Giving Diapers, Giving Hope

Cloth diapering has been coming up a lot in my conversations with Matthew recently. We looked into it and it is definitely something we would love to do. I have been praying and thinking about it and wondering how we would ever come up with the money to do it since cloth diapers now a days are a bit on the expensive side.
Well, it looks like God had an answer for me this evening. As I was just casually doing some research I came across another momma blogger and she had this awesome link to this neat website called givingdiapersgivinghope. They provide cloth diapers to low income families for a small shipping fee of $35. They send you gently used cloth diapers that you use until your little babes are done with them then you send them back. The shipping fee covers the cost to ship them to you and for you to ship them back. How awesome is that?!
I am so excited because it is going to save us SO much money!
The website is called www.givingdiapersgivinghope.org
The application is so easy!
What a blessing this will be!! I am beyond excited. GOD IS GOOD!!

Where is your joy found?

Isn't that a wonderful question? To be honest, it's probably something I don't think about that often. But it should be something that we do think about often as believers. 
I have been reading this awesome devotional by Billy Graham. I have been really trying to discipline myself to read it each day because with having two babies so close in age, finding alone time with God sometimes seems impossible. But today's devotion was about where we find our joy.
In this society it is SO easy to seek happiness from material things (cars, sex, porn, clothes, shoes, make up) just to name a few. I will be honest here and say I find a lot of joy in food. And when I'm upset or just not happy in general I tend to instantly think about food. This is not something that I am proud of but it is something that I have been struggling with for awhile. But guess what? Even when I eat that piece of chocolate or that cookie it doesn't make me feel any better. Actually, it makes me feel worse. 
In reading this devotion today I realized why my life has seemed so crazy lately. And the truth is, I have been struggling to put God first. 
Thankfully, what I read put my mind into perspective and I just want to share it because i just want you to see how personal our God is. I really have been struggling to keep my eyes on the Lord. I have been struggling with some things and it hasn't been easy to trust Him in those extremely dark moments. The first verse that came to mind when I read my devotional is Colossians 3:2: Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
This is such a simple truth but it's not so simple to follow when we live in a world saturated with materialistic satisfaction or instant gratification. Especially as a woman. I struggle so much with wanting that perfect body that the girl who just had her baby 2 weeks ago has. Or the perfect skin that the girl on tv has. But my worth is not found in a perfect body or perfect skin. My worth is found in the Heavenly father. The one who created me. The one who makes me new. 
Christ should be my number one priority. Babies or Matthew or anything else should never come before the Lord. 
My point in sharing this is if you do know Jesus and your life still seems like it's spinning out of control it is never too late to turn back and run to Him. And if you don't know Jesus and you are struggling with trying to fill the hole in your heart that just doesn't seem to be filled then run to Him. He is the ONLY one who can make you whole. We were created to love Him. Before I knew the Lord, I loved sex, drugs, alcohol, relationships, and many other things. But none of those gave me the satisfaction I was searching for. It wasn't until I accepted Jesus into my heart that I found the true happiness and peace I was searching for. 
Now that I know the Lord, I could never imagine my life without Him. 
He loves you and He loves me. Go to Him. You won't be disappointed.

Prayers Go Up

Right now, I'm on the hunt for a job.
Matthew and I no longer have anyone helping with rent so I need to find a job. I am applying to different places and just praying for clear vision on what the Lord wants me to do. And that He would provide the perfect job. When Matthew gets home we are going to pray together and just lay it all down in front of His feet. Also, Matthew and I are talking about maybe hiring a babysitter during the day so that I can get a job during the day while Matthew is at work. It would definitely be cheaper then daycare and I would feel a lot more comfortable with a babysitter rather than sticking our babies in daycare. And neither of our parents want to watch the babies so a babysitter seems to be the next best option.
Please join us as we pray for some clear provision from the Lord. :)

Go Fund Me Account

Hey everyone..
So I have heard about "GoFundMe" from a lot of different sources. So, I set up an account to see how it goes. Matthew and I are in need of a little extra help paying our bills (utility, credit card, and car insurance) due to Matthew losing his job and being out of work for a week. Any amount would be greatly appreciated. I will include the link below:

http://www.gofundme.com/helpthereillyfam

Thank you!

Life in the Reilly home

I haven't written in awhile about our life so I figured I'd give an update. I'll go by each person. :)

First, I'll write about Malachi. Two days ago he turned 20 months old! I can't believe he will be two in October. It blows me away to think about him turning two. We are already starting to plan his 2nd birthday party! His favorite show is The Wiggles. He's finally consistent in sleeping through the night as long as he gets a snack before he goes to sleep. He really loves food and most anything we give him which is a huge blessing! I'm so happy that he isn't a picky eater! And he loves healthy food. He's saying a lot of words and small phrases such as "help please".  He is such a SWEET boy. He's so loving and so cute. And sometimes it's so hard when I have to punish him and he sticks that little lip out and has tears coming down his face! Talk about pitiful, lol. Thankfully he listens pretty well so there isn't too much punishing going on. He's also become very attached to Matthew. Everything is "daddy". When he wakes up he says daddy. When he's eating he says daddy. When he's playing he will come to me and say daddy. He really loves his daddy and when daddy comes home he just wants to play with daddy. I'd say Matthew has become his favorite person!! He's not been teething lately which is a nice break since it seemed like he teethed for the last six months non stop. And lastly, he's healthy. Praise God for that! He's only been sick  twice since he's been born. And I'm so happy for that! Here's a recent picture of Malachi. 

It's so hard to get one of him sitting still! But here he's playing with his car. 

Now about Elianna! She's doing wonderfully! She will be four months old next week! I really can't believe she will be 4 months old. It's gone so fast! She's sleeping between 4 & 5 hours at a time at night which is awesome! I have been getting more sleep which is nice and Matthew helps by bringing Elianna to me to nurse her and on the weekends he will take her in the morning & let me sleep! She just started rolling from her belly to her back! She loves to watch tv and she loves music. She loves her swing and I'm so thankful we have one since she gets fussy. She cries a lot more than Malachi ever did. So that's tough sometimes. But other than that she's good! And she's an excellent nurser which I am SOOO happy about since breastfeeding only lasted a week with Malachi. 

Here's a recent picture of her doing tummy time! 

Me and Matthew are doing good. He really loves his new job! He loves to be outside and breathe in the fresh air. He has been doing his ministry and they're planning a camping trip. Matthew and I have been dealing with some things in our marriage so we are working on that. Just please keep us in your prayers. Although Matthew loves his new job we both just feel like we should be in full time ministry. But we are waiting for God's timing. It's tough sometimes to wait on him. We love our life and we wouldn't want to change it, though. To be honest, we are very satisfied because as long as we are running after Christ we are content no matter where He takes us. Matthew and I have adjusted to having two children and we love it! I honestly wish we could have more right away! I love babies and I love raising them & watching them grow & change. We really hope to buy a house someday sooner then later! 

That's about it in the Reilly family! Hope you enjoyed the update.