October 2010
86 posts
September 2010
50 posts
Adoption Story/ Ezra's Dedication
Last night following the evening service at our church Nathan and I shared our adoption story. I jokingly asked the congregation to pray that I wouldn’t puke, I was shaking with nerves, excitement, and anticipation! It was a very emotional evening and truly an amazing healing time for Nathan and I. We have gone through so much in the last year, at times it felt unbearable…but look what...
“There are 145 million orphans worldwide. Nearly 236 million
people in the...”
– Max Lucado from Outlive Your Life
"Jesus is Lord. Jesus is Savior. No I wont."
Which doesn’t fit in this phrase…
“Jesus is Lord. Jesus is Savior. No I wont.”
Yesterday I was listening to the radio and heard a pastor ask this question.
My heart sank. Tears flooded my eyes. I took a deep sigh. Why is my first response usually no when He asks me to do something hard? His name is Lord. His name is Savior… and I say no???
God says to us,...
My husband has free downloads on his website! →
I am so excited to tell you that Nathan has a super cool new website AND that he has 3 songs that you can download for FREE!
Thank you to several of you who pre ordered his album without hearing anything, just because you support our family, my husband’s music, and our adoption!
NOW you can hear a glimpse of what you bought!
Nathan’s amazing (seriously, it’s awesome!) album...
"Okay, Mommy" [an update]
I am pretty excited!
Pretty stinking excited!
We are making some serious progress in the Metz home.
Until recently 75 percent of the time when we asked Ezra to do something he didn’t want to do…like stop hitting his sisters, to get out of the sandbox, to stop playing the recorder in my ear…you know normal baby boy things…he would immediately say NO. [and then of course...
WatchWatching this.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
Challenged beyond words.
“You think in your mind that you are going over there to save a child, but somewhere in the process, that child becomes your blood, no matter if the child was born from you or not.” -Amen! Amen! Amen! ♥
“We can get old, or we can get old and do something. This is what God laid on our hearts to do with our time.”...
“There is something about the name of Jesus! It is THE sweetest name I know! I...”
– Listening to this song while writing love notes to friends and family and am totally crying my eyes out! Watch this video and praise Him, praise Him with me! His name is so sweet! Say His name with me this morning! Praise Him with me this morning! HIS NAME IS SWEETER THAN HONEY! When you can’t...
“You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith...”
– James 2:22
“This whole cigarette thing is AWFUL!”
– Maddix while picking up the millionth cigarette during our walk! Nate and I laughed and laughed! She is a girl who calls it like she see’s it! Love it!
“I just can’t get enough of your love today!”
– husband last night right before we closed our eyes to go to sleep. Our marriage just keeps getting better and better. grace+truth+love+respect = a stinking good marriage♥
