Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Thankful........

Thankful for right at this moment.....

  • Warm jammies from my bestie who knew that I would need them moving to a colder state right in the middle of winter.
  • A steaming hot cuppa in the mug my daddy gave me secretly one night after a women's event at our church just because he loves me.
  • A beautiful smelling candle in my favourite scent from a mumma who knows all to well how I hate bright lights, instead LOVE the shadows that a single candle can cast across a room.
  • The sweet sounds of Melissa Otto, a CD bought by an amazing one of kind friend who changed my world forever. 

You may think that these are just things, its these small simple things that lead me to always be thinking of WHO they came from. People in my world who I could NEVER replace nor do I want to.

What are you thankful for????????????


Kristie xx

MERRY CHRISTMAS


Well I hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas, we sure did (see photo above). We are enjoying our holidays having daddy home which has been very relaxing, even scored a sleep in. Its amazing what a good nights sleep and sleep in can do for a mumma. I once again love my boys (lol). Well this is just a quick stop by will be posting a lot once holidays are done.

HAPPY NEW YEAR See you in 2011.

Kristie xx

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Friendship

This word and its meaning is invaluable, you could NEVER put a price on Friendship. If you are as lucky as I am that God has blessed me with some incredible friends who to this day, even at my lowest points have stood by and held my hand, stood strong against my harsh silence and waited out until I was ready to venture out of my cave (yes I do have a cave that I tend to hide away in). Some of these friends have even been brave (thank the Lord) to speak utter truth and brutal honesty to me when I best needed it.

If you have friends like these as I do, that you know life wouldn't been the same without them, that you truly are who you are today in part because of them, YOU are extremely blessed. Cherish those friendships as they are rare and hard to find. There are a lot of ups and downs and always require some form of effort. Its a journey that will continue forever. A Journey that is SO worth every second.

Kristie xx

Thursday, December 16, 2010

We Are Not Ok, But its OK.

The last few weeks have been a crazy time emotionally, spiritually even physically. This season we are in is certainly not one of the best seasons we have had. Its be trying on all of us and has brought out some not so nice parts of our personalities, there has been plenty of REACTING as apposed to RESPONDING.

I have found myself on so many occasions crying out to God, trying to figure out what was going on, asking for wisdom but mostly asking for the strength to open my eyes each morning and live yet another day full of frustration, confusion, yes even anger. WHY were we going through all this? why did it seem as though we were, instead of moving forward, taking a thousand steps back?
When deciding to move back to Newcastle away from the safety of support and strong foundations that we had built for ourselves which we had needed being so far away from home, we STRONGLY felt God calling us back to where we had come from. We had many conformations that God had indeed called us back to Newcastle. WHAT WAS HAPPENING? Had we heard wrong? I was really struggling with this thought and FINALLY when I was completely out of tears, words and probably even my snot (lol) God hit me big time. Not only had I thrown my hands in the air with a victorious FINALLY so had God. I finally started to understand. Townsville had given us the season of brokenness and mess, followed by a season of healing and restoration, and we had come back FULL. As the song says "I know I'm fill to be empty again, this seed I've received I will sow" (desert song). I have sung this song so many times and not until now had I fully understood.

WE ARE NOT OK BUT (IN NOW, COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY RELYING WHOLE-HEARTED LY ON MY PRECIOUS JESUS, WHO SUPPLIES ALL MY NEEDS) ITS OK.

This may not make much sense to others but in this little woman who so desperately needed to hear her Jesus tell her its all ok, it means the world.

xx

Monday, December 13, 2010

Smallest Things......

Just had one of those moments when you get an overwhelming feeling of love that makes you feel as though your heart is going to JUMP out of your chest, that it couldn't possibly fit anymore love in there without exploding.
 THAT is how I just felt looking at my husband. After being at work all day he comes home smothering the boys in hugs & kisses, then takes them outside to play so that I can have a few minutes to myself, If that's not enough he even took the washing off the line.

My heart is FULL!!!!!!!

This is why I am eternally grateful to my Superhero that He created my incredible husband for me to do life with, that even before we were born He had us in mind, He had already put in place the events that would lead to chance meeting which would then lead to marriage and 2 gorgeous sons. Yes my Superhero thought of all that BEFORE  i was even a twinkle in my daddy's eye. As I said ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.

Kristie xx

Sunday, December 12, 2010

FOUR YEARS

So this weekend was the celebration of being married to my incredible hubby for FOUR years, Which means we have started into our 5th, that for us is an achievement. The last few years have been the biggest rollarcoaster imaginable. Every year since Beren and I met has been eventful to say the least. In 2004 we meet and started dating, 2005 we meet our first born Drayk, in 2006 we got married (that is a story within it's self) we then took on the adventure of moving states in 2007 which had us away from all family members and our close friends. In 2008 we were hit with the biggest challenge we could ever imagine when Beren was involved in a motorbike accident that Drayk and I both witnessed that left him fighting for his life and almost check into heaven for a few long minutes, to Gods complete glory He sent Beren back to earth and to his family, this miraculous life altering circumstance then lead us in 2009 to meet our 2nd son Gabriel. After seeking God on where life was heading for us and wanting to take hold of the plans He had for us, we, on the prompting of God and His best for us we relocated back to Newcastle this year 2010. Well that has certainly proving to be a challenge beyond what we could have seen. Thankfully God CAN see so much further than us, that allows us to completely trust in Him being in control.

So now that I have some of you Up to date here's how our weekend panned out. Friday we shared our celebration with some amazing friends of ours as they said "I do" on the central coast, taking the opportunity of being away from town we arranged to stay at a beautiful bed and breakfast on the water with my parents and my sister and her husband, it was the first time in 10years we have just had time with the 6 of us without kids around, well it certainly will be a memory I'll treasure forever. It's those moments that shape and mould the people we are and the choices we make. My family hands down are THE BESTEST EVER (yes I did just write that lol).
The celebrations finished tonight with a hot date with my sexy hubby, though it was not the usual light hearted stuff you would talk about over an anniversary date it did bring a huge wake up call to me. 2011 could not come quick enough for me, I am almost begging 2010 to hurry up and finish so I can get started on the wild ride that 2011 is going to bring.

I'm going to finish there for now as it's getting late and this post has been quite long but as I do venture off into the land of white clouds my prayer is that God warms His enormous loving arms around me tonight allowing me the comfort of knowing that in His arms no matter what the next day brings I'm ok and I'm safe in Him, He is God!!!!!!!!! Nothing is too large or small for Him.

Kristie xx

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Well I am an avid blog reader and LOVE stumbling upon new ones that inspire and encourage me. I have always been a little curious about whether or not I should write one myself though was never sure that I could do it successfully. I do love to write down my thoughts and often prayer by writing in some form. So hear I am now giving it ago.

I'm hoping to also use this as a source for my friends around the place to keep up to date with the happenings of the crazy Harris abode as there are not enough hours in the day to call everyone and I'm discovering I'm not that great at speaking on the phone (he he).

Maybe at some point this blog may even inspire or help someone else that may have stumbled across it  as many others have for me.

Kristie xx