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What a weekend!!!

Mar 7th, 2011

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First off let me say THANK YOU for the prayers! The power of prayer is amazing and I know that now more than ever! The past three days were the most amazing days I can remember in a very very long time. I am mentally and physically exhausted but it was so worth it!

I could go on and on and on about the amazing blessings I received during this three day weekend, but honestly I’m not doing so good at putting together coherent sentences right now (that mental exhaustion thing again… I’ll give you a full account after I’ve rested up!). If you’ve never experience a lay-renewal then you should! It’s like a revival hyped up on caffeine and chocolate and OH MY it is awesome AWESOME! I learned, I cried, I felt, I experienced… and I am forever changed because of it! Details later… rest now.

(I will also catch up on my 30 Letters series and 3in30 goals after I’ve slept for about 24 hours straight. Okay, so 24 hours straight isn’t going to happen, but maybe I can get a good 8 anyway.)

Calling all prayer warriors…

Mar 3rd, 2011

by Nickie.

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I don’t usually ask for prayer for myself, but right now I need intercession in a bad way.

You see… we are having a lay renewal at church this weekend and I am not only heavily involved, I am excitedly looking forward to seeing what God has in store for me, my family, and my church. With the exception of Monday, I have been/am spending everyday this week at church for one thing or another. The devil is attacking me hard, really hard.

He started with an attack of my gallbladder on Tuesday– the first attack I’ve had in several months. Tuesday’s to-do list was hugely long. I co-hosted a cottage prayer meeting Tuesday night and had lots of food prep and prayer prep. The meeting was a wonderful success as I knew it would be, so that attack failed.

Last night, during our Bible study on prayer, he hit me with a pain on the right side of my head that got worse over the course of a couple hours and left me thinking I may not wake up if I went to sleep. I’ve honestly never had a headache that bad. I’d rather have had a migraine! At one point, I thought my brain was going to burst out of my skull… it was the most intense head pain I have ever had in my life! I finally got so sleepy that there was no choice but fall asleep.

This morning, the headache is gone but now my back is hurting something severe. Tonight I meet with the food committee for lay renewal to prepare the fellowship hall for our amazing weekend. This involves moving tables and chairs, which will be difficult to do with my back in the shape it’s in right now. Argggg!

satan is attacking me with pain… severe, unbearable pain. And I refuse, REFUSE, to give in to it. (satan isn’t capitalized on purpose.)

Please please pray for me! Tonight at 6:30 pm starts a 24 hour prayer vigil we are doing for the 24 hours leading up to the start of lay renewal (a solid 24 hours of non-stop prayer). I have several prayer times throughout the day tomorrow, starting at 4:30 in the morning. I know satan is going to attack those times as well. Please pray that God will focus my thoughts and keep satan’s attacks away. And also that satan will NOT turn his attacks on my kids and hubby. (Because if he can’t get me physically, he will turn to the ones I love.) Oh, and please remember my church family also… several of us are being attacked in one form or another and I’m sure satan will step it up several notches when our 24 hour prayer vigil starts.

Oh happy day!

Jan 10th, 2011

by Nickie.

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The deep south is in a deep freeze right now, and you better believe we’re taking complete advantage of it! This isn’t something we see here very often. Well, I mean snow of this magnitude. We got a total of 4-5 inches of the white stuff here at my house! Can you hear me screaming the awesomeness?!

I honestly think I could wake to views like this every morning in the winter and be a very happy camper! But then again, even the snow might get tiring after a while. Maybe that’s one of the perks of living in the deep south… we get good snow so infrequently that when we do get lucky enough, we are all giddy with glee until it melts.

And five foot tall snowmen don’t happen very often either… not to mention snow that is ‘dry’ enough for snow angels! This is one happy family right here! Now… we’re off to enjoy more of the snow.

I ♥ happy snow days!

We’re off to see the wizard…

Nov 5th, 2010

by Nickie.

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the wonderful Wizard of Oz!

Last night was my girl’s acting debut in the school play, The Wizard of Oz. Priss played the part of Dorothy and, I must say, was quite a little actor! She did a great job! (I’m such a proud Mama!)

During one scene, when “Glenda the Good Witch” was supposed to enter the stage, the ‘actress’ was apparently otherwise occupied (word is she was on her cell) so Priss had to adlib until “Glenda” was ready. It went a little something like this… “Toto, where are you? Toto? Kitty kitty kitty!” Needless to say, we all cracked up. The play itself was a bit of a comedy though, so that part actually fit in extremely well. (Oh such a proud Mama!)

I got video of most of the play; just haven’t figured out (1) how to get it off the digicam; (2) how to get it on my pc; and (3) how to make it into a video to share. Me thinks it’s time to learn something new.

Priss opened the play singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and even the butterfly nerves didn’t stop her! (the pic above is her singing!) She did so good! Have I said that already? I really hope to figure out how to get that video downloaded and up so I can share her singing with you! I don’t know where the girl got her singing voice from– it’s a God given talent that’s for sure!

Here are more pictures from the play: (other kids’ faces are blurred to protect their privacy)

[Edit: PLEASE comment... it would make my girl's day to read comments since this post is all about her!!! Thanks ]

Extraordinary woman… will you join me?

Oct 29th, 2010

by Nickie.

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I am preparing to start a ten-week study on how to live an extraordinary life in Christ in just a couple weeks (or so), written by Julie Clinton, president of Extraordinary Women. The book is entitled Extraordinary Women: Secrets to Discovering the Dream God Created for You. It is a ten week journey that is broken down into ten chapters, each with five short daily readings and journal prompts. Even a busy mom can handle this one!

From my experience at the E-Women Conference and listening to Julie Clinton speak, I have been very anxious to start this book. (I’m currently reading another book otherwise I’d have started already!)

I would LOVE if you could join me for this devotional study. The book is only $10.00 and can be purchased here. (I’m not sure if it can be found at your local bookstore or any other online site.) Buying the book would be necessary to participating because no part of it can be reproduced– in other words, I’d be breaking Mrs. Clinton’s (and the publisher’s) copyright if I reproduced any of it here on my blog, other than short quotes.

My plan is to record my personal journal prompts on a separate area of my blog; for the purpose of being transparent and sharing my journey with all of you. I would be honored if you’d join me on this journey; we could complete it together and learn how to live an extraordinary life in Christ… together!

Right now, I’m looking to start this journey on or around November 14th. I hope you’ll join me!