That is what I did today….i got Ugly! What does that mean? Well getting ugly is that all out crying moment when you can’t control tears, sobs…..anything. It’s that moment you fall to your knees and cry out to Jesus for your sanity’s sake. It’s that moment you have nothing left to give this world, and you need strength, mercy and grace lest you end up on the 5 o’clock news! (You hopefully understand that I said that to make a point!) It’s the breaking point where you have no where else to turn.
I have been catching up all week on a Bible Study God laid on my heart to join….4 weeks late! AMAZING thing is, i have almost accomplished that goal! So why all the ugly? Why today? Why now?
I have mentioned a few times that I have been working on the Good Morning Girls Bible Study. It is my first time participating in an online Bible study and I have loved it for the most part and I look forward to the next one. It is hard to believe there is only two weeks left! It has flown by so very quickly…too quickly.
I have shared only a few things but this week, I thought I might share something that hit me. We will start at the beginning of the week with Monday’s verse:
Proverbs 31:30 – Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. (ESV)
The very first thing is the little phrase, “is to be praised”. Notice it’s not “will be praised”. King Lemuels mother is telling her son to praise God fearing women…particularly his wife, after that what she is teaching him to look for is a God fearing woman.
Then as the week progresses we hit the passage that challenged my heart…actually the very next day: Tuesday!
……oh wouldn’t you like to know? Actually I want to say this if you are a Christian who works with or has or loves a little kid who is a big fan of Veggie Tales I have some news that I want to talk to you about! Now about that email. The email was from MovieGuide. They send out e-mails concerning family centered entertainment choices! The most recent email I received was concerning VeggieTales who had been purchased along with Classic Media, which includes Rocky and Bullwinkle, Casper the Friendly Ghost and some others, by none other than Dreamworks! When I opened the email it startled me because there alongside of our once beloved VeggieTales stands Shrek and his whole ogerish crew! Now many of you knew I lost interest in VeggieTales back when Phil Vischer lost ownership, but this newest developement leaves me as a mom scratching my head. By placing Veggie Tales next to Shrek is Dreamworks preparing us for a drastic change? Will we be hearing crude donkey jokes out of sweet little junior asparagus? (or at least something along those lines??).
I have found all of this very interesting! I hope you do tooo. We need to keep our eyes and ears open as we guard what is absorbed by the little hearts and minds God has given to us to be stewards over. I am not telling you what to choose either! We need to be watchful and understand what on earth is going on around us! We need to be informed!
…about myself anyway. I think I have always known it but it became very evident last night as I neared the end of C.S. lewis’ book The Screwtape Letters. I found myself getting giddy. And as i thought about it i realized that i really enjoy finishing things. Goofy right! I made myself laugh. I like finishing projects, events, seasons, stages in my kids lives (especially that infamous diaper stage), books, Bible studies….and even bottles of condiments and so on.
But as i thought about this it started seeming not so strange. Just as a runner wants to finish a race so i want to accomplish my goals! So as a mom i know my kids and hubby have been well taken care of by finishing off food we have purchased! As i finishreading a book i am a little closer to becoming a more knowledgeable person and as i grow older and near er the end of my life i know that i can finish well! I want to accomplish all to the glory of God…or at least some of it. And i press towards that mark of hearing well done good and faithful servent!
Hi guys, I know it has been a long while but life has been….shall we say hectic. That seems like the BIGGEST understatement but it is as good as I have got right now. We have completely moved everything here from the parsonage. I have unpacked boxes, hosted missionaries, pulled a couple of kids teeth, went away for a week to PA, and ya know what if I kept going you would get bored really fast!
One of the biggest things that has been taking my time is a readjusting of priorities! I joined an online bible study called Good Morning Girls; this study is based out of Proverbs 31. I started this study back in May when we were in Michigan and I have just started week 10! This study has truly changed me! The last two weeks have been two of the hardest in my life. I know harder days could come but through it all I have stayed consistent and not neglected God’s Word when I SHOULD BE DOING other things. There is always something more to be done but every morning I need to check my heart and motives! Oh and another thing……my distraction level has been way down. I have ADOS (Attention Deficit Ohhhh Shiny). No seriously it has been a struggle since I was a kid and I am, with God’s help, accomplishing some great things!
So what is the plan for the rest of the summer? To keep going! I had my doubts as to how all this would work out with all of the kids at home (lets just say it didn’t work out like I planned on paper!) but I think it is actually going better. I want to do a couple of things here on the blog before the summer is out. I want to host my first giveaway! I want to post my first video tutorial! Do some housekeeping! AND show you our new house via a couple of videos! I am excited about some new things rolling around in my head! So have a blessed day!
