Hey y'all, I'm Lindsey Smith from Gainesville, Georgia-born
and raised and still call it home today! I married Jimmy Smith my high school
sweetheart in October 2004. In 2007 God blessed us with a gorgeous baby girl
named Harleigh, and in 2008 He surprised us with the handsomest baby boy by the
name of Maverick. We love our little 10 year old, 10 pound ball of white fluff
we call Trooper. He is our caring canine, but it is our 110 pound, black
bolder, loveable labrador Kota that keeps us all on our toes! Jimmy and I met
at church my junior year of high school leading worship together for our youth
group.(he plays and sings, I just sing, y'all)He is the brains and says I'm the
beauty of the duo- ok after two kids in two years if he still thinks that I
won't argue. Fast forward 13 years to current day and we are still doing just
that. We love Jesus
and are a constant work in progress learning how to love God more deeply so
that we can best love each other and his people. It is a simple mission but
difficult and messy because people our broken and life can be hard.
For the past 6 years I have been a school teacher for our
local school system; however, I took this past year "off" to stay
home and re-evaluate why was doing life the way I was, what God wants for my
life, and have more time to focus on being a wife and mom. I didn't stay at
home much though...we kind of needed me to work odd jobs to bring home gas and
grocery money. I've kept babies, worked retail, been an administrative
assistant, sold stuff on facebook, photography, washed cars, cleaned houses, organized peoples homes, been a substitute teacher,
done a contract teaching job...you name it. Jimmy is the HARDEST most HONEST
working man I know! He does manual labor daily for 9-12 hours working outside
in the elements as an industrial electrician. We are living in the same housing
market and economy as everybody else and until we sell our house, it takes two
baby, me and you!
So why a blog? I have always been pretty transparent and
being an open book is just how I roll. If I can be honest and share my wins and
loses with others and it brings them closer to the God I serve then I am
honored to give him the glory for my story. I prayed about and pondered the
title of my blog for weeks! And one night or should I say mornin at twelve
something AM, Grace for the MOMent hit me. I put the MOM part of moment in all
caps because boy...being a mom has put my need for God's grace at a whole new
level. Sometimes I have to ask for it moment by moment so I don't lose my cool
with Jimmy or the kids. Often times I act out of my flesh and go a little
crazy...then I have pray out loud, say I am sorry, and reign my emotions back
in. So the scripture that is the basis for my blog title is this one: "
Each time He said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in
weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the
power of Christ can work through me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
I will post about things God is teaching me, wisdom He imparts, my marriage, my kids, style and fashion, pottery barn taste on my yard sale budget, having fun and being frugal, home decor and house hold products I love, and just random things that hit me and I think would be good to share!
And that is just that! Thanks for reading and joining me on
this journey...- Lindsey
An easy to remember web address/ domain is in progress where all you'll need to type in is
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BUT google is having server errors when I try to complete the registration for my domain name-argh! Of course the server was workin just fine when they processed my payment a few hours aga!
Hi there, Just wrote a long reply and lost it. sigh... Anyway, just stumbled across your page as I was looking at where my new blog is listed. I'm at graceforthemoment.us. I really enjoyed your first post, and think you are a sweetheart. I don't have any georgia friends (except one who moved there from Indiana), so I don't speak southern. We are from the land of cows and cheese, wisconsin, in the frigid north. Your part of the world is a mystery to us. My husband and I have been married 13 years and have 6 children of our own. We also like to sing praise and worship, like you guys. (He plays guitar and sings, and I just sing...plus I can bang on hand drums a bit, but not enough to talk about). :) ANyway, just thought I'd encourage you. You are a good writer and you have a beautiful family. I look forward to reading more of your stuff. God bless you and yours! :)
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