Blog 1

I have a lot on my mind today, so Lord willing; I may write more than one blog.  Have you guys ever tried waking up in the morning and committing your day to the Lord?  I have a goal of waking up every morning and digging into Scripture.  This is a great goal, and I am not letting go of it—but sometimes it doesn’t get to happen in the morning.  Sometimes my little Kaleb wakes up and starts whimpering.  And though I have no problem with training him to stay in bed until I go get him (usually around 7), I personally have a hard time focusing on reading with the noise.  But I can always pray. 

Are you a list maker?  I am definitely a list maker!  Give me a topic and I’ll make you a list!  I’m always planning things out, scheduling and rescheduling exactly what life should look like.  Sometimes I think I spend more time making lists than I spend actually doing the work.  I read somewhere that businesses are 75% more effective if they create lists.  I don’t know if this is true or not, but I’ve held to that statistic for quite a while now, just to back up my own habits!  Life is getting busier now—with adopting our third child and driving several hours a week to go pick up our precious son and then to drive him back to his foster parents.  I barely have time to keep up on basic house work, let alone make a list of what I need to do!  I have dirty laundry in the hallway right now, dirty laundry on our bedroom floor, on my boys’ bedroom floor, muddy shoes from the pumpkin patch sitting in the bathtub with the hope that I will find time to clean them sometime soon, etc.  I could go on and on.  But it doesn’t matter; I’m not making a list, am I? J  Since I don’t have time lately, here’s what I’ve been doing—I wake up in the morning, close my eyes, and give my day to the Lord.  It is so simple ladies.  It takes less time than making a silly old list, and yet, the day goes so much smoother because of it!  It is freeing to say “Lord, this day is yours—guide it, show me what you want me to do and how you want me to live, and let this day glorify you.”  That’s it.  I highly suggest it. 

“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps” –Proverbs 16:9.

Anyways, that wasn’t at all what I had planned to talk about—but I’m glad I did.  Thank you Lord. J  And guess what?  Now my little Kaleb is whimpering and I’m feeling that I really ought to take a shower and then go get him up and make breakfast with my little guy.  Hopefully there will be more time to write later!