Girl's weekend

The boys are going camping with the Cub Scouts this weekend. Camping is not really my thing, nor do I feel compelled to try to see if it is my thing. So my girl and I are going to bond this weekend.

When there is girl bonding there is chocolate. We are going to attempt these

Homemade oreos, thankyouverymuch Pinterest.

Where there is girl bonding there is shopping. We are heading to a cool consignment shop that my girl loves and who knows where after.

My guess is there will also be time on the couch with good books as that is how, we smarties like to relax.

Oh, I pray for a restorative, relaxing, giggle filled, re-connection weekend with my teenager.

I also pray that my boys have fun, playing in the dirt, having games and eating camp style-- and that the rain stays well away from them.

Happy Friday all.

finally sinking in

So I think it is finally sinking in that knowing God's will for my life is not seeing the plan in full and working toward a goal. It is daily obedience to what He speaks to me. He is weaving a tapestry one stich at a time. I can't wait to look back and see what the picture is.

Right now, God has placed children on my heart and the heart of my husband. Just loving kids who aren't being loved. Just looking for ways to bless kids each day. It feels right to be here right now although my heart does yearn to see where the road is going to take us, I am tuning my heart to the obedience of the here and now.

Praying for constant companship with Him for me and my family so that our individual tapestries make one beautiful picture for our Creator.

my heart

Life is whizzing by. I am reminded each day how much I am forgetting. I don't have time to stir up the good memories and relish in them. So here is an attempt to do that for a bit.



This year has been full, and I am sure tons of wonderful, not so wonderful, hard and easy things have happened. I could try to recap but I would rather start with now and thankfully lay out my blessings in my current heart.



My marriage has gotten stronger than I ever thought possible. My husband and I talk about eternal things now. Not just who is picking up who and what is on the schedule. We talk about plans but they are not our plans. We talk about what God is calling us to do and be...not in 20 years but today, tomorrow, this week. It is revolutionary...and scary, exciting and exhilirating.



I love seeing my husband do what God is calling him to do and be who is calling him to be. He is so much in the moment of what God is saying to him that it makes me more mindful of what God wants me to do and be. I love it.



My daughter is a woman-child. She has crossed that bridge from looking like a child to looking like a woman. She still has a child heart though. She is in high school, waivering between what she knows, what she feels, who she is and who she wants to be and seeking God in it all. She is a light but also a teenager. It is a beautifully complex mix and I am honored to see her grow.



My son is 10. Double digits. My baby no more and forever all rolled up into an energetic, enthusiastic whirlwind of boy. He is joy personified. Little cares, many smiles. He is obsessed with Legos, movement, and serving others. His personality draws people to him and his warmth keeps them coming back for me. I will cry the day he no longer wants to snuggle his momma.



So many blessing and so many prayers all in one.



I am praying right now that my family is drawn to God by his everlasting love, that we will be bold for Him, that we will be obedient to His plans and not ours, that we will hold loosely to anything that is not of Him and that we will walk out the plans He has for us individually and collectively.



Bold prayers for a bold chapter in our life.