Inconsistency

Well, if you've been following my blog, you will have noticed that I am not very consistent, to say the very least. It is that way in most areas of my life; always has been. I have spurts of focus and dedication, durring which time, I attempt to acomplish enough to carry me through until my next spurt of vision. This is the manner in which I aproach housework, gardening, reading, exercising, all hobbies and now blogging. As you can imagine, some areas of my life would really be more successful if I were more consistent. Take gardening for example, once the seeds are planted, well, I'm about worn out for a while. When the weeds are getting to be the dominant presence in the rows, I become determined once again to be a good gardener and I attack them with a vengence. However, upon viewing a flourishing garden of growing vegetables, I relax yet again, only to repeat the cycle a few weeks later! Housekeeping, similar story; though I have been amazing myself since our house has been up for sale. We aren't even going to talk about exercise at this time.
I guess it all comes down to priorities for me. I place high value in time spent with God and my family; should be in that order, but that isn't always the case. I also feel that it is important to spend time with friends and peers, developing relationships that encourage and uplift myself and others through the Holy Spirit.
I am working on the area of consistency in my life. Nothing is too big a task for God!

Heartfelt

Since it is my Birthday week (I'll explain later), it is a good time to look at myself and assess my facets. I'm not talking about my physical appearance, though I could evaluate my situation there as well, but about my heart condition expressed in outward behaviour. Luke 6:45 The good man (woman)brings good things out of the good stored up in his/her heart, and the evil man (woman) brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his/her heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. My personal habits, actions and words are an outward expression of my heart condition. Awareness of this fact helps me to remember to bring my heart before the Lord and ask Him to create in me a clean heart. He is faithful to finish the work He has started in me!
About my Birthday week; it was Steve's idea last year that I get to have a whole week of Birthday celebration: coffee with friends, special treats and massages. This year he remembered again and told me that I get to buy myself a new Starbucks mug in celebration of Birthday week. Today I am going to Prince George with my good friend, Sarah, and I will be picking out my "love mug" from my husband! In fact, Sarah will be here to pick me up any minute, so I must go make myself pretty.
You can pray for me this week that God shows me the areas of my heart that he wants to work on next:)

Life as a roller coaster

I find that it is sooo easy to be faithful, happy, gracious, pleasant, patient and agreeable when everything is going well. It is amazing what a plump bank account can do for the spiritual life! It is so easy to see, feel, embrace God's goodness when all things are flowing smoothly. The real test of my character comes during the tough times. Not enough money to pay bills feels like a good reason to grumble, snap at my family members, feel blue. It also seems harder to read the Bible during tough times, though praying still comes naturally. I'm sure God notices a change in my tone during such prayers.
This is the issue that God has been pointing out to me lately. To be faithful and Christlike under every circumstance. Lord, please change my heart to be focused entirely on you rather than external circumstances. Help me to be an example of faithfulness to my children, because you are always faithful. Amen.

I have been dicovered!

So, the cats out of the bag! My husband knows about my blog! The good thing is that now I have to be accountable about how much time I piddle away on the computer:). He asked me what the difference is between this and Facebook. I had to be honest; well, this is all about me! If you log on to my blog, there may eventually be comments by others, but primarily, this blog is about me and my family:) If you want to sort through informationa about hoards of different people, then check me out on Facebook. It is a hoot, really. I just want to weed out the mass quantity people and find out who really cares. I already know who will read this page. Sarah for sure; if she can fit me into her 30 minutes. Once we head south to Guatemala, I am sure that I will get a following of family, friends and curious supporters who are interested in our story. I look forward to those days of chatting about the experiences of what I look forward to as the road trip of a lifetime! We have already been called crazy so go ahead and say it! But all of you have to admit that you will be living somewhat vicariously through us as we set out on the open road. Well, for now you can pray with us that the journey continues to lead us closer to a departure date! In the meantime, God is teaching me to wait on Him. He is faithful, and I am in awe.
Good night.

amateur blogging

This is my first entry of my very first Blog! In fact, I have very rarely even visited the blogs of other seasoned bloggers. So bear with me as I learn the ropes. I will say that the hour is late, and I am blogging instead of sleeping; this is a good sign that I may one day become an avid blogger like my good friend, Sarah. Since, however, I do not exhibit the same discipline in life that she does, I fear that blogging may indeed consume my time. I suppose that in order to blog continually, I would need to always have something intelligent to say. And since that is an unlikely condition, my regular household duties need not worry. At this time one might comment on my apparent willingness to ramble, thus renewing my concerns of neglectful behaviour.
I will end this first entry with good intentions. It is my desire to blog for the purpose of sharing only my worthwhile experiences and contemplations with the general public a.k.a. blog readers.
Now I am off to bed to toss and turn indefinitely.