Some of my favorite quotes

I heard Jan Silvious speak at a women's conference once and I love her!!!  She is such an amazing woman with a gift of getting truth out and at the same time making you laugh soooo hard!!

This quote came from her series "Big Girl".... I would totally recommend it to anyone who wants to learn the difference between being a " little girl" in the Lord or being a "Big Girl".  

" This is one moment in a lifetime of moments..... You MUST move on"  Jan Silvious

I am not sure where I heard this next quote, but I love it and it is a reminder to me on handling all the bumps along the way with grace and humility.

"It is not what happens to you in life that counts........It is how you HANDLE what happens to you that leaves the lasting impression!! " unknown

This next quote comes from a book I read and it gave me many truths that made me really take a long hard look at myself.

"Countless POOR decisions are made from nothing more than INSECURITY....... Either we allow God to deal with out insecurity or our insecurity is dealing with us!!!"  Larry Crabb

This last quote for today comes from a book " Captivating " that I read during a very challenging time in my life!!  This quote spoke and continues to speak to me so much......

"Our "core" validation has to come from God.  And until it does, until we look to HIM for the healing of our souls, our relationships are really hurt by looking to each-other for something ONLY God can give!"   John and Stasi Eldredge

Three Things

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2009

3's About Me:

THREE NAMES I GO BY 

* Mommy
* Erin
* Cricket

THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE

* Chic-Fil-A
* Bath and Body Works Manager
* Nanny

THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED

* Seattle, WA
* Marietta, GA (2nd grade-2006)
* Edmond, Ok ( present)


THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH 

* The Hills
* Brothers and Sisters
* Burn Notice

THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN

* China
* Puerto Rico
* Hawaii

PEOPLE THAT E-MAIL ME REGULARLY 

* Mom
* Facebook alerts
* Denise Greenwood

THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS 

* Anything from Red Rock
* Lasagna
* chips and quesso

THREE FRIENDS I THINK WILL RESPOND

* Amanda Taylor
* Erin Axton
* Karla Docter

THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO 
* A vacation with my husband and no kids
* opening my own business :)
* watching my children grow up and being involved in their lives

I want to know your 3 things! Copy and paste this into your blog and erase my answers and add yours! Let me know you do it so I can read it!!!

So for those of you who don't know........ my wonderful husband and I had a date Friday night.  We went to one of our favorite restaurants "Avanti".    After having great conversation and great food..... (we had pomegranate glazed salmon...so yummy) we decided to head out.  While walking out of the restaurant in my heels, I somehow managed to roll my ankle and gracefully fall down two steps...... talk about embarrassing!!!!  Two of the restaurant workers even came out to see if I was ok.   Well I thought to myself.... I will be fine just get me out of here.  I tried to be a good sport and continue on with our date.... but the pain kept intensifying.  After about an hour I looked at Jim in tears and said I think I should go to the ER.  Not at all where I wanted to spend my evening.

Now to help some of you understand me.... when I get it in my head to do something I do it.  Well I had been on a great workout plan.... been running 4-5 times a week with some weight training in there as well.   When I fell all I could honestly think about was ...... " I can't be hurt..... this is not happening.... I have to run Sunday in the redbud.... i will be fine...... "  Well as I realized I could not put any weight on my ankle at all.... I started to get irritated.  How could this be happening?  Why was this happening?   Needless to say after X-rays and 3 1/2 hours in a hospital I was told I had a severe sprain........ so I am thinking, suck it up Erin it is just a sprain.... then the dr tells me... more often sprains are harder to recover from than a break.... I was mad!!! 

So as the weekend progressed I found myself pouting and feeling sorry for myself.   Then I received a text message from a co-worker at Quail Springs Baptist church....... The head of the children's department"s  20 year old daughter had been killed in a car accident.   Talk about putting things in perspective.  Here I was sulking and pouting about a minor inconvenience.... and a dear sweet woman was now grieving the loss of her daughter.   Who am I...... God is in control of everything.... there is a season for everything..... I was reminded of how precious life is and how important it is to make every day count.  To not pout and grumble about the little things, but to find joy and contentment in everything.  My ankle will heal and in time I will run again........Life is precious and I don't want to waste a moment!!!!   My heart and my prayers go out to the Swezey family and I pray that the Lord will cover them with his love and compassion and a peace that cannot be explained!!!!!!!