A New Day

It's a new day! I'm excited that God has given it to me along with a new desire to be used by Him. Yesterday and maybe the day before that, I wasn't quite feeling that way. I was struggling (again) with my ridiculous insecurities. I was feeling defeated and anxious...but then God began to work in me, so...Thank you Lord for new days and new perspectives. Thank you Lord that you don't give up on me. Thank you Lord that you bring me peace. Thank you Lord for a family that challenges me to get out of my comfort zone even when I'm scared to and  thank you Lord for a family that loves me even when I'm not at my best... I don't know if you have ever felt discouraged or not, but if you have, remember that you don't have to stay and live in discouragement. You can remove the "dis" and the "ment" from discouragement and end up with courage. For me, courage comes when I remember that God really is in control over everything, therefore feeling defeated or anxious are just Satan's tools to keep me from fully trusting Him.  I don't desire to stay defeated. I desire to be at peace, trusting in my God for every aspect of my life...."These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but take courage: I have overcome the world."(John 16:33). God and His Word brings peace, encouragement and definitely puts our lives here in this world in perspective. It's not about us...It's all about Him!

About Life4Him-skits, scripts and stories: A New Beginning

About Life4Him-skits, scripts and stories: A New Beginning: Hi everybody! I haven't been on here in, what seems like forever, but I have been very busy working on something that I have been hoping and...

A New Beginning

Hi everybody! I haven't been on here in what seems like forever, but I have been very busy working on something that I have been hoping and dreaming of for a really long time. I have finally, after literally years of saying I'll get around to it, started a website to try to sell my skits and plays. It is a new beginning for me. My website is http://www.skitsandscripts4him.com/ .  I really hope you will go to it and check out what I have on there so far and begin to read its blog. I am hopefully going to spend most of my blogging time on the new website, but it will be just like this one. It will still be mostly stories about my family and our lives together, so I hope that you will begin to visit me there. This blog won't be closed out, but the other one will probably be used more. Thank you, by the way, for reading my blogs. Your comments, both on the blog and in person,  have all been so encouraging. I have loved sharing my life with you in this small way and I hope to continue. I'd appreciate your prayers for this new endeavor of mine. Many of you that read this blog have seen my plays or been a part of them, so I would really appreciate any constructive advice for the website. Also, I'd love to add more testimonials to the website of what God may have shown you from watching or being in one of the plays. Please consider sending something to me and I'll see if I can add it to that page. Thanks for your love and support...Talk to you, soon!

Missing Loressa

I haven't been on here for a long time. My summer has been busy, but fun. It was full of mission trips, Vacation Bible School, youth camps and many days filled with random activities in order to be prepared for all of those big events. I started off excited about the summer, but dreading the end of it because of a very important milestone for our family that I knew was coming. I was hoping the day wouldn't really come, but, of course, it did come and now we are on the other side of it. My second oldest daughter, Loressa, left for Texas Tech to begin her adventure of living away from home. I wasn't sure that I would make it through the weekend of delivering her to Lubbock, but I did. I didn't make it without buckets full of tears, but I did make it through. For the last two weeks of summer, all I could think about were her days as a little girl. Oh, how I miss those days...I miss all of her little quirks. I miss the way she would only wear "spin around" dresses and her hair always looked like a mess because the pony tails had to be loosened just the right amount immediately after I put them in her hair.  I miss all those years that we played light-up electronic solitaire at night under the covers when I was supposed to be singing her to sleep. I miss a million other things about her childhood and I always will, but right now I also miss the all grown-up Loressa-the beautiful, wonderful, talented young woman who still has a million different quirks, and it is still those little quirks that make her so lovable. To say that I treasure all of my special memories of Loressa is quite an understatement. I hope and pray that the future holds many more special moments and the opportunity to make many more memories...Lately, I've been thinking back to my days of being a young mom so many years ago. I still remember older mothers telling me about how quickly time flies... I really wish that they hadn't been right.

Vacation Bible School and the Pecoraro Family

I LOVE VBS!!! I love preparing for it, decorating for it, rehearsing the music for it and getting to enjoy the wonderful children that come to it. One of my favorite things about VBS is seeing how the youth and adults come together to unselfishly make something wonderful take place for the sake of our children. The accumulated amount of time that is given is huge. There have been hours and hours of time spent to get ready for day 1 of VBS-hours of painting, hours of rehearsing and hours of organizing. Even when there are glitches here and there, the fact that children are taught with such enthusiasm and love is absolutely wonderful. One of the things I love about VBS week is that my family spends this week together. I'm so thankful that my family all takes part in VBS. Emily is helping with the 5 year olds and Violet is attending her first VBS.  Loressa is a guide and is singing every night with More Than A Memory. Halton is acting in the opening and closing and leading worship with More Than A Memory every night.  Bethany and Hunter are helping with the music and choreography and are guides to different age groups.  Mackenna is working with me with all of the music classes and teaching the choreography and, last, but not least,  Destiny is attending. As always, I am very thankful that my family gets to serve the Lord together in this way. I love that we get to be busy with service to the Lord in one place, but with each of us using the different gifts God has given us. Thank you, Lord! I feel very blessed!