I've just been spending some time on AHolyExperience and I must say that I am stirred. I went through a season where I read her blog daily. She inspired me to blog more. The music on her site also stirred me. I requested some of the musician's music for Christmas and love the cd's. I have not read her blog for a few months now, you know, life . . . things got busy. So I just spent a few minutes reading her last several entries and can feel a stirring inside.
She does write in my style, but her words move me. The atmosphere that she creates on her site, stirs me. She gets me to think about things in a different way. I'm not poetic, so I sometimes must work at understanding but it is always worth it. I leave her site with a challenge to see something differently, feel something differently, write differently, and express myself differently.
The other day, I opened "The Message" and knew God was going to meet me in those pages. He did . . . He warned me to watch my mouth (see Eph 5), to bridle my tongue and speak in love. As is generally the case, I had opportunities to practice these instructions during the enxt several days . . . sometimes I did well, and other times I fell into old patterns, but at least I recognized it quicker those times. It is a good thing that God doesn't show us all of our faults at once; I know I couldn't take it. But as He enlightens me, little by little, I'm able to make changes, little by little, and grow and mature and then be ready, once again, for Him to show me the next areas to conquer.
Family has arrived, just as I finished the last paragraph, so I must be finished with what He wanted me to share today. On to a birthday celebration, my firstborn turned 18 yesterday, and FIREWORKS!!! What fun! Have a blessed weekend!
(Me and my dd, Tiffany on an easy to climb tree limb on vacation in VA in 2007.) These are my ramblings on homeschooling and whatever else comes to mind.
Counting Down
The Holidays are over and I'm not quite ready to start a new count down yet. Maybe I should start a counting up the number of days I've stayed on my "diet".
