This year I decided that I wanted to focus on one specific area of need in our family. i prayed about this and contemplated it for some time and finally came up with this idea.
This year we are going to have a family verse. We needed to refocus on why we do what we do.
the verse we are going to be using throughout this year is 1 Corthians 10:31
whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do do all tothe Glory of God.
It takes care of a couple of areas.
Namely selfishness, having right motives,and living a God centered life
let me close by asking you this?
Why do you do what you? And what does God want you to focus on this year!?!
i am not normally a prideful person and what I am about to say is not really prideful BUT nonetheless I am Proud of myself. Today has been a rough day, you see I have been sick all day. I got sick after church yesterday. I dismissed it though as being just a very emotionally trying day as we had to say goodbye to some very close friends who are moving on to another ministry and I had some thing to do that i have never done before. I haven’t been physically ill since then But I have been almost constantly nauseous and growing weaker . Normally when this happens I kinda check out i sit in the corner under a blanket with a book. Despite my lack of energy and sick feeling I was able to press on. I didn’t get as much done as I had hoped BUT I did get a bunch done and for that i am VERY VERY grateful!!!
Thank youLord for giving me the stregth i needed to get done the things that needed to getdone. Without you none of thi was possible!
As I sit here I know I haven’t written a post in a coon’s age! Its not as if I have not had PLENTY of blogging fodder and yet nothing!
Lets take a look at what the last few weeks have held for our family!
The two busiest weeks of our ministry OR perrhaps our lives where hubbyt had at least 10 extra speaking engagements OUTSIDE of his normal 2 times on Sunday and once on Wedensday…..he also had two funerals tossed in there ass well. Along with a couple of new experiences for our ministry!
Then Friday before Easter lady bug got Gastroenteritis……which lasted a full 10 days Thankfully not in all its glory BUT she is finally back to Noraml. Then there was Easter Sunday.
During all this my aunt passed away. And we were praying for a dear family friend as she was lossing her battle with cancer.
I had a very interesting encounter with the physicians assisstant at our Doctors office, I had an upper GI (with no scope) Then Hubby gets sick, then I get sick…..all mixed in with whats going on in the world around us with a royal wedding (to which I did NOT get up @ 4 am to watch with the rest of the world) , the tornados that devasted really many parts of the coutry and even here in our state of New York. And lets not forget the most recent and perrhaps the biggest news in quite sometime….the death of Osama Bin Laden yesterday!
Then yesterday we recieved news that someone in our church dies VERY unexpectedly and this morning our friend who was struggling with here battle with cancer met her Lord and Savior.
Whew I am exhausted and I feel as though I have not even done justice to any of them…..but that is for another day!
During our recent move I have had some time to think…Okay so a lot of time to think aqs I unpack box after box after box after box….So here is what I have learned!!!
If I don’t get enough sleep I turn back into a toddler!No tantrums per se but a lot of fussiness!
being a pastor’s wife isn’t just about who you are married to or a bunch of things you do…IT”S WHO YOU ARE!It’s the way you look at life. You eat, sleep, drink and live it…you can’y escape it…Not that I want to!…People have your cell phone #’s and THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!..LOL
Bright colors cheer me up especially green..and my kitchen is a very pretty green!
I enjoy serving people in my home& i really get restless if it has been a while sincewe have had people in our home
It was very hard to be a pastor’s wife& then to be in a churchwhere you are not the pastor’s wife
There is something so amazing about being where God wants you to be!
Blogging helps me..when I am sad, happy, frustrated and joyful…AND MY BLOGGING FRIENDS ARE A HUGE BLESSING TO ME>>AND I MISSED THEM VERY MUCH!
I hate cardboard
Never before i have I felt so attackedby Satan-there is a whole new senseNEEDING to be in God’s word…Sometimes Numerous times a day
I really enjoy sleeping on brand new sheets!
I have come to realize there is no such thing as a normal routine in a pastor’s home..LOL!
I ove my hot watre base board heat!
I am a lover of simple yet elegant things!
I disdain packing tape!
I really am a romantic at heart!
I have expresse3d my artistic side in decorating my home more than ever before!
I’m an introvert and I am okay with that!!!! I don’t need to force myself to be an extrovert just because I am a pastor’s wife…I need to love the people of our church and be sincere with them….Introverts aren’y all hermits…BUT hermits are all introverts!…I am NOT a hermit!
Okay so i don’t know just how long it will be until we get internet hookup in the parsonage BUT it will happen eventually so this is the last time you will hear from me in a while…I love you guys and please pray for our transition time! I will be be back…THAT IS NOT A THREAT BUT A PROMISE!! MOVING DAY IS SATURDAY!
