"The Den"

"The Den"

*your home away from home

the den exists to create a safe environment for teenagers to hang out, be real, be taught, and be loved.

just a quick update to anyone that cares...

right now the Spirit is totally leading me and it's awesome. i've been praying and brainstorming and God is helping me form a board of directors! at least on paper :)

are you interested in being a part of this vision that God has given me?

i wish

i was motivated to clean the house... to exercise... to cook... to do the dishes... to do the laundry...

but, i'm not.

but i am an awesome mom :) and, i would even venture to say i'm a pretty dang good friend. and a pretty darned good person. and i love Jesus. a lot.

one thing i learned from my son today

Mazerick is 4. He frequently comes home from preschool and sings his favorite songs, or a new song that he learned.

Today he said. "Mom. There is a new song."

And, he proceeded to sing it....

"On the cross to calvary.

The stone was rolled away.

He is Risen!"

I'm sure those aren't all of the words, but it makes me so happy to know that he is not only being taught at home and at church about Jesus and his love, but he is learning about him at school too. It's awesome that my little guy is learning about Easter the right way :) (nothing against the easter bunny... he's cool too :) )

and, we did pictures with the cousins today and they all did great. i'm excited to see what we got... good times.

and maz can recite the first stanza from psalm 23... caust i'm teaching him... i can't wait until he's got the whole thing memorized like this girl it will be awesome. this is what i want to instill in my son :)

true FREEDOM

is awesome. are you living in true freedom?

i mean, i'm sure there is even more than what i've got, but i feel pretty darn good. i feel like God is allowing me to see the world through His eyes. i believe i am learning more DAILY. sure, i screw up. i'll be the first to admit. but, my eyes are on Jesus, and that is why i think i'm living in freedom.

so, when you hear the words, "true freedom" what do you think? do you think it' s possible for anyone to live in true freedom? i think true freedom is just the ability to look towards Jesus at all times, and be willing to follow Him wherever He leads. and being open to HIS calling.

where are you? are you free?

shoplifting friends

so, i've had 2 of my really good friends lately talk to me about shoplifting. neither one of them did it, and i haven't shoplifted since i was like 8. i was at the dairy queen, and instead of paying a nickel or a quarter for a piece of candy i just took one. on the way home my dad said, "what do you have in your mouth?" and when i told him he took me back and made me apologize and pay for the piece of candy. yeah. i never shoplifted again :)

anyway, i just found it humerous that within a week of each other they both told me stories or recent desires to shoplift. of course they weren't serious, but it was funny.

one of them wanted to steal a reference book from a library for me. now that is funny.

and another one wanted to steal a strap off of a swimsuit at a store because her aunt threw hers away. her aunt thought it was a sunglass string or something i don't know. ridiculous. i told her she should make her aunt buy her a new suit. anyway, she said... "i just felt too guilty. i couldn't do it" good times.

my friends are funny.

a.maz.ing.

seriously. this is the best i've got today.... the single most powerful question you can ask is... here again. do it. click on this link and read it.

obsessions

a few weeks ago i had a conversation with my husband. at the time we had something that we were commited to every tuesday night. on the way out there i talked to him about switching that commitment to wednesdays so that he wouldn't have to worry about getting home for lost. he said... oh i think worry is he wrong word... and i was like, what? like, you don't worry about getting home for lost? he said, no... worry is just the wrong word. i would say obsess. i laughed. he proceeded to tell me that life is not even worth living if you don't have at least 5 things your obsessed about (that you can't take with you)... so, what do we do? we make lists... i will give you the top three from both of our lists...

his... LOST, Music, and kicking kids butts (helping kids get their lives in order)... for those of you that don't know.. my husband works with kids that have been addicted to drugs, and it takes some major butt kicking to get things through their thick skulls... gotta love em :)

mine... going out to eat, social networking, and impacting the lives of teenagers...

do you have some things that you are obsessed with? is your life worth living?