I hate checking in on my favorite blogs only to find that they haven't posted anything AGAIN! Days, weeks and sometimes months go by and nothing (you know who you are!). But I am faithful in my checking, in hopes that one day I will be surprised and find that they have posted something again.
Well, I don't want to be that person for you all. SO I will be forth coming and tell you that I won't be posting for a while. I am dried up. I need a break. Every time I go and try to post something I find that it is either extremely meaningless, or hurtful to someone. So "I'm Out".
My prayer right now is that God will give me emotional rest and the He will renew my strength. I love blogging and I will be back soon.
Love us and pray for us!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
A new day
If you were to scroll through my blog archives you would see many new starts, new beginnings, first days, etc. etc. I guess that is the beauty of 1 day only lasting 24hours. Once that 24 hours is up...... then we all have the choice of a redo or a continuation of what we have been doing.
Over the past days, weeks, months, our lives have been flipped upside down. With my health, Hubby's job, our house, moving, and on and on. I feel like we wake up in the morning and do all that we can to move forward. I feel like our lives have been soaked in prayer and the willfulness to follow God's leading.
BUT...
Confession time:
What else are we supposed to do? Life has been so crazy and chaotic that we have no choice but to pray about it. It is not like we can "fix" anything ourselves. And where are we going to go? We have no choice but to go where God tells us, because there isn't anyone else calling. I know that sounds horrible. I wish that I could say that we sit back with open arms all the time singing "Where ever He leads I'll go". While reading our bibles constantly and praying every hour. But we are in survival mode. I get up, deal with what ever is going to come at us this week while throwing up my "Hail Marys" throughout the day. So Yes, I pray all the time but they are "Oh God help me ____________" kind of prayers.
Now on some level I am sure that this is a good place to be. Where the only thing we can do is pray. But I am a proactive person. I don't like to wake up in the morning and just accept whatever is coming that day. I need a plan. I don't want to be on the defense anymore, I am tired of standing back and waiting for something to come my way and then having to deal with it. I want to run down the field and take life head on. (Football analogy for my hubby)
So.... Today is a new day. I am now changing to the offense.
I am going to actively pursue what God wants instead of sitting back and just accepting "whatever".
*I got up and went to work out at the butt crack of dawn. Choosing to get up an hour and a half early is a great way for me to be proactive about my day. Instead of the alarm grabbing me by the head and throwing me to the floor each morning.
*Had my breakfast then had my quiet time. ( I even squeezed in this blogging time :-)
*I am doing a study on Psalms right now and this morning it was Psalm 19.
One part that stood out to me was:
7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the LORD are sure
and altogether righteous.
One desire I have is that God will revive my soul & put His pure joy back in my heart. So when I read this I saw it as a promise. That if I will be faithful in my commitment to study His word then these are the things He will give me.
God Thank you for a new day. Thank you for the breath of life that you have breathed into us this morning. As we press forward please guide us and when we get weak please hold us up.
Over the past days, weeks, months, our lives have been flipped upside down. With my health, Hubby's job, our house, moving, and on and on. I feel like we wake up in the morning and do all that we can to move forward. I feel like our lives have been soaked in prayer and the willfulness to follow God's leading.
BUT...
Confession time:
What else are we supposed to do? Life has been so crazy and chaotic that we have no choice but to pray about it. It is not like we can "fix" anything ourselves. And where are we going to go? We have no choice but to go where God tells us, because there isn't anyone else calling. I know that sounds horrible. I wish that I could say that we sit back with open arms all the time singing "Where ever He leads I'll go". While reading our bibles constantly and praying every hour. But we are in survival mode. I get up, deal with what ever is going to come at us this week while throwing up my "Hail Marys" throughout the day. So Yes, I pray all the time but they are "Oh God help me ____________" kind of prayers.
Now on some level I am sure that this is a good place to be. Where the only thing we can do is pray. But I am a proactive person. I don't like to wake up in the morning and just accept whatever is coming that day. I need a plan. I don't want to be on the defense anymore, I am tired of standing back and waiting for something to come my way and then having to deal with it. I want to run down the field and take life head on. (Football analogy for my hubby)
So.... Today is a new day. I am now changing to the offense.
I am going to actively pursue what God wants instead of sitting back and just accepting "whatever".
*I got up and went to work out at the butt crack of dawn. Choosing to get up an hour and a half early is a great way for me to be proactive about my day. Instead of the alarm grabbing me by the head and throwing me to the floor each morning.
*Had my breakfast then had my quiet time. ( I even squeezed in this blogging time :-)
*I am doing a study on Psalms right now and this morning it was Psalm 19.
One part that stood out to me was:
7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the LORD are sure
and altogether righteous.
One desire I have is that God will revive my soul & put His pure joy back in my heart. So when I read this I saw it as a promise. That if I will be faithful in my commitment to study His word then these are the things He will give me.
God Thank you for a new day. Thank you for the breath of life that you have breathed into us this morning. As we press forward please guide us and when we get weak please hold us up.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Africa
It has been a while since I have posted about Africa. Many times I get wrapped up in life and forget about the burdens that God has gifted me with. It is easy to live in our self absorbed world and never think about 2.5 Billion living in extreme poverty.
As my heroes continue to prepare their hearts and home for the long awaited arrival of their 2 daughters from Ethiopia, I am blessed to follow their journey though their blog. Recently she blogged about Redletterscampaign. It is a fantastic organization that doesn't believe in just knowing the Gospel, but in living it. It is worth your time to learn, connect, and hopefully experience all that is there.
One blog entry that really spoke to me is this one:
http://www.redletterscampaign.com/blog/2008/04/red-letters-book-club-chapter-3/
I BELIEVE THAT LIVING FAITH CAN END POVERTY!
Do you?
James 1:27, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
God I pray that you will never let us loose sight of our purpose here on Earth. Help us to always stay burdened and never become calloused. God help us to not be cynical... the tool of the lazy thinker. Help us to not see people as anything less than human beings, created by You. Help us to only see problems as opportunities to see You.
As my heroes continue to prepare their hearts and home for the long awaited arrival of their 2 daughters from Ethiopia, I am blessed to follow their journey though their blog. Recently she blogged about Redletterscampaign. It is a fantastic organization that doesn't believe in just knowing the Gospel, but in living it. It is worth your time to learn, connect, and hopefully experience all that is there.
One blog entry that really spoke to me is this one:
http://www.redletterscampaign.com/blog/2008/04/red-letters-book-club-chapter-3/
I BELIEVE THAT LIVING FAITH CAN END POVERTY!
Do you?
James 1:27, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
God I pray that you will never let us loose sight of our purpose here on Earth. Help us to always stay burdened and never become calloused. God help us to not be cynical... the tool of the lazy thinker. Help us to not see people as anything less than human beings, created by You. Help us to only see problems as opportunities to see You.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Balance
I have quickly come to realize that balance is something that I have to work at. And it is not something that comes easily. Since going back to work, I have found that I constantly struggle with time. I am not sure how families, that have 2 full-time working parents, successfully accomplish family time and daily to-dos. I feel like we struggle and there is only 1 working. So KUDOS to those families out there that can get it done.
I realize that to some people , including family, that our choices do not seem logical. It does not make sense that we would choose to have less income so that our family can be together more. The cost of living life the way the world thinks we should is a price that we are not willing to pay. Sure we could both work and have jobs to support our choices but we would rather work to have a family.
I do not want to BALANCE family with work. I want to balance life with family and support it with work.
God please help us to stay focused on want is important. Family, ministry, life. Help us to not be distracted by what the world thinks makes sense. Thank you for the gift of family and thank you for making it so important to us.
I realize that to some people , including family, that our choices do not seem logical. It does not make sense that we would choose to have less income so that our family can be together more. The cost of living life the way the world thinks we should is a price that we are not willing to pay. Sure we could both work and have jobs to support our choices but we would rather work to have a family.
I do not want to BALANCE family with work. I want to balance life with family and support it with work.
God please help us to stay focused on want is important. Family, ministry, life. Help us to not be distracted by what the world thinks makes sense. Thank you for the gift of family and thank you for making it so important to us.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tired
After a long Tuesday night with Hubby and little ones throwing up all night My body decided it didn't want to be left out of the excitement. So Wed. alllllll day I was sick. I don't know if it has to do with the Crohn's or if I am just unlucky but it seems like I get this stuff worse than anyone else in the house. It all seemed a reminiscent of my January episode (which landed me in the hospital) so I was pretty scared all day. This morning I woke feeling a pretty exhausted and pretty sore. Needless to say it was hard to get dressed and come to work.
Many thing to be thankful for though:
-A job to come to.
-God's timing of everyone getting sick. (Baby's first, then daddy, then me. And it was my day off.)
-B and S Still haven't shown signs of getting it.
Blessed be the name is the song that continues to scroll through my exhausted brain.
Many thing to be thankful for though:
-A job to come to.
-God's timing of everyone getting sick. (Baby's first, then daddy, then me. And it was my day off.)
-B and S Still haven't shown signs of getting it.
Blessed be the name is the song that continues to scroll through my exhausted brain.
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