Multi-Tasking Mama - Latest Comments

Re: Dear Sweet Pea

Melissa — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:27:00 -0000

Approved

Re: Dear Sweet Pea

MomTriedIt — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:21:00 -0000

Awesome!!! Happy birthday!

Re: God’s best laid plans

Jillbevins — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:20:25 -0000

Love it!!! And Love you both!! She is very brave!!! Love that girl soo much and am so proud of her!!

Re: One of my favorite titles

Melissa — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:33:14 -0000

Military mama's FTW :)

Re: One of my favorite titles

Stephanie Romero — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:18:45 -0000

Glad to have found your blog on the blog hop. I am a mom to three children (13 year old boy, 15 year old girl and 18 year old boy who is leaving for the Air Force in two weeks). It is nice to have found a blog with a woman who has teens! Will be subscribing!

Re: One of my favorite titles

Melissa — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:49:48 -0000

Thanks for stopping by! Will be praying you find the son God has for you and your family!

Re: One of my favorite titles

Michele-Lyn — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:35:32 -0000

Oh, I so enjoyed reading about all your boys. It made me a bit sad for mine -- oh, how I would love for him to have a brother. We are moving forward with a home study so we can adopt a son. We have always wanted to :) It is very nice to meet you and so glad you stopped by tonight.... I liked your Facebook page -- fixin to find you on Twitter :)

Re: Grateful not proud

Melissa — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:30:25 -0000

Thank you for that...not easy to put into words, is it?

Re: Favorite Bible Promises

Melissa — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:23:18 -0000

It does make me happy :) Thanks for stopping by!

Re: Favorite Bible Promises

Terry and Beth Pederson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:01:29 -0000

Jumped over from Ann's and I too am grateful for a hubby who fills the gas tank without being asked ... in fact in our almost 39 years of marriage I can count on my 2 hands the times I have had to fill the tank ... love that man!

Blessings, Beth

Re: Grateful not proud

Melissa — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:13:36 -0000

Thank you so much for the kind words and understanding!

Re: Grateful not proud

Alyson — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:24:04 -0000

Incredible post......you write so well what I stammer to communicate to people with blank stares. I appreciate your rawness and love for our Savior. Grateful for the nation we live in (and I am grateful for everyone who has fought, fights and will fight to keep this nation free), but in awe of the One orchestrating everything in my life........

Re: Airing the dirty laundry

Annie — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:44:58 -0000

Hi, I can totally relate. The "come again, Lord?" part made me really laugh. I am so inclined to make sure everything looks great when people come over, I have a hard time just letting things go. At any rate, thanks for sharing. I found your post through a "See Jamie blog" comment.

Re: For those kind of days….

Cindy Bultema — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:37:55 -0000

I'm thankful for my health! Our family has struggled with so many bouts of sickness, it's great to be illness free! Thanks for the reminder to count my blessings!
Love to you!

Re: I was once a lost cause

Melissa — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:21:59 -0000

Thank you so much for that! I enjoy emailing with you and your family is in my prayers!!

Re: I was once a lost cause

Alyson — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:18:24 -0000

Whew...heavy stuff here! I have emailed you a couple times regarding us adopting a 15 yr old this past Dec. We now have her 10 yr old bro...moved in two weeks ago. Life has ramped up....lol! You know, our 15 yr old daughter will not walk into our youth group. She tried that for a few months when she first moved in with us. NO ONE talks to her. It is like she doesn't exist in their world. Makes me really sad. We have a smaller group, so it is obvious who is new. Sad thing is that it appears as if they don't know how to love her where she is. Jesus does. We are figuring it out day by day by surrenduring our depraved hearts to His perfect way. Why can't the others? So, pregnant or not, a life that does not "fit the mold" of whatever "group" one may be in, is potential fodder for judgement and ridicule. Even if it is silent. So thankful you have a perspective that will change lives and hearts for eternity....Press on, sister.......

Re: What is ministry?

Melissa — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:32:07 -0000

So glad God could speak to you through it! Praying for you!

Re: What is ministry?

Audra Michelle — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:33:44 -0000

Such a fantastic post! I really needed to read this right now as I am praying over what ministry opportunities to take and which ones aren't God's will for me right now. Thank you!

Re: I was once a lost cause

Melissa Smallwood — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:09:23 -0000

There is a significant difference between showing love and concern for the baby and judging the parenting and motives of a young mother. Teen moms aren't going to parent exactly the way we as grown ups think they should. That doesn't make them bad parents any more than their choice to have unprotected sex makes their baby a mistake.
My point was and is that the energy people put into concern for the baby would be better directed into pouring love and support into the life of the mother. That will only benefit the baby in the long run and is a perfect picture of the way Jesus chose to love while He was on this earth.

Re: I was once a lost cause

Julynoelle — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:22:17 -0000

I can't help but wonder if, instead of judgment against the teen mom, the motivation was concern for the baby. I'm not sure you can love the teen mama and not love and be concerned for her baby. I don't know the hearts or motivation of the "accusers " but I also don't want to assume the worst in them anymore than assuming the worst of the teen mamas.

Re: I was once a lost cause

Judi Gause — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:11:36 -0000

What a great post. It is so sad that most look towards the negative in situations.

Re: What is ministry?

Melissa — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:25:58 -0000

Not a typo lol. Young Lives is Young Life's ministry to teen moms.

Re: What is ministry?

paulawhidden — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:18:32 -0000

Hi Melissa,
As a former youth pastor, I completely understand what you're saying. I'll never forget when I had my first child and a friend said, "congratulations on your new ministry." I had to step back mentally. As if he had stunned me, I felt shocked it had never occurred to me to consider my children my ministry. Now, it was here and I was the only one who could fill those particular ministry moccasins.

Thanks for you perspective.
(oh, I think you have a couple typos. Isn't it Young Life, not Young Lives?)

Re: What is ministry?

Melissa — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:28 -0000

Ahh, as a clergy wife I am sure you know of what I speak :) thanks for your comment and enjoy that sweet tea!!

Re: What is ministry?

Shelly Miller — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:48:19 -0000

Such truth in your words here. Love how you say when we forget to abide with Him, the ministry becomes all about us. As a clergy wife, I know this to be true. I find myself abiding more, doing less, learning how to listen before jumping into serve. Its a good place. And lime juice in tea sounds great. I'm going to try that.