busy.....
It's a four letter word that can imply so much in one person's life. But when you take that word and begin multiplying it by however many people live in your little house, WHOA! It can seem to take over and begin running the train right off the track.
My discretionary time is very limited and so I always feel like I don't know what to choose when it comes, but spending some time on Pinterest is one of the ways I do spend my extra time. It energizes me to see all those fun ideas and gets my creative juices flowing. I am certainly one who functions better when my creativity has an outlet! While on the other night, I clicked on a picture that led me to a blog and her description read, "Living a simple, meaningful, hand-made life." All those words struck me at my heart. I could identify in one way or another with what that message portrayed.
Each year, Mr.Wonderful and I choose a word or words that will give us tracks to go on for that year. This year they are intentional and diligent. Our life is very full right now of many things....
young boys' busyness
school
prayer
uncertainty
ministry
unknown possibilities
love
laundry
struggles
growth
family
friends
cooking
cleaning
But, no matter what I find myself doing, those two words, intentional and diligent, are always looming out in front of me. Jesus was so intentional when He was here on earth. He took time for people and He was certainly busy! Always wanting to be found faithful doing the work of His Father.
Yesterday was a really hard day for me. I was full of so many emotions and thoughts, that I finally had to quietly go sit on my bed and just be still. My heart cried out for God to be God and to show Himself to me here in this hard place. I knew that this ache in the depth of me would not go away or change by relying on anyone or anything else other than God.
He was, of course, faithful. He filled my cup so that I could continue through my day.
My whole day is full of motherhood and help-meet responsibilities and it can all seem like so much! There is always a constant pull to find the most efficient way for our lives to blend and work and compliment one another. I do not think I will never be busy. But in that, I never want to take my eyes off the b"US"y right in the middle of that word. To me "US" is God and I, Mr. Wonderful and I, all five of us~ it is the people in my life.
I want my life to be simple enough that I have time for the priorities that fill my heart.
I want it to be meaningful, so that it matters~ in the eyes of God.
I want it to be hand-made in the sense, that my hands are hard at work building my home and filling it with things that really say, "this is who we are and what we are about."
Those things will not happen unless I am intentional and diligent with my life each day. Each set of 24 hours that God gives to me matters! What words do you find yourself/your family focusing on this year? How are you making sure you live by them each day?
It's a four letter word that can imply so much in one person's life. But when you take that word and begin multiplying it by however many people live in your little house, WHOA! It can seem to take over and begin running the train right off the track.
My discretionary time is very limited and so I always feel like I don't know what to choose when it comes, but spending some time on Pinterest is one of the ways I do spend my extra time. It energizes me to see all those fun ideas and gets my creative juices flowing. I am certainly one who functions better when my creativity has an outlet! While on the other night, I clicked on a picture that led me to a blog and her description read, "Living a simple, meaningful, hand-made life." All those words struck me at my heart. I could identify in one way or another with what that message portrayed.
Each year, Mr.Wonderful and I choose a word or words that will give us tracks to go on for that year. This year they are intentional and diligent. Our life is very full right now of many things....
young boys' busyness
school
prayer
uncertainty
ministry
unknown possibilities
love
laundry
struggles
growth
family
friends
cooking
cleaning
But, no matter what I find myself doing, those two words, intentional and diligent, are always looming out in front of me. Jesus was so intentional when He was here on earth. He took time for people and He was certainly busy! Always wanting to be found faithful doing the work of His Father.
Yesterday was a really hard day for me. I was full of so many emotions and thoughts, that I finally had to quietly go sit on my bed and just be still. My heart cried out for God to be God and to show Himself to me here in this hard place. I knew that this ache in the depth of me would not go away or change by relying on anyone or anything else other than God.
He was, of course, faithful. He filled my cup so that I could continue through my day.
My whole day is full of motherhood and help-meet responsibilities and it can all seem like so much! There is always a constant pull to find the most efficient way for our lives to blend and work and compliment one another. I do not think I will never be busy. But in that, I never want to take my eyes off the b"US"y right in the middle of that word. To me "US" is God and I, Mr. Wonderful and I, all five of us~ it is the people in my life.
I want my life to be simple enough that I have time for the priorities that fill my heart.
I want it to be meaningful, so that it matters~ in the eyes of God.
I want it to be hand-made in the sense, that my hands are hard at work building my home and filling it with things that really say, "this is who we are and what we are about."
Those things will not happen unless I am intentional and diligent with my life each day. Each set of 24 hours that God gives to me matters! What words do you find yourself/your family focusing on this year? How are you making sure you live by them each day?
Proverbs 14:1
The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
