I found this picture online tonight, and it just made me think of all of you. I am so thankful to have you fighting this battle with me. You are true warrior princesses! Between God, your prayers, your support, your love, your calls, your texts, your thoughts, and everything else, I have felt like I can whip some serious enemy booty!!!

The whirlwind battle that was happening in the Hansen Household a couple of weeks ago turned out to be a HUGE blessing and so much good came out of it. We brought a friend into the mix of our craziness to shed light on everything, and through prayer and conversation, it became very clear as to why the enemy was attacking so incredibly hard.

1.) I had family coming into town that struggle with alcoholism and don't have God in their lives. Our prayers and heart's desires were to shine God's light and love on them. We certainly couldn't shine or love if we were in the middle of battle!!

2.) My husband was waiting to have a conversation with an important figure in our church about the seriousness of spiritual warfare in the guy's life. That probably wouldn't have gone so well if he were in the middle of warfare himself. It turned out that there are a couple of men that God intended for my husband to talk to.

3.) God has great plans for us, the people around us and the hope that we bring and the enemy wants NO part of that. He is sneaky, sneaky and tried to keep us from doing God's work by hitting us in our weakest area.

I learned (and am learning) that even though I may know that I am fighting my husband because of spiritual warfare, and even though he may know that he is fighting with me because of spiritual warfare, it is not enough to make us quit fighting. We NEED others in our lives and in the midst of our fighting to help us move that knowledge from our heads to our hearts in order to work through it and past it. 

Sure love you all and hope you are doing well. You are in my constant thoughts and prayers.
~Steph

Thank you Tricia for sharing this today! I needed it and think I will be printing it out and putting it in a very visible place for me to see daily. It is so easy to get caught up in the moment and forget these simple truths.

I don't know about you guys, but since I have been home, I have felt like I have been wrung through the ringer. I was sooooo excited to get home to see my family and to love on them.... and then...... 

The second I got out of my car, the chaos began. Of course my little girl was excited to see me, as I was her, but so were our three dogs, my husband, all the mail that had piled up, the emails that had piled up, the housework, and the etc., etc., etc. WHEW! I walked into pure chaos! My daughter hadn't been bathed since I left, the homemade soup I had left in the fridge was untouched, the house was a mess, the dog peed on the floor as I was trying to let him out the door, my daughter wanted to show me 50 different things at one time, and my husband was continuously griping about one of our dogs not listening and how he would get rid of him, and on and on and on.

When they said to be prepared to walk back into battle, they weren't kidding. To top it off, I was so tired after the weekend, all I wanted to do was rest. So that is what I tried to do most of yesterday.

Last night I listened to some of the songs from our playlist and that helped me more than anything. Especially the song "I Am" which I have posted in the top right corner of this blog so that if you don't have it, you can listen to it too. Thank God for worship music. And THANK GOD for you! 

It is comforting knowing that I have a band of sisters to turn to. Thank you for being a part of my life!

Now for good news. I am designing a t-shirt that was inspired by Captivating. When I get it done, I will post a picture of it and would love your input/suggestions. Once I get them printed the idea is to sell them and then give the proceeds to sponsor women so that they can go to Captivating. What do you think? 

Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed day. Love you!

Steph

Oh how I miss my sisters already. When they said to get ready to be back in the battle, they weren't kidding!! I will write more later, and I hope you will too. I created this blog so that each and every one of you can contribute, once you accept the invitation, and I hope you will. Love you!