Priorities

As I sit here and think about what I could blog about, many topics come racing in my head. But the one thing that pops out is my time with my kids. With the hectic schedule, and the many things I involve myself in, I am constantly reflecting on how this is affecting my kids? Am I spending enough "quality" time with them? I know our Father has place my role to be a mom. Third to being His servant and being a loving wife...but when it comes to working....it's being a good mom. As Mother's Day comes along, I am reminded of not the gifts I should receive, but if I've been the kind of mom deserving of these gifts. I pray to our heavenly Father for contiued guidance and stength to be the mother our Lord has created me to be.

Happy Mother's Day!!

"I Love You This Much!"

A couple of days ago my middle child decided he wanted to forego sleeping at his grandparents house to spend some alone time with his mommy and daddy. (Smart kid!) Well, my son and I were sitting on our family room carpet, and he asked me out of the blue. "Do you know how much I love you?" I said, "How much?" He stretches his arm out in front of his chest then opens them out and circles his arms behind him and claps behind him. He says, "This much!" with a huge ear-to-ear smile.

That made my day! (Note to self, I need to write about this in a story...goes in my writing book)

Overwhelmed

I've feel so amazingly overwhelmed lately. I have so much to do. Many opportunities have come my way. My reaction is like a kid in a candy store staring in glee ready to grab everything in sight NOW. I look at all the opportunities and see how they all tie with one another and into my goal to become a published author. For every opportunity I pray. I pray hard. The harder I pray the more impatient I become for God to reveal His answers. But what I cannot help think is, are all these opportunities that are being presented in this huge typhoon the answers I've been waiting for? Or all these just temptations to derail me from my intended path? All confusing and overwhelming. My only solution is to take it slow. As eager as I am that kid in the candy store, I turn to the Word to keep me grounded. I concentrate in prayer. The scarey thing is is that I need major road blocks to stop me from rearing off path otherwise I hit a dead end and have to back track. I guess this is my caution, feeling overwhelmed but yet hearing the Spirit tell me to "take it slow". God is that your answer?

Passion

This past week my husband and I watched The Passion of the Christ. This was my second time viewing it and it was just as hard as the first to sit through it. I think of the title and turn to the word "Passion". To see the torture, suffering and pain Jesus had to go through for us is true Passion. His Passion is to save us. Us sinful mortals. When I think of passion, I think of what we are passionate about. To be passionate about something is to be fully engulfed, and fully committed and believe in it. I am passionate about children, I am passionate about writing for children, I am passionate for every child to learn to read and write, I am passionate for children to come to know Christ.

And to think my passion is just an ounce compared to the Passion Christ has for us. Thank you Lord for giving us your only Son. He suffered, died and has risen to save us. This we need to always remember.

POV

Point of View...I received my Assignment 1 back from my instructor about a week ago, and I finally was able to sit down and go over her review. She recommended me to read an article about POV. I must admit I was a bit confused and offended that she recommend such a thing for me to do. I mean, is this what she wants me to work on? As I read the article, a lot of things began to make sense. It stated many times in the article to place yourself in the main character's shoes. What do you see? What do you hear? What do your smell? Then show your reader. Ahh, now it makes sense to me. After rereading my manuscript it became clear what needed work.

As a Christian, this gave me a clearer perspective of what God wants me to do. Change my POV, and put myself in someone else's shoes before I react. If we could all do that, wouldn't it be a much nicer place?

Wow...already?

Over the weekend, I had a revelation about girls...we really know what we want. (And we start at an early age) It started as we were leaving for my son's basketball game. I had dressed my daughter in this adorable pink and brown outfit. As I was reaching for her shoes...she says "Boots." Well, I was looking for her brown sandals instead. She insisted, "No" and swats the sandals I grabbed away. "Boots!" WOW, I thought. She's a 20 month old who knows what she wants.

I warned my husband. "Hon, she's starting early!"

Three, Four, Shut the Door

A year ago, I surrendered my life's decisions to God. I asked Him what His intentions were for me. I asked Him to shut the doors to opportunities in my life and open others because, frankly, I had a hard time figuring out what He wanted me to do. Should I stay in Real Estate or should I go back to teaching? Or is there something else out there?

Here we are a year later....the Real Estate market? Well, we all know where that's going...the classroom? I live in California, I may be receiving a pink slip. Talk about shutting the doors. Maybe it's God saying, "In your face! Now listen up!"

Okay, I'm listening...