Katy Rose

Katy Rose
JUST A WOMAN SAVED BY GODS GRACE AND WANTS TO WRITE ABOUT IT.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

How to have a 100% Perfect day, everyday for rest of your life

My Theory to Arming yourself for the day…….

                                Want to get started off right each morning?  Want your day’s to be positive?  Want to always be in a good mood?   Then follow these tips for arming yourself for the day

-          Right when you wake up in the morning, as soon as your eyes open say outloud “Thank you God for giving me another day to be alive, and thank you for giving my loved ones another day, I bless this day in Jesus name and I bless my family and job and house in jesus name this day”
-          While you are brushing your teeth, getting dressed, makeup on, shaving etc.  Start thinking of things to be thankful for and start thanking God outloud “for Job, For shelter, clothes, food, family, car, etc)
-          Then before you leave the house ask the Lord to put people in your path that you can be a blessing to and help out that day.
-          As you are going to work and people are driving crazy and in a hurry , instead of getting in a bad mood, as people act rude, say “Lord have mercy on that person, I pray for that person.”
-          At work when saying hi to everyone or talking to everyone make sure you don’t sound like everyone else, just saying “hi” because it is the right thing to do.  Take the time to say how nice someone looks, or ask them about their weekend, etc.   Treat people with respect
-          When something goes wrong or a surprise during the day keep this mind set “look for the treasure in EVERY trial.”  Say to God “ok God, I don’t understand this, and it makes me nervous, but you are giving it to me because you know I can handle it and you want me to trust you during this.”
-          Most importantly just focus on that day at that time,  don’t think about next week,  next month, next year.  Just take full advantage of that day and be happy to be alive.
-          Talk to God throughout the day just as if you are talking to one of your best friends or family member.
-          Make sure to not get caught up in your “moods or feelings” just go on what it is!!!!
-          Make sure to spend quality time with family, loved ones in the evening time and don’t get wrapped up in tv, technology
-          Take some alone time with God and get one on one time!!!

THEN DO IT ALL AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AND SO ON J


Friday, October 21, 2011

Stepping out of YOUR comfort zone

Stepping Out of YOUR Comfort Zone………


                We all tend to get in our routine and what feels safe for us.  We socialize with “our” group, we have our family, our job, etc.  We can get nervous when we need to do things that we aren’t familiar with, or it could be a big change that we then start to experience fear and doubt.  For Christians since we have the Lord as our life we are supposed to have full trust and let him mold and change us.  So during these times we can either be stubborn and scared or just stand strong in the arms of the Lord and let him move us.  We all have “pasts” and “failures”  we can let the devil condemn us or we can use the bad and let God make it used for good.  It can be painful for us to share with others but The Lord will turn that pain into a blessing.  He only gives us what we can handle and he always uses it for our best interest.  So think of something in the past that was a huge learning lesson for you, and now think of people that may be struggling with the same thing.  Wouldn’t it be great to share your experience and hopefully it would help them and they would move on a lot faster then maybe with how long it took you?  That is what the enemy does not want, he wants people to take the long and hard road and miss years and years living in regret.  We need to get over it, and learn from it, and teach others.  If you can help just one person for the Kingdom of God, then you have been a good disciple of Christ.  It might be the most painful thing you have ever done, but if God is your #1 and you know it brings Glory to him, then you should be more than happy too!!! ;)  Think of your most painful situation right now that you are punishing yourself for, and let what I am about to say soak in.   Jesus experienced it, and took everyone else’s painful situation too on top of that.  Also he took the punishment too!!  So why are you still punishing yourself?  It will not make you feel any better, it will not make a difference, and no matter how long you take, it won’t be good enough.  SO it is time to smarten up and move on.  Don’t be like the Israelites and walk around the same mountain for 40 years.  God wants you to get over this, and use the bad for good.  So step out of your comfort zone, and help someone else and be a disciple of Christ. 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Enough is Enough...................................

When enough is enough…..


                It is hard sometimes for us as people to stick to our word sometimes because we might go according to whatever our mood may be at that time.  We can go back and forth with one thing to the next.  But my question is: How do you stay consistent with what you say actually sticks and doesn’t change???  This is my opinion and I am giving my advice.  We need to be respectful and try not to be rude when trying to get our point across but it actually says in the bible when we have an issue with someone, that we must go to that person and talk and explain.  I believe that God does this because he knows that if we hold things in, it can build and the enemy can have us hostage with built up anger, and also to have  a change to resolve conflict and have both parties confronted.  So when this is done, if things are said to prevent a similar thing happening in the future, then we must pray to stick to it no matter what.  When you confront someone maturely and explain it and talk it out, that person can honor that or they can reject it.  The choice is theirs!!!!  The most important thing is to be genuine and if you need to put your foot down, then do so!!!!  I think sometimes image and pride get in the way and it hurts to admit when someone took it too far or they are wrong, but look at the BIG picture.  (We are going to die)  we are not going to be here on this earth, are time is limited, so we can learn and move on, or stay in the same place.  This brings up the racer Dan Wheldon that died suddenly.  My heart breaks for his wife and children, I can’t imagine what they are going through.  The pain and loss they are feeling must be beyond tragic.  This shows that we don’t know when it is our time, so we must cherish the ones we have.  I want to cling to my husband and son more than ever because I am so thankful they are in my life and I want every opportunity to be with them and just love on them, because there is going to be one day when we all won’t be here.  So please I encourage you to get over “surface issues” and look at the BIG picture.  Love your spouse, love your children, be loving and respectful with others and most importantly lean on God in ALL that you do!!!! 

Friday, October 14, 2011

FOR WOMEN!!!!!!!

 This is a message for me and for other women…

            For any woman who has had a baby and is a mother this is a message for you!!!!  Be proud of the body you have J  You had a live human being inside of you for 9 months and you kept a human being alive.  You had two hearts in one body J  two mind, bodies, spirit, and soul in one body.  This is a miracle from God; some women aren’t able to be mothers, so never complain that you are a mother, it is a blessing and privilege and to not be taken for granted!!  I had my little one a little over a year ago and my body isn’t the same it is from before I had him.  Yes I have extra weight from it, yes I have some loose skin, and yes I have some stretch marks.  In our society when someone has a baby, it seems like we want to lose the baby weight right away and do it as fast as we can, so we can show everyone our pose baby bodies and make people jealous.  So what that does is it glorifies yourself and can hurt people if you are shoving it in their face.  Sorry some aren’t blessed to have personal trainers, and personal chefs, and nannies, etc.  Some people are blessed with amazing genes where they have perfect bodies no matter what.  In the beginning I was falling into this routine because it is so “in our face” with how to look and who did it, etc.  The Holy Spirit spoke to me and let me know that I am beautiful just the way I am and God is pleased with me.  I was able to supply a human life of an amazing boy that is my world, and I love my battle wounds.  Today I was at work and I happened to look at myself and was just amazed of what I went through and what I accomplished and I became so proud of the way I look and the imperfections and flaws I have.  I for the first time am starting to embrace how I am and how God made me.  Ignore the news/TV shows/ fashion magazines!!  Get that junk out of your head of how you are supposed to look.  If there are people who are blessed with certain things be happy for them, but don’t compare yourself to them.  We are all blessed so be thankful and for the Moms…. You are beautiful, and complete JUST THE WAY YOU ARE; God made you the way you are right now!!!!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

HOw did you wake up today?

How Grateful are you this morning???

                Ok so you just woke up today and you are alive another day J  First thing comes to mind……… “ugh, I don’t want to go to work today”  “this sucks”   It seems like on a daily routine we gripe and complain about so many things.   How often do you hear people being appreciative and grateful?  It seems we hear the negative complaining the most.  Do you understand that each day we are here we should be praising the Lord and taking advantage of being here and helping others and seeking God?  We take for granted so many things that are just given to us that we stop saying thank you for.  I am going to remind you in case you forgot.

-   Are you healthy today?             Some people are in a hospital right now with a life long 
                                                       disease they are battling and hoping to be healthy one day.

-          Can you walk today?              Some people aren’t able to walk due to born that way or
Accident

-          Can you see today?              Some people are blind and don’t know what a nice day looks
Like, or even what they look like.

-          Can you hear today?           Some people can’t even hear the words “I love you”

-          Can you take a shower?         There are people that don’t know what it is like to feel clean

-          Do you have a roof over
Your head?                             There are people on the streets that don’t know what it feels
                                                        Like to be warm and cozy

-          Do you have food?                  Some people don’t know what it is like to be full
Do you have clothes?                     Some have worn out clothes that keep them cold

-          Do you have a job?                         With this economy someone would gladly have the job
You complain about on a daily basis



These are just some of the things we take for granted.  Practice waking up in the morning and remembering each thing you have and thanking God and giving him the Praise he deserves!!!  I am going to challenge you this week to not complain!!!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

What is wrong with you????????


                What are some of YOUR flaws???

                                As humans we tend to think we are perfect, are hearts are full of love, are mind has great thoughts, we never mean to offend people, etc.  It is crazy how we always believe that people should make exceptions for US.  It only bothers us when something happens to US.  Isn’t it also funny how we can always find what is wrong with everyone else, but not ourselves?  It seems like everyone walking around has huge captions in bold on their forehead and we are able to point out their flaws and their issues.  There are certain “trashy” tv shows that people watch and sit and actually say “wow, those people are messed up.”   By saying this comment we are judging people and comparing ourselves to what they are doing, and how they are living.  This is what the enemy wants us to do.  He wants us to think we are better than others, and that we are “owed” something by others.  He wants to build our pride up and blow our heads up.  Think back when Jesus was here as human, how was he? How did he live?  How did he treat others?   He was a humble servant that lived as simple as possible, never judged anyone and always offered LOVE no matter WHAT!!! No matter what was said, what was done, the answer was ALWAYS LOVE!!!   So in this society it is all about “titles” and this is Satans lie.  What is on the inside is what counts and says who we are.  So instead of looking at everyone else and to point out what is wrong with everyone else, turn that finger around and point at yourself.  What is wrong with you?  What do you have trouble with?  How is your mind?  Do you forgive? Do you offer love under certain circumstances or it doesn’t matter?  If we get to the root of our issues and get honest with us and point out our problems that is the first start.  Then we identify what triggers those issues and a list of ways to correct and start the process of changing these habits.  This is a HARD process, which can only be successful with the Lord so we need to give it to him and be aware of our mind, mouth, and heart.  Let’s do an exercise right now:  Think of someone that has hurt you so bad that if you had a list of people who did you wrong, they would be at the top.  Think of this person, now ask yourself this:  “Would I die for this person?”  “Would I sacrifice the person I love the most for this person?” (Spouse, child, family member)  If the answer is NO, then you know you NEED JESUS!!!!!  Jesus did this, and God gave his only son.  Ok, so now you know you need a savior and now you know you have issues on forgiving.  Now go to the bible and start finding scriptures on forgiving, and meditate on them and apply them.  Or better yet, remember that you are exactly the same as that person you dislike, you both are in the same boat and you are not better than them.  So Stop judging them and let God do that.  So I am going to challenge you this week to stop looking at everyone else and start with yourself and see what God wants to work out with you and turn those flaws into beauty, and build some real Christ like character.   

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Happy Birthday Gabriel!! 1 year old!!

Happy Birthday G-A-B-R-I-E-L J !!!!!!!!! 1 year old !!!!!! J J



One year ago (10/6/10) I was in the hospital being induced one week early because the baby was so big, and I was very swollen. My husband and I waited anxiously the first night they started to induce me, we both couldn’t sleep because of the excitement. The next day they started to increase the pytocin and I was handling it like a champ. Never did Lamaze and I had my breathing in complete control between the contractions that were now one after another because of the inducing process. Well that lasted a couple of hours and then it was time to break the water whoo whoo J This was the coolest feeling because I could literally feel the little baby bear down and all of his weight dropped down and started pressing. Now the contractions changed dramatically after the water was broken no joke, I had about 30 seconds of rest in between each contraction. Just as I was trying to get breathing down, another contraction came, I handled it good but at this time they ordered the epidural. When the doctor came in they had several students nurses that were training so our room had about 15 people in it. I sat up and in between contractions he was trying to inject the epidural, he stuck me 3 times and I guess there was a lot of blood because my husband says the student nurses got sick and had to leave haha this didn’t hurt at all but the creepy part was feeling the needle go in between the vertebrae, I could feel it scrape the sides. Well after it was injected and all set up, it didn’t work, I still felt everything as if I had never had it, so they had to keep giving me more and more medicine. At this time I was getting frustrated because I was feeling pain when I wasn’t supposed to, so I had my “drama moment” I had the doctor come back in the room and I told her that she needed to get my doctor asap because I want this baby out right now and via c-section because this epidural isn’t working. The lady didn’t even look at me, and that made me angry so I said out loud “why are you acting like you can’t hear me, when I can see you hear me, How about this, when this baby starts coming, I am refusing to push, what about that?” hahahhahahah my husband was sitting next to me, and he said when he heard those words come out of my mouth he turned his head and started laughing because he couldn’t believe I said that. Anyways, time went by and eventually I had a nice break for about 2 hrs when I didn’t feel anything because the medicine started working, so I was able to look at things my mom gave me as presents and my husband. They wrote me beautiful letters and made me home-made presents. Well as time went on the medicine wore off again so I felt everything again. My doctor kept coming in and seeing my progress and I was dilating so we were just waiting for 10 cm. They kept giving me more and more medicine but nothing seemed to work, so I just kept feeling all of the contractions and this little baby pushing down as hard as he could. J Hours went by and my husband and I got so excited because my doctor said that we are having this baby tonight and if it isn’t coming out on its own then we are having a c-section. So that made us so happy because we were so anxious to meet this little man. It was around 630 at night and I was still dilating so we just kept waiting, and by this time I was so dyhatrated because I couldn’t drink anything at all because if I needed to have an emergency c-section, I couldn’t have anything in my stomach, so I was just eating ice chips like crazy. I felt like I ran the NYC 22 mile marathon. It then became around 720ish and I was only dilated to 9cm and I became very swollen and started losing a lot of blood and then the doctor became nervous because of the swelling and blood loss, so she waited a bit to see if it got better, and when it didn’t, she then said we would need to have an emergency c-section to get the baby out. They were actually backed up that night so I had to wait about 45 minutes for my turn because it was busy at the hospital. I was in so much pain at this moment because of the pressure of this little baby trying to come out and couldn’t because he was too big. So it was finally my turn and I was so ready for this baby to come out and have him delivered safely, at this point I was in labor for 15 hrs so I was exhausted. My husband kissed me and said he would see me in a bit, and I was wheeled down the hall to surgery. My husband was putting scrubs on and waiting for permission to come into the room. I was so nervous because this is brand new to me and I became scared. I was in this room with about 10 people in the room and they all had a tape recorder and were announcing their names and what they were going to do. My doctor put some numbing ointment on my belly and wanted to test if I could feel anything, so she pinched my belly with a tool and I could feel it. So they ordered me more medicine and we had to wait 15 minutes for it to kick in. Well she tried again, and this time I didn’t feel it, but on my left side I could feel the pinch and she said that I already had too much medicine and they couldn’t give me more because it wasn’t safe for the baby, so they would have to put me to sleep and deliver the baby and that my husband wasn’t allowed in the room. At this point I became more nervous because I was scared and also anxious because when I would wake up, I would have a baby!!!!!!!!!! I had an amazing nurse in my room that I really bonded with and she was supposed to go home at 7pm because her shift ended, but while I was waiting to be put to sleep, I felt someone grab my hand and at first I thought it was my husband because the person was wearing scrubs, but it was my nurse J She told me that she wanted to make sure I was ok and wanted to be with me, and wanted to stay with meJ I told her thank you so much because I needed it. Before I know it, I was knocked out and that was it!!!!!!! My husband was able to tell me that they had the baby out in about 10 minutes because our amazing nurse went and got my husband and said “listen, that is your baby boy crying.” My husband said he started weeping and felt like he was going to die because it was the most amazing feeling to hear his cry. I was in surgery for about 1 ½ hrs getting stitched up. When Gabriel first came out, he wasn’t breathing and it took him awhile to cry so they had to make sure he was healthy. It turns out that the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice and if I would of gave birth vaginally the umbilical cord would of came out first and strangled him, and who knows what would of happened. So thank the Lord that I had him via c-section (see above people were laughing at my flip out for ordering a c-section but here it turns out that is the way God planned it) J J Gabriel Alexander was born at 9:19pm and was 9lbs!!!! He came out healthy!!!!





 The doctor then later told us that he was really hard to get out and that she had trouble with it because he was so big and was so stuffed in there and his positioning was difficult. I was woken up and wheeled into the room and my eyes had so much gel on them that all I could see was blurry vision, I saw my husband and I asked him 3 questions: 1) is the baby healthy? Did you see him? And How does he look? The next thing I know is that they put this baby on my chest and I literally couldn’t see him in detail because I was still so drugged and vision was blurry and I could see the nurses taking pictures and I knew I was a mommy J and we were a family, an official family!!!










  I pretty much went to sleep after that, and we spent 5 days in the hospital then we were able to bring little man home J

So fast forward now….. we are now at his 1 year birthday!!!! This is huge news!!! We have been blessed to experience so many baby milestones for 12 months. He went from cooing, babbling, kicking his arms and legs really fast, turning over all by himself, schooching on his back to get around, sitting up while being supported by an object, smiling, sitting by himself, standing by himself, saying words, crawling, walking, teeth coming in, more hair, growing big and healthy, and now he is saying bye, bye as he waves J We have experienced so many memories in the first year and we have video recorded every single moment, taken pictures, written in journals each month, etc. We have been so blessed and to be able to celebrate a whole year of his life and have each other as a family is a blessing from The Lord. 

His first birthday we are keeping it very intimate, it isn’t going to be all “showy” for grown-ups or huge things planned. We want to keep it with his family and keep it very small. I am making a special birthday outfit that is custom made for him, I am making my most favorite birthday cake for him (Boston éclair cake) My husband and I gave him a personalized baby id bracelet that has bible verse (Psalm 139:14 on it) I made him an actual children’s book with a story line that I came up with, and have pictures in it and put it together for him so we can read it to him every night and it is one of a kind. Then he will have a few small gifts from family members. The only thing we have planned is to take a trip to Disney world with him and we are only taking the trip because his grandma works at Disney so we get in for free.  I also wrote him a poem that I am framing and giving to him, so he can have it in his room. I feel it is so important to go the extra mile and “make” things and “personalize/custom” items. Anybody can just run out and go to a store and buy an item. To actually be creative, use your time, and energy and to have all of your love put into something that only is for him, is priceless!!! So that is the main thing with this first birthday!!  So that is his 1 year birthday!!! We look forward to many more birthdays with him and creating more family memories, expanding our family in the near future and helping mold a little man that God can use for His purpose and His will!!!! To our little Pookie, Boo-Boo may you have the best first birthday ever and may we be the best godly parents that we can be for you. Thank you for being the most amazing little boy, you are perfect in every way, God definitely makes no mistakes!!!! Love you so so much!!!