This morning as I was searching for an online devotional to read I came across "Right or Left Thinking-Part 1" on the Proverbs 31 website.  I have never been to their site before, so I do not know much about it, but I know that the Lord led me to read this devotional this morning. 

Deuteronomy 5:32-33, "So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess." (NIV)

The "Reflection Points" were these:

• Do I know what my calling is in life? Have I truly embraced it or am I running from it?
• How can I eliminate the things that keep me from focusing on where God has me?
• Are there any people I struggle with envying? Do I want their callings to be my own? How can I embrace my own unique gifts and the way God has specifically prepared me to serve Him just as I am?

Oh, I am so thankful that over the course of this pregnancy the Lord has gently led me and shown me what my calling is ... to be a WIFE and a MOM ... and a homeschooling mom at that. 

He used the time of terrible morning sickness and fatigue to show me that my focus had gotten way off track and that my priorities were out of whack.  And He gently led me to where my focus and priority needed to be ... my HOME.  Iwas spending so much time working on things that were good for our new church start where my husband is a pastor, but the Lord showed me that, although these things were good, they were not best for me.  I have a dear friend who always says, "Just because it's good doesn't mean that it's best."  I realized that these "good" things were taking me away from the "best" thing ... my family.

Currently I do not struggle with envying other people that I know.  There are others that inspire me, but I am not struggling with envy right now, as the Lord has so turned my heart toward my family that I couldn't imagine anything better than what He has given to me!  My daughter is wonderfully loving and smart and full of life.  My husband is wonderful and perfectly suited for me and loves me so uncondtionally!

So that is my high calling - to be a godly wife and homeschooling mom - that is the calling that the Lord has given me ... and I don't foresee an end to it!  And I am blessed and thrilled to embrace and participate in God's calling on my life!