Happy new year to you all!!! May the Lord bless you, your family and friends, prosper you in your life and keep you well.
What's happened this year?
We moved, Kevin lost his job then got a better one and we had a baby, Kevin is working in his promoted position as Operations Supervisor and truly enjoying his work. The company he works for is great and we feel blessed that Kevin has this job.
What does 2009 hold for us? Well, we could make plans based on what we have but really, it's just live life day to day and do what we do. But on the list of things that will happen are: get through kindergarten, start high school, (no really, I will have a highschool kid this time next year) work on strategies for parenting and get to church every week.
Added to the list are dumb things like losing weight, eating better and keeping a clean house but.... I have one that I really think will tie everything together.
I have a friend who has read the bible 5 times... I think it's five, it's 4 for sure. I would like to do it once... it's not "difficult" it's just a "gotta do it" thing. So, using my trusty igoogle page with my Google Reader plugged into it, I have found a one year bible blog and today read the scriptures of day one and two of 2009.
I laughed when I got to the last scripture reference because I have heard so many times before that life didn't come with an instruction book. Maybe it's more like never knowing how to change the time on the VCR but never bothering to look at the manual. This passage should read, "Instructions for Living In Full Epiphany or L.I.F.E."
Proverbs 1:1-7
The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
for attaining wisdom and discipline;
for understanding words of insight;
for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing what is right and just and fair;
for giving prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young-
let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance-
for understanding proverbs and parables,
the sayings and riddles of the wise.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Christmas gift from God: Forgiveness
My newest and most profound concept to learn, yet oddly something I have not gone through, is forgiveness. I love that it's still Christmas time and that I am going to learn this concept starting now because some of us are celebrating the birth of the Saviour. I hope that by Easter I will have a larger understanding of forgivness so that I can celebrate that season like no other in my 16 year walk with God.
It's going to be great to finally release my anger, resentment and pain from my past so that I can move on to being a whole person filled with true peace, honest love and walk in full grace....
On another note...let's chose A# (which is B flat) ...
We were SO blessed this Christmas and I looking forward to 2009 as we anticipate another year full of joy as we celebrate our 13 years of marriage and embark on our 14th. Who on earth would have thought that WE, Kevin and Jennifer would have this life....
love to all :)
It's going to be great to finally release my anger, resentment and pain from my past so that I can move on to being a whole person filled with true peace, honest love and walk in full grace....
On another note...let's chose A# (which is B flat) ...
We were SO blessed this Christmas and I looking forward to 2009 as we anticipate another year full of joy as we celebrate our 13 years of marriage and embark on our 14th. Who on earth would have thought that WE, Kevin and Jennifer would have this life....
love to all :)
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
How do you change your habits
It's that time of year... yes Christmas and stockings and turkey and Merry Ho Ho, but more the "resolution" time of year. I have claimed for many years to not make resolutions for the same reason that I claim to be a non-competitive person. Who knows me knows that I have a competitive side but only when I think I can win. My resolutions are no different. I make them all the time not just for the first day of the year.
Judgement is the next part of this. Judge lest ye be judged... ponder that for a moment.... Today I was so angry at Kevin as I shovelled the sidewalk and made room for the garbage and recycling. Added to my anger was the fact that my garbage system was not followed by neither children NOR husband (2 lidded cans for kitchen garbage and the third for misc NON food type) and the crows got into it. I lost my temper with Austin because when I asked him to come help me he said NO and went away. So being the good citizen that I am, I cleaned up the mess and started to shovel.
I asked God why just like almost everyone does, regardless of their faith structure and wondered why I had to be the one to do it, why I was the one with the problem kids and why I am the one who has had such a hard go at childhood that spills on to my own kids'. Those thoughts often round to, "Don't worry about stuff, I have it under control, I am God and I have a plan," which nowadays does provide peace and strength to continue on and rounded me to darn it, I need some salt... oh well...
Tonight while Kev and I went to get our turkey, I was explaining to him that I was so mad at him this morning for not doing the man job and shovelling and salting. He did say sorry but sorta wondered why the sidewalks should be his responsibility ... 10 minutes pass and a few turns and skids later he complains that people are parking further and further away from the curb making is more dangerous to drive around because "they're too lazy to" .... he totally paused and got quietish .... "shovel"
We had a good laugh about that one and I got to say, Judge, lest ye be judged, see, it's YOU who will judge YOU when YOU judge another....
So here's me judging me. How does THAT work... if I judge myself off the bat, does that help in correcting the flaw? I want to change this thing in my life called we don't do anything with our kids syndrome and feel SO GUILTY about all the stuff we see other people do then we make excuses about how we can't. So, I want to change this .... it's not as easy as the tips I am about to ask for, but as most of you know, I do a shopping cart method and Denise might suggest something that matches with what Laura might say or something that Kristen might comment on :) so go for it, tell me how do YOU change your habits.
Judgement is the next part of this. Judge lest ye be judged... ponder that for a moment.... Today I was so angry at Kevin as I shovelled the sidewalk and made room for the garbage and recycling. Added to my anger was the fact that my garbage system was not followed by neither children NOR husband (2 lidded cans for kitchen garbage and the third for misc NON food type) and the crows got into it. I lost my temper with Austin because when I asked him to come help me he said NO and went away. So being the good citizen that I am, I cleaned up the mess and started to shovel.
I asked God why just like almost everyone does, regardless of their faith structure and wondered why I had to be the one to do it, why I was the one with the problem kids and why I am the one who has had such a hard go at childhood that spills on to my own kids'. Those thoughts often round to, "Don't worry about stuff, I have it under control, I am God and I have a plan," which nowadays does provide peace and strength to continue on and rounded me to darn it, I need some salt... oh well...
Tonight while Kev and I went to get our turkey, I was explaining to him that I was so mad at him this morning for not doing the man job and shovelling and salting. He did say sorry but sorta wondered why the sidewalks should be his responsibility ... 10 minutes pass and a few turns and skids later he complains that people are parking further and further away from the curb making is more dangerous to drive around because "they're too lazy to" .... he totally paused and got quietish .... "shovel"
We had a good laugh about that one and I got to say, Judge, lest ye be judged, see, it's YOU who will judge YOU when YOU judge another....
So here's me judging me. How does THAT work... if I judge myself off the bat, does that help in correcting the flaw? I want to change this thing in my life called we don't do anything with our kids syndrome and feel SO GUILTY about all the stuff we see other people do then we make excuses about how we can't. So, I want to change this .... it's not as easy as the tips I am about to ask for, but as most of you know, I do a shopping cart method and Denise might suggest something that matches with what Laura might say or something that Kristen might comment on :) so go for it, tell me how do YOU change your habits.
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