It's amazing how life has dramatically shifted for me in the past five years. I went from being in college, having the world at my fingertips, and all the time I needed to do whatever it was I wanted--to being a wife and a mom with one glorious little portion of each afternoon designated to myself: nap time. For three years the question was, what to do at nap time? Most days I spent it working out and showering and fixing dinner. But I found that with the birth of our son, I had to become even more intentional about my time. Some people are really good at planning. Not me. In fact, if you give me a plan I take a little bit of joy in rebelling against it. I am awful at following homework to Bible studies, recipes for meals, run plans for half marathon training, diet plans for meals. Seriously. I've talked to Jesus about it, and I think I'm getting a little breakthrough. So planning out my time is hard for me. I take no pleasure in it. But as I've grown up, I've had to do it. It's crazy … [Read more...]
Rearranging Priorities for a Season
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." - Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV) Bringing home a new baby is a big adjustment for parents, especially the first one, and often requires cutting back on certain commitments to focus on the home. When my first child was about six months old, my church invited me to join the worship team. But after a month, I realized adding a two hour practice each week on top of singing in two services on Sunday was exhausting me. And it was the only activity I regularly participated in that got me out of the house! I eventually came to the conclusion that I had to quit the team, and I cried for days over the disappointment and sense of failure. Why couldn't I manage a few hours away from home? One evening my dad came over for dinner. Somehow we got on the topic about the decline in my daily Bible reading, lack of church involvement, and how I'd been feeling like a bad person. My dad's words gave me a new perspective. … [Read more...]
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