tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37115443017332000962024-03-19T03:58:27.613-04:00Family JournalJennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-2687070618231042502013-05-28T21:00:00.000-04:002013-05-28T21:00:03.016-04:00BLOG MOVED!I moved the blog! I have been posting at www.weepingtolaughing.com There was a while that I didn't blog much but I picked it back up a few months ago. You can follow me there and catch up :)
Thanks for taking an interest in me and my family!
Jennifer
www.weepingtolaughing.comJennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-42207261897637324162011-11-12T11:51:00.000-05:002011-11-12T11:51:30.140-05:00Eliya is 5 TODAY!!!!!
I can't believe that my sweet, smart, fun little girl is 5 today. She told me she thinks she can jump higher and count further now that she is 5. She is a such a joy. She is definitely MY daughter; we are A LOT alike.
She is all about all things girl these days. Eliya saw a commercial on this week and said "Mama look! The lady has on a pearl bracelet...why doesn't she have pearl earrings Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-54081763547910657192011-09-13T16:49:00.001-04:002011-09-13T16:50:06.690-04:00BlessedThis past Sunday at church, our pastor said something that the Holy Spirit used to strike my heart. He mentioned Deuteronomy 26:18 that says we are a treasured possession to the Lord.
When I think of a treasured possession, I think of
something of great value
something that I hold dear to my heart
something that just the thought of brings me joy
and a smile to my face
something Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-33011176040052117892011-06-08T15:32:00.000-04:002011-06-08T15:32:24.457-04:00and they lived...HAPPILY EVER AFTER
Life has been fun and crazy and busy! Kyle and I truly had a fairy-tale wedding on the beach in Maui. We loved everything about the day we got married! We loved the pastor who performed our ceremony, our photographers, the perfect day, the beach that was clear except for us, the sunset and ESPECIALLY the moment that our love was sealed in covenant before and Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-9237118589697245102011-03-28T12:05:00.001-04:002011-03-28T12:05:30.615-04:00Loved and In Love
A friend of mine has said a few times that the passage in Song of Songs 2: 10-13 ring true for this season of my life.
"11.Behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come..., Arise my love, my beautiful one and come away." God is so good. I have always loved the song Blessed Be Your Name because the Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-53350981787022475292011-02-17T17:41:00.000-05:002011-02-17T17:41:50.587-05:00Fairy TalesI can’t recall ever liking fairy tales; although I’m sure as a young girl I probably marveled at them the same as my daughter does now. As an adult, I have felt much more logical and practical. My thoughts have been that fairy tales don’t happen; it’s just an unrealistic twist of reality that sets young girls up for disappointment. I have even thought if I should be protecting my daughter from Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-83304155827894613442010-12-09T22:44:00.000-05:002010-12-09T22:44:24.819-05:00Year in Review
Our year in review.
It has been a LONG year. Obviously more so emotionally than in actual time. I'm thankful for the end of this year. I'm thankful for my children who keep me insanely busy. I'm thankful that we are in our house after an 8 month long delay in necessary renovations to the house we moved to. I'm thankful that God never changes and that He has a Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-70761392343305229982010-10-14T16:52:00.000-04:002010-10-14T16:52:16.305-04:00Sensitive HearingI rarely get to sleep later than 7am. Usually, my son is up pretty early and greets me if I don’t set the alarm. My aunt spent the night with us this past Tuesday night and offered to wake up with the kids in the morning. This usually doesn’t work because I still hear them. The kid’s rooms are downstairs, and my room is in an open loft upstairs, so it doesn’t take much. In an effort to take Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-16401467256693672512010-08-28T00:15:00.000-04:002010-08-28T00:15:10.613-04:00Life is like a mortar and pestleI got to go to parts of the Glory of Intercession conference last weekend at IHOP Atlanta. As I mentioned in the previous post, my heart was heavy and I wasn’t “feeling it”. I went anyway because besides knowing I needed it, I had already paid. The first service in, Corey Russell was talking about how we have to get our minds set on heavenly things.
Often what God does for me or says to me is Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-81783570388565991202010-06-30T23:01:00.000-04:002010-06-30T23:01:56.738-04:00A rather repulsive experience.If dirty diapers gross you out, read no further. I just had to post this most horrifying experience on the "Mom blog". If one's misfortune brings you delight...enjoy.
Too Rich Not to PostJennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-54289490676249122522010-06-15T10:13:00.000-04:002010-06-15T10:13:08.271-04:00Hearing the voice of GodI was just pondering hearing God's voice. I am in a season of pressing in to hear His voice more clearly. I am also currently reading Rees Howells Intercessor. This man is an example of one who emptied himself so utterly. In doing so, he made room for the Spirit of God to dwell in him and work through him in amazing ways. Once when a young Christian asked him how he Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-4915972744992382382010-06-06T14:24:00.002-04:002010-06-06T14:30:47.990-04:00Eliya and SimeonI love my kids. I don't think the patience in parenting that many moms seem to have naturally is mine; but my children are keeping me humble and at the feet of Jesus.
My aspirations for them are different than what many mother's would aspire for their kids. I dream far less of what they will do with their life and mostly of who they will become in Jesus for the sake of the Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-56026733659850854232010-05-31T14:24:00.000-04:002010-05-31T14:24:56.711-04:00BLOGGING FUNI really like getting thoughts out in writing. It's been theraputic and fun, and time consuming...at times.
I decided to change the blog a little so that whoever might be interested could navigate to the parts that DO interest them. Sometimes I feel strange about blogging one post about my heart before the Lord and the next about going to Babyland to see cabbageJennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-18837898023430979352010-04-18T14:36:00.003-04:002010-05-31T14:18:36.142-04:00Use it ALL LordToday is one of those days…again. Hindsight, I can see it in the works the past few days. I will give you a glimpse of grief. There are many great things going on; God’s word is alive and I feel a draw to Him. Good things happening at the house of prayer and my house is getting closer and closer to being ready for us to move into. The last day or two, I start feeling unusually irritable and Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-31991516263907424692010-04-10T22:20:00.003-04:002010-04-10T22:28:30.435-04:00Simeon is TWO YEARS OLD!
My little one is now two years old. It's unbelievable in many ways. He has 3 teeth coming in at one time and was a little testy early in the day, but come party time he was all fun. Simeon woke me up this morning by crawling in the bed with me to snuggle. He still likes to play with my hair when he's sleepy and he loves it when I hum to him. His vocabulary is Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-50080718550069244722010-04-04T16:26:00.001-04:002010-04-05T08:20:02.122-04:00Selling our Birthright for Soup?!Several months ago I was very burdened for an old friend. This friend was willfully walking in sin and claiming the grace and blood of the Lord Jesus. I was literally thinking about and praying for this person almost daily and asking the Lord to expose truth and bring freedom.
One day I took a nap and I woke up and knew I had been praying for this person. I Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-47347544060450279302010-03-10T14:45:00.000-05:002010-03-10T14:45:26.768-05:00Pt. 2; A touch in the nightIn the previous blog I talked about how the Lord spoke to me about our altered view of reality in the church (myself included!) and how we "go through the motions" without even perceiving that we aren't in touch with reality. Directly after that experience of waking up three times, I laid back in the bed and turned on the ipod to listen to worship music while I went back to sleep. I Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-79740822212468431892010-03-02T20:49:00.005-05:002010-03-10T13:37:24.198-05:00How long have we been asleep?I had an interesting experience Sunday night. It will likely take a few posts to share all of what happened but for now, I will share just part of it.
Sunday night I woke up in the middle of the night and really needed to use the restroom. I sat up in the bed, but was having trouble getting my eyes to actually open. I rubbed them a few times and realized how groggy I really was and how my visionJennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-71680258476991688842010-02-15T16:22:00.005-05:002010-02-15T16:28:42.793-05:00Email Sign UpI have recently been pressed by the Lord to find friends who love my family and the prayer movement, who would be willing to partner with us and cover us in prayer as I pursue the ministry of prayer the Lord has laid out before me. If you want to know more specifically how to pray for us and be a support to our family and the house of prayer, please join this e mail list to receive periodic Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-88041328660253493362010-01-02T12:50:00.010-05:002010-03-10T13:39:00.174-05:00He Delights in ME!I want to share one part of what the Lord did and spoke over me at the OneThing conference this past week. Let me start by saying, I don't share this because I particularly like having the deepest places of my heart visible for anyone to see. I lay my heart bare in hopes that it will lead others to the place of heart encounter with this amazing God who completely knows us and longs to give us Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-43795722736535981282009-12-26T09:25:00.004-05:002009-12-26T10:02:05.230-05:00Thanks for your prayers!Without exaggeration, the morning after the last post I felt a major difference. It was as though the sandpaper rubbing against me was gone. I love it when nothing in circumstances change but the Holy Spirit moves in and the lens that I am viewing things comes into correct view. So, thank you for lifting me up. I knew I needed the help in prayer and IT WORKED. I am going to OneThing this Monday Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-8420460549576562602009-12-21T19:59:00.006-05:002009-12-21T20:26:33.064-05:00SOS!!! Here's my distress call!I might be slightly over-dramatic with the SOS. BUT, I have been insanely busy. Can't lie, I actually contemplated where I might find some Prozac to crush into my coffee! :) I feel like I have been so stressed and overloaded. I need to be out of my house in 2 weeks, where I am moving has had some major issues, so what started out as small remodeling has truly turned into gutting most of the Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-12126598166959199502009-12-15T13:50:00.004-05:002009-12-15T14:03:56.470-05:002009 in ReviewWe’ve been through much in the past year and by the grace of God and the prayers of believers we survived. Honestly, in some ways, we even thrived. I know that isn’t the norm for most in our circumstances to say…it has truly been grace upon grace for us. Eliya just celebrated her 3rd birthday last month. She is a ‘big girl’ now and doesn’t understand why her new status doesn’t entitle her to Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-32782829781374649252009-12-04T08:31:00.007-05:002009-12-04T10:24:33.201-05:00One YearLet me start by saying I can't think of a time I have ever been filled with so many opposing emotions. I hate that the one year mark is a looming, black date that reminds you every time you look at the calendar. In some ways I wish that I lived in the middle of the jungle somewhere where time is only measured in seasons. Obviously, that's not the case. It came and went and in some ways I'm glad Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711544301733200096.post-16061468002122759452009-11-22T23:49:00.003-05:002009-12-01T22:24:46.817-05:00"How is it REALLY?"I got to go to a house concert tonight to hear two of my favorite people play. Karla Adolphe and Eric Kilgore. Eric is local and it was at his house. They shared some of their songs and hearts with about 20 of us there. Karla and her husband Gary said they have been asking that question a lot. The question is, how is it really. How is it through Kingdom mind and Jesus' eyes? Eric shared a little Jennifer Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486695417207520193noreply@blogger.com1