I love to write. But I have been in a little writing funk for the past couple of years...Just not knowing what to write, where to start, how to tell it, etc. A lot on my mind but nothing to pull it all together in my sometimes chaotic brain...The desire to write or share is always there.
I strive to be myself...Sometimes a toned down version when appropriateness calls for it. :)
I feel like something holds me back when it comes to writing lately. Is it myself? Is it the fear of getting in trouble for being "me"? Does worrying what others think hold me back?
I want to be truly me regardless of outside influence or deterrence. I like to think I am pretty real and down to earth in general. Yet, I know that I hold back sometimes though.
And I don't want to hold back.
What if everyone could just be real, 100% of the time?
But people aren't.
So in this blog I strive to not hold back, maybe tone down the spunk at times, BUT not hold back-for the sake of being Truly Me 100% of the time.
At this point I am missing my spunk. Where did I go?
In the midst of moving, transitioning, chaos, I feel like I've lost a little bit of me slowly but surely.
And I like Me.
SO, Here's to coming out of the "careful what you say and how you say it" to coming back to myself and who God created me to be! Cheers!
August 26, 2011
August 16, 2011
Humility
Humility. A godly characteristic we all struggle to maintain from time to time. But so important it is continuously in scripture throughout the Bible. The more and more we struggle the more and more we need to be brought to level ground. It's a vicious cycle really.
Pride. Some of us, the more prideful we feel the more pride we show. The more pride we show, the obviously less humble we are. The less Humble we are the greater the struggle to maintain regular humility.
We try to show ourselves off to the world in a way. I think we are worried they won't notice if we don't shout it from the rooftops or non-saliently 'brag' about what we think we've done in our own power. But the vicious cycle is that the more we try to show how "great we are" the more "knocked down" we feel.
God's intention is for us to remain humble so that HE can lift us up. He will do a better job fighting for us and raising us up than we can even try.
James 4:9-10 -Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
1 Peter 5:4-6 -And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
Proverbs 11:2 -When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 18:12 -Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Pride. Some of us, the more prideful we feel the more pride we show. The more pride we show, the obviously less humble we are. The less Humble we are the greater the struggle to maintain regular humility.
We try to show ourselves off to the world in a way. I think we are worried they won't notice if we don't shout it from the rooftops or non-saliently 'brag' about what we think we've done in our own power. But the vicious cycle is that the more we try to show how "great we are" the more "knocked down" we feel.
God's intention is for us to remain humble so that HE can lift us up. He will do a better job fighting for us and raising us up than we can even try.
James 4:9-10 -Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
1 Peter 5:4-6 -And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
Proverbs 11:2 -When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 18:12 -Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Humility=Wisdom
Humility=Honor
Humility=Favor
August 11, 2011
Family Thoughts...
As summer, unfortunately nears an end and we gear up for another school year I find myself thinking a lot of the average family in today's world. The one thing that comes to mind is "BUSY". We are way too, cotton picking busy people.
Some of us rushing here, there and everywhere, carting the world and ourselves all over kingdom come like chickens with our heads cut off. What has happened to truly valuing QUALITY time? How can we do that when we are so rushed and occupied with life?
Now, I know there are busy seasons in this roller coaster of life. I get it. I have kids. I have a life. We understand busy. But I am SO thankful my husband and I are on the same page as far as balance! Balance is the key! Is your life balanced? Does your family come first NO MATTER what?
I have a few bits of advice that are just on my heart to share in hopes that they might encourage someone to take control of their family time and VALUE these short years we have with our children at home instead of shuffling them & ourselves off everywhere!
1. One kid, One event. Period.
2. Think about creating a starting age for events. We started Carter at 3 (firstborn syndrome) Waited for Addyson who is now 6 & starting riding lessons. But we'll see if we can stick with that and keep Makenna (4) from an activity besides the library story time til she is 6.
3. Look ahead in calendar planning. A calendar, when you can help it should be well balanced. A month should not look crammed. If you have an especially busy week, then plan that one of the days you happen to have free is a "keep free/plan nothing" day. I don't care if you have to be constantly doing something! Or if you are one of "those busy bodies". There is VALUE in the stillness!
4. Schedule dates with your spouse. Get them on the calendar. DATES are extremely important to set time aside for!
5. Schedule dates with your kids. Schedule time with each one individually, that you set aside to do whatever they want (within reason). Our kids LOVE coffee dates and just talking.
6. You have the REST of your life to do "everything" else. Remember you will never look back and wish you did one more event, went to one more gathering, meeting, trip, etc... BUT You will look back and wish you spent one more moment with your child(ren).
7. Don't sacrifice your kids on the altar of busyness & hectic schedules. Don't be so willing to trade in your family for anything.
8. Eat at least 3 dinners a week together as a family
9. Love to a child is most often spelled T-I-M-E
We must strive to balance our weeks, then our months, so our years don't fly so tremendously fast. Don't rush this time you have with your children. Don't thrive on them being "gone".
Your child needs you. They need to know that you want to be with them. That you like being with them. That you not only LOVE them, but you like them and thoroughly enjoy them too!
Slow down...Say No...Put your family first
Some of us rushing here, there and everywhere, carting the world and ourselves all over kingdom come like chickens with our heads cut off. What has happened to truly valuing QUALITY time? How can we do that when we are so rushed and occupied with life?
Now, I know there are busy seasons in this roller coaster of life. I get it. I have kids. I have a life. We understand busy. But I am SO thankful my husband and I are on the same page as far as balance! Balance is the key! Is your life balanced? Does your family come first NO MATTER what?
I have a few bits of advice that are just on my heart to share in hopes that they might encourage someone to take control of their family time and VALUE these short years we have with our children at home instead of shuffling them & ourselves off everywhere!
1. One kid, One event. Period.
2. Think about creating a starting age for events. We started Carter at 3 (firstborn syndrome) Waited for Addyson who is now 6 & starting riding lessons. But we'll see if we can stick with that and keep Makenna (4) from an activity besides the library story time til she is 6.
3. Look ahead in calendar planning. A calendar, when you can help it should be well balanced. A month should not look crammed. If you have an especially busy week, then plan that one of the days you happen to have free is a "keep free/plan nothing" day. I don't care if you have to be constantly doing something! Or if you are one of "those busy bodies". There is VALUE in the stillness!
4. Schedule dates with your spouse. Get them on the calendar. DATES are extremely important to set time aside for!
5. Schedule dates with your kids. Schedule time with each one individually, that you set aside to do whatever they want (within reason). Our kids LOVE coffee dates and just talking.
6. You have the REST of your life to do "everything" else. Remember you will never look back and wish you did one more event, went to one more gathering, meeting, trip, etc... BUT You will look back and wish you spent one more moment with your child(ren).
7. Don't sacrifice your kids on the altar of busyness & hectic schedules. Don't be so willing to trade in your family for anything.
8. Eat at least 3 dinners a week together as a family
9. Love to a child is most often spelled T-I-M-E
We must strive to balance our weeks, then our months, so our years don't fly so tremendously fast. Don't rush this time you have with your children. Don't thrive on them being "gone".
Your child needs you. They need to know that you want to be with them. That you like being with them. That you not only LOVE them, but you like them and thoroughly enjoy them too!
Slow down...Say No...Put your family first
August 4, 2011
Ode to Motherhood
What to you is the loudest, most obnoxious animal at the zoo? Multiply that by 10 and you have the sounds endured on the car ride home from church last night.
My best friend drove us home because my van is in the shop & jeremy needed his car. So in the midst of the cackling hyena, screeching penguin, and obnoxious sea lion, in other words: MY 3 Kids; my best friend says "so this is really your life, hey?"
My response: "Yea, it's amazing I'm not addicted to meth"
I love my kids. Don't get me wrong. They are the cutest, most adorable, sweetest, 'I cannot smooch them enough' kids on earth! I LOVE my children.
But like any good mom, sometimes you just have to think, it's amazing we're as sane as we actually are, given all that being a mom entails. Ode to single parents who do it all alone, cause when my husband is out of town and there is no "momma needs quiet time". Wow. My ears bleed, my kids talk non-stop, they are all mini-me's...3 times little me. Ahhhhhhhh!
Little divas...
I'll take the crazy & chaos over ANY thing though. Because how can you not see these faces and feel beyond blessed as a mom!
My best friend drove us home because my van is in the shop & jeremy needed his car. So in the midst of the cackling hyena, screeching penguin, and obnoxious sea lion, in other words: MY 3 Kids; my best friend says "so this is really your life, hey?"
My response: "Yea, it's amazing I'm not addicted to meth"
I love my kids. Don't get me wrong. They are the cutest, most adorable, sweetest, 'I cannot smooch them enough' kids on earth! I LOVE my children.
But like any good mom, sometimes you just have to think, it's amazing we're as sane as we actually are, given all that being a mom entails. Ode to single parents who do it all alone, cause when my husband is out of town and there is no "momma needs quiet time". Wow. My ears bleed, my kids talk non-stop, they are all mini-me's...3 times little me. Ahhhhhhhh!
Little divas...
I'll take the crazy & chaos over ANY thing though. Because how can you not see these faces and feel beyond blessed as a mom!
July 12, 2011
Quirks
I have a need to touch everything when I am out shopping.
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I cannot go to bed dirty in any way!
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I also like to look at menus online before I go out to eat so I can have an idea of what I want. More often than not I end up getting something totally different.
I cannot go to bed dirty in any way!
One of My Favorite Shows
How can this not make a person happy just hearing the intro to this show???
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated.
We're gonna do it!
Give us any chance, we'll take it.
Give us any rule, we'll break it.
We're gonna make our dreams come true.
Doin' it our way.
Nothin's gonna turn us back now,
Straight ahead and on the track now.
We're gonna make our dreams come true,
Doin' it our way.
There is nothing we won't try,
Never heard the word impossible.
This time there's no stopping us.
We're gonna do it.
On your mark, get set, and go now,
Got a dream and we just know now,
We're gonna make our dream come true.
And we'll do it our way, yes our way.
Make all our dreams come true,
And do it our way, yes our way,
Make all our dreams come true
For me and you.
July 11, 2011
We're Not Smarter than God
It's officially happened. My 9 year old daughter may believe she is smarter than me. Not really, but I think I passed the "mom is kind of an idiot" test in her eyes tonight. Carter had these little ball things she got from a friend, apparently called "orbeez" (I had to look it up to find out the exact spelling. My guess would have been orbies.) Later on she was putting them in water and I said "what do you do with these "OOBIES" anyways?"..."ohhh hmph. They. Are. Orbeez. Mom."
Well, excuse me...'Like Duh'.
I have very sweet kids, but they do have their moments of "eye rolling" at my expense.
Like our children, don't we as God's children do this to Him? As His children, don't you think sometimes he may say "I actually have very sweet kids but they have their moments of "thinking they know more than Me".
The God who created the heavens & the earth and all that is in it. Who has infinite wisdom, power, greatness, holiness. Who is all knowing. Who can take any and everything and make it good. Who uses us in the midst of our weakness & imperfection and calls us lovely and amazing and beautiful and wonderfully made. Who has plans and purposes for us in this world HE created.
We are the children, but we treat our heavenly Father as though we know more than Him. The one who knows, sees, and hears ALL!
Well, excuse me...'Like Duh'.
I have very sweet kids, but they do have their moments of "eye rolling" at my expense.
Like our children, don't we as God's children do this to Him? As His children, don't you think sometimes he may say "I actually have very sweet kids but they have their moments of "thinking they know more than Me".
The God who created the heavens & the earth and all that is in it. Who has infinite wisdom, power, greatness, holiness. Who is all knowing. Who can take any and everything and make it good. Who uses us in the midst of our weakness & imperfection and calls us lovely and amazing and beautiful and wonderfully made. Who has plans and purposes for us in this world HE created.
We are the children, but we treat our heavenly Father as though we know more than Him. The one who knows, sees, and hears ALL!
We're NOT smarter than God. We don't have all of the answers. But HE does.
God's plans are perfect and His ways are higher. Trust Him that He has our BEST interest at heart. That in His infinite wisdom & knowledge, He sees the whole picture. He knows us better than we know ourselves, we can trust Him to lead & guide us. We can stop trying to fit Him into our plans and start following Him & His plans because HE knows BEST and He wants us to rest in that fact.
Who are we that we think God can be guided? God leads us. We don't lead Him.
God will always be ahead of us.
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