Are you a crabby christian???

If there is one thing that reeeally irks me it's crabby christians.  If you're reading this there is a good chance you have run into one of these in your lifetime and chances are, if you're a christian...are even guilty of BEING one at one point or another.  


A crabby christian is an individual that claims to be a follower of Christ but then decides that their behavior toward others doesn't need to REFLECT that they are a follower of Christ.  And really is pretty much the most hypocritical way a christian can act.  


**disclaimer** I realize I am up on a soapbox and I realize that at some point or another I have, and people I love have been guilty of this behavior but the more I see it in other people the uglier I find it and pray that I see it in myself less and less - or NEVER.  


I think the most often I see it, it's when believe it or not, someone saved by GRACE..forgets that fact when a non-christian or new believer enters their realm of comfortability and in an attempt to keep their world "safe" and "sacred"  they begin treating this "outsider" like a leper, like they don't belong, like they're not good enough.  And this is what i have to say about this... (even as a reminder to myself)  


John 13:35
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. - NIV


Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. - NLT


By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. -KJV


By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. -NASB


So, get off your high horse and stop being part of the problem.. the hypocritical problem.  And start being part of the solution.  STOP expecting non christians to act or respond like christians and by all means when there is someone new introduced to your life, that is seeking out truth, making an effort to understand, learning to live life a new way... show love, show understanding, show compassion, and  don't for ONE second think you have the right to treat them like they are less because NEWS FLASH - YOUR ARE A SINNER too, you too are SAVED BY GRACE and FORGIVEN.  So humble yourself and LOVE instead of JUDGE.  

Finished Project

Currently I have A LOT of ongoing projects for Avery... today I decided I needed to FINISH something.  So, I started and finished a new project!

I have been collecting little outfits and decided I was going to organize Avery's closet.  I had seen some little organizer tabs on Etsy and thought, I can make something like that.. so I did.

I started with an old gift box (for the card stock)

And then I grabbed some old school scrapbooking supplies I had laying around and used some old oval and circle cutters as the template.  I actually made and hung a few before I found the size I really liked.

Then I used the cardboard as a template to to cut out the decorative paper for the front of the tabs.  Once that was finished I used spray mount to get a consistent full coverage of sticky! :) 

And then I scrounged up some old sticker numbers,

 again in my archaic scrapbooking supplies!! 

 And I began labeling all the tabs! 

 And then they were finished!  

So then it was time to organize the closet!!!  

I just can't wait to see my little man in his cute outfits!! 

Playing Catch Up

I can't believe my last entry was August 6th.  I was getting ready to go to the beach for a week. The day after returning from the beach I found out I was pregnant..sooo it kind of makes sense, things have gotten a bit shaken up since then.  

So, since August 6th, 2011:

I spent most of my first trimester sick and tired and getting up at 3:30 every morning to go to a job that was getting more and more stressful - understaffed, undersupported blah blah blah.. so in October of 2011 Dana and I made the very difficult and extremely faith based decision that I would quit my job.  Our original plan was that I would work as long as possible and we would cut way back and tighten up and pay off as much of our debt as we could before was a stay at home mom.  Well instead we stepped out in faith in a place where the numbers did not look good on paper but we really felt like I needed to leave that job.  Dana has said several times that it was the best decision we could have made.  He loves having me home, with the energy to take care of the house and do more cooking and lunch preparations and I have cherished this time before the baby comes of just enjoying my husband.  What happened since then has been nothing but miracle after miracle and blessing.
The Lord has been providing for us over and over again...
* The last weekend of my job, Dana had a swap meet that he took a bunch of stuff he had had for years to sell, he made over $800.
*The following week, a set of wheels and tires he had for sale sold.. $2,000.
*Our parents both having us over for dinner once a week to lower grocery costs for us
*The PUD guy that showed up to fix our light being my cousin who used his lift to cut trees down
* My best friend giving us the use of her crib and dresser for the baby
* My dad finding a hot smoke deal and buying us a new HE washer and dryer
*Finding out that I had stocks that we could sell from my job at Peet's $2,700
*Dana's bonuses being bigger than he thought (December's being double what we expected)
*A healthy baby boy arriving in April - Avery Robert
*Free wood to burn
*Dana finds $100 in a box in the garage
*Mona (Dana's mom)  gives $100 from a winning at the casino for her birthday
*2 different people giving me sacks of maternity clothes!

The list goes on and on and I feel like I should have been writing them down all along so that I wouldn't forget but it's been so amazing to watch God's provision in our lives and the way He has chosen to bless our little family.  I am in awe and speechless, frequently.

Going into this new year, I pray I will not forget or continue to look for all the amazing ways the Lord shows us he loves us and takes care of us.  We have an amazing God that loves us and loves when we put Him and His desires for our family first.