Raising A Child With ADHD

Why god chose us to have a child with ADHD, I dont understand. But I accept that challenge! Our youngest son stuggles daily with his ADHD. I wish there was a magic pill that would make it all better, but in reality, there isn't.

His whole attitude really stinks lately and it is rubbing off on me. I try to be a patient and understanding mom, but where do you draw the line?

Tyler is in the 3rd grade this year and after only one week back to school we have having problems already. He refuses to do his work at school. He refuses to do his work at home. I Have been able to get him to do his *homework* done, but it is practically an act of God!

I really need your prayers this week. I am going to go tomarrow and talk with his teachers and see what we can do.

I make sure he has a solid schedual at home. He eats right, goes to bed on time. He gets up in the morning and takes a shower and gets a good start to his day. I don't know what else to do for him. When he wants something, he doesn't give up! tonight, he wanted to do his spelling and then go to a friends house. I tried to tell him that we can't just go at 7:30 in the evening to play with friends on a school night. He gets angry, yells, throws things and just has a temper tantrum. I am just about to my wits end.

Please forgive me for sounding so negative today.... I'll put on my postive attitude now :)

Lisa's thoughts

Hey all, Just wanted to direct you to my twin sister's blog! she is a real sweetie pie and she happens to be redoing her kitchen right now. I went over there yesterday and took some pics for her and she must have found some time to post them. :) do go on over and say hello!

http://lisasthoughts-lisalynn.blogspot.com/

Sermon Notes-delayed

Happy Sunday everyone! Today we had church in the park. It was great :) After the message we had potluck. All kinds of wonderful dishes to share with everyone and awesome desserts. Steve had to Roll me outta there! heehee We played some water volleyball. I didin't get wet, but Dear Daughter Rebecca did! :)

Pastor Tim had a wonderful message that I wanted to share with you, but I left my bible and notes at church! :(

So, When I get a chance to get over there this week, I will pick them up and get the notes posted then.

In the Presence of God

Last night I had the most amazing experience. I was on my way to city ministry function. I had to drive an hour to get to the place that I had to be. The clouds were building and the sun was straining to shine out and around the clouds. I had my mind on the mission that I had to do in the evening. (we were making calls to try to get group cordinators for the upcomming Weekend To Remember conference.) So I was praying about that. I had the radio on and was listening to my favorite christian radio station. I was singing the songs and driving along. All of the sudden the streams of light came pouring from the clouds and the radio station started to play "praise you in the Storm" by Casting Crowns. I was so moved and filled with the spirit of God. I nearly wept as it swept through me. I felt so much at peace. I pulled off the road and just take in the moment. It was awesome! I love it when God does that..... It is so GOOD to be a child of the king. :)



"Praise You In This Storm"

I was sure by now

That You would have reached down

And wiped our tears awayStepped in and saved the day

But once again, I say "Amen",

and it's still raining

As the thunder rollsI barely hear

Your whisper through the rain"I'm with you"

And as Your mercy falls

I raise my hands and praise the God who gives

And takes awayI'll praise You in this stormA

nd I will lift my handsFor You are who You are

No matter where I amEvery tear I've cried

You hold in Your handYou never left my side

And though my heart is tornI will praise You in this storm

I remember whenI stumbled in the wind

You heard my cry

You raised me up again

My strength is almost gone

How can I carry onIf I can't find You

As the thunder rolls

I barely hear You whisper through the rain"I'm with you"

And as Your mercy falls

I raise my hands and praise the God who gives

And takes awayI lift my eyes unto the hills

Where does my help come from?

My help comes from the LordThe Maker of Heaven and Earth

Sermon Notes

As We mature in our walk with Christ, there are certain things we must do in order to grow. Today I took notes during church and wanted to share what I took home today. I love our pastor! He is such a good teacher.....

There are 6 topics.

1) Keep the Laws of the Lord.
Psalms 119 verses 1-8
1 [a] Blessed are they whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart.

3 They do nothing wrong;
they walk in his ways.

4 You have laid down precepts
that are to be fully obeyed.

5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast
in obeying your decrees!

6 Then I would not be put to shame
when I consider all your commands.

7 I will praise you with an upright heart
as I learn your righteous laws.

8 I will obey your decrees;
do not utterly forsake me.

2)Stay in Prayer

Luke 18 verse 1

The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

3)Praise and worship = Know that God is GOD!
and his word is true

Ephesians 5
1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

4) Fellowship with other christians = for encouragment and to be an encouragement to others.
Hebrew 10 verses 24 and 25
24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

5)Learn to Give
*we live in a society of takers. The focus is ME, Me, ME. god wants us to have a heart of GIVING and Love your Enemies

Luke 6 verses 27-31

27"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. 30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

6) Evangelisim

Matthew 28 verses 16-20

16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

May you be blessed today and have a peaceful day of rest.
Serving Him with Gladness in my heart!
GardenKeeper

Blogs of Beauty

Every day when I get some computer time, I log onto blogger.com and browse through a great deal of blogs created by the most amazing women (and men) . I have been inspired and blessed by reading them. I used to be a stay at home mom and loved to create things using my PSP. But now, I have not done anything with it for so long, I’ve almost forgotten how to! Today when I got home from work, I was switching the laundry from washer to dryer and then came to the computer to have alittle relaxation time. Then I happened along a few of the usual blog stops and again! Felt blessed for reading. So I popped open my rusty PSP and made an award for a few of the blogs that I visit. I do hope that you will enjoy them and pass them on to ALL the blogs that you find beautiful. Now I can not choose one or two or even three, but every blog that I have been to, speaks to my heart. So If you Have a blog and read mine, YOU are welcome to the award that I Have made. If I have not had the opportunity to visit your blog, please invite me over! I would love to see how you are doing!

May God’s Blessings be with you today
Serving HIM with Gladness in my heart.
GardenKeeper

Reader Challenge!

I want to challenge all of you to do something for your husband that you would not normally vollunteer doing! For example: my dear hubby wants me to come along on a hunting camping trip that he has been planning. Hunting is not my bag and i dont really enjoy going, but it will please him just to have me there with him so I will go and I WILL ENJOY my time with him doing so! Then (unless of course it is to private) ;) Post your well thought out plans and encourage someone else to do the same for their beloved. Let me know how it goes!

His Needs, Her Needs- Book Review

This is a wonderful book that really helped Steve and I. It took us about a year to completely go through the book together. We used it as a counciling tool for our marriage. it's author is Willard F. Harley, Jr. He has written other books on Marriage, including Love Busters and Five steps to Romantic Love. He has a great website at which offers practical solutions to almost any marital problem. I would incurage you to check that site out too!

Just a funny little story about when we were reading this book together. In the first part of the book the author talks about having a love bank. When we first read this, we discussed our own love banks and decided they were looking pretty sad. This really encouraged me to focus on building up my husband's love bank and he did the same for me. now days, if I do something that I really don't want to do, but do it becasue I know it will please my husband I will say *cha-ching!* as the love spills into his bank!

A Time To CLEAN

Today is the day to get back into cleaning and organizing my homeand I am starting in my closet! WOW is it a mess. My closet has been a catch all for storage.. things that I need to keep but dont know where to go with. (babybooks, first days of school, cards from babies and so on. I also have a dresser in there for Steve's clothes and 2 clothes rods. it is a nice sized closet, but has not been used to it's potential.

I bought some storage cubes ( wooden ) and stacked them in there along the longest wall and hope to be able to put some clothing in those. I have 2 dressers in my bedroom. One with a mirror and the other is a smaller old dresser that I would really like to get rid of..... hmmmmm, Maybe Steve can use that one in the shed??

We inherited an old office chair from Steve's great grandpa which has been occupying my closet for a couple of years now. (simply because we dont want the kids using it because it is in a fragile state.) I am hoping to add another shelf so I can store our camping stuff and christmas tree above the hanging clothes. Those have been sitting in my bedroom..... no wonder I never want company! My whole house is this disorganized. Looking around my earthly home makes me really look forward to the mansion that God is making for us. I can't wait to see the closets in there! :)

The picture posted above was taking right after I got the cubes together. I moved the dresser to the other wall. I plan to take another pic after I finish and will post that too! :)

as promised! Here are the after pics. It took me all day to get it the way I wanted it and now, it is something I can be proud off (and use again!) Now, On to the bedroom! I dont think I will post before pics of that, it's just to embarassing!