I would love to have documentation of their lives without much effort. I know that seems a bit lazy, but i'm just not a scrap-booker, and I know i'll never take the time to date the back of every picture or notate what we were doing. So blogging is an easy way for me to keep those precious moments without a lot of headache.

I haven't figured blogger out yet..so give me some time. I'm sure my posts will be totally random and my pictures will be out of order until I figure it out. Bear with me. Exciting times await.

-Sara