Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.    Hosea 10:12It amazes me that every year I can put seeds into the ground and not only does a plant come up, but it also produces a fruit or vegetable....

I don't know why this surprises me, but it does...  you take something that is small and dried up looking and care for it and nurture it and it becomes something wonderful and productive...

This morning I went and worked in the garden.... this kind of work is really not hard, but it is time consuming.... and even this early on I am already seeing the benefits of my work.  Today I dug up some potatoes and picked some cayenne peppers.

I could choose to just pick what I have already sown and not put any more work into it, but I don't think that the harvest would continue very long...  This is normally my problem with pretty much everything in life.... I start to see some payoff and think that I no longer have to work, and then weeds creep in and the things I have carefully cultivated are suddenly a mess.

I've felt that I've not been giving my God and my family my best lately.... I put in the initial work, but my follow thru has not been there.

I cut back on work only to find myself with more goof off time spent online or just vegetating....   I have truly felt spoken to by the LORD to be more of a homemaker than in the past.  I have prayed about cutting back at work, but I am finding it easier just to go back to the comfortable routine of working more, despite what GOD says, and then having an excuse to need relaxation time and me time.  I am finding that instead of taking care of my home, I am selfishly spending my time.

I've made the decision that maybe I need to cut back from my online time.... mainly chat forums that I frequent.  I am starting to say 'no' more to things that interfere with my family.  They are great sites that I love, but I feel that I am too mentally involved in them right now. 

I would like to think that this blog has been good for me, and I will probably continue it.  I am amazed that anyone actually reads it, and have been blessed by all of the wonderfully nice comments so many of you have left for me....(I'm also especially a sucker for all of the overseas blips on the map, so always feel free to comment)....  I do feel that there is a certain level of accountability in writing things down... 

So.... life is like a garden.... you get what you sow...