My cup is FILLED to the brim when I sit here and think about all of the blessings God has bestowed upon us Savvy Mommas.  Although we are all at different walks of life, we are all still moms.  Savvy Mommas that try to do what is best for our families, our marriages, our health, our kids, our community, our church and our friends.  As we celebrate this Thanksgiving season don’t forget to be thankful for all of the beautiful things we each get to experience and remember to pray for those less fortunate.  We are THANKFUL!  We are BLESSED!  Make this holiday season about realizing how thankful you are for where God has you and think of how you can bless someone else to allow them to feel thankful too.

The cross, family, friends, our country, freedom, rain, playgrounds, children, food, water, transportation, restaurants, school, health, miracles, life, home, light, air conditioning, smiles, laughter, church, jobs, teachers, babysitters, grandparents, marriage, memories, the list cold go on FOREVER!  Thank you Lord for loving us unconditionally and forgiving us for our sins.  It is because of your great sacrifice we know that we are saved.

Alright ladies!  It’s time to grown, deepen our faith and be fed amazing TRUTH from the Word.  March 2-3,  2012 the Hill Country Bible Conference will be held right here in Boerne, TX at First Baptist Church.  The conference will focus on the Greatness and Grandeur of God.  Knowing God as He really is dramatically affects our worship, walk and witness.  Steve Lawson, Derek Thomas and Paul Jones are the key speakers that will be helping you understand God on a whole new level. This conference is for men and women!  So put it on your husbands calendars and plan on attending an event that will change your lives forever!  For more info about the event you can go to http://www.alliancenet.org/CC_Content_Page/0,,PTID307086_CHID810294,00-tx.html.  Schedule of events is listed below:

Friday, March 2, 2012
8:00 a.m. Pre-Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. Pre-Conference, History of the Reformation
5:30 p.m. Conference Registration
7:00 p.m. First Address: Wholly, Wholly, Holy! The Holiness of God
8:45 p.m. Second Address: He Is the King! The Sovereignty of God

Saturday, March 3, 2012
8:30 a.m. Late Registration
9:00 a.m. Third Address: The Black Velvet Backdrop: The Wrath of God
10:00 a.m. Fourth Address: The Most Profound Truth: The Love of God
11:15 a.m. Questions and Answers
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Seminars:
Relying upon God’s Truthfulness
Understanding God’s Will
Song in the Bible: Responding to God’s Attributes and Acts
3:30 p.m. Sacred Concert
4:00 p.m. Fifth Address: Pursued by His Mercy: The Goodness of God

My friend Lisa sent this to me and it was too good not to share with each of you!  These are 10 parenting tips that author Ann Voskamp writes about in her book called A Holy Experience. 

1.  Today, I will make our home a house of prayer.  I will pray at set times.  And I will invite our children to come move into an interior space that lives with God.

2.  Today, I will transfigure all things into beauty, and I will refuse to see anything else.

3.  Today, I will not have any emergencies. There are no emergencies! Only amateurs hurry.

4.  Today, when stress mounts, I pray to dismount it with gratitude. My stress management plan will be intervention with verbal thanks.  I can only feel one feeling at a time, and I choose to give thanks at all times.  Fight feeling with feeling!

5. Today, I will pray to speak words that are only STRONG words, words that make these children feel strong.  Grace words.  Grace is the only non-toxic air.  All other words I breathe are death words.

6. Today, I will pray to be consistently consistent.  I will create safe rhythms that our children can find security in.  I will create daily ceremonies because everyday we are CELEBRATING the gift of now!

7.  Today, the moment when I am most repelled by a child’s behavior, that is my sign to draw the very closest to that child.

8.  Today, I will hug each of my children as many times as I serve them meals — because children’s hearts feed on touch.  I’ll look for as many opportunities to touch my children today as possible — the taller they are, the more so.

9.  Today, my priorities will be all Things Unseen.

10.  Today, I will laugh!  And I will let the little children laugh!  I will create a culture of JOY!

This was too good to now share with all of the Savvy Mommas out there!  Thanks Carrie for passing this on!

Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:     
                                                                            
Why did God make mothers?                                                 
1.  She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.                 
2.  Mostly to clean the house.                                             
3.  To help us out of there when we were getting born.                     
                                                                           
How did God make mothers?                                                 
1.  He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.                           
2.  Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.                         
3.  God made my mom just the same like he made me.  He just used bigger parts.                                                                     
                                                                           
What ingredients are mothers made of?                                     
1.  God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.                                             
2.  They had to get their start from men’s bones.  Then they mostly use string, I think.                                                           
                                                                           
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?                   
1.  We’re related.                                                         
2.  God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s mom like me.     
                                                                           
What kind of a little girl was your mom?                                   
1.  My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.           
2.  I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.