Hello world! I am on my lunch break and kickin’ back a little bit. I know it’s President’s Day and all, but we’re open. Mmm – I had Thai Curry for lunch today and it was good! Brian is in Bend right now picking up some twin beds that Grandma has extra and needs to get rid of since she moves in a week. Brian and I are eagerly looking forward to the time when we have a place with a guest bedroom… that and the time when our kids are old enough to need beds instead of cribs so we are taking them. Mom and dad have been so good as to let us keep them in their basement until the time comes when we can use them.
I had a wonderful day yesterday. Got up and got ready for church… wanted to take a long time to get ready because I was feeling like it was a day off. 🙂 Got to church and shared our Mexico slideshow and then shared about our trip with the congregation. I have no idea how long I talked, but I know that I was shaking! My poor nerves. hehe Well, it was very good to share. After church was a potluck with tons of food (I guess it’s ok that we didn’t bring anything this time) and I enjoyed sharing with people a little bit about our trip and especially about our team members. People were really excited to hear about how their friends have grown.
We drove out to Jim Harold’s to give him some of the Mexico pictures on a cd. On the way back to OC, I talked with Brian about how I feel like I spend too much time worrying about money. Not that we are that tight, but I spend time worrying over it and doing too much overplanning and … well, I just do. Brian was so good and wonderful and by the time we had talked it out, I had purposed to spend my efforts on things that are truly more valuable. Brian said, “What do you want to remember about these years… will you be glad you spent them the way you did?”… or something like that.
Things that I value, that I want to look back on, that I want to dwell on is not money! It is love, kindness, and family. I want to spend my time dwelling on and planning for what I want to teach my children, what atmosphere do I want in my household, what subjects do I want to cover in homeschool and how? Now isn’t that far more important than wondering if we spent $40 on eating out this month instead of $30? Is that what I want to look back on? Thank you Lord for giving me life and love! And I need to trust that God’s going to take care of us, regardless of circumstances.
And THEN we stopped at my folks and talked a little bit. We talked about Brian’s job some and how he’s not really enthused about this job he is interviewing for and the pros and cons of all that. And then we went to Bible study… or whatever it is. We had dinner and talked a little and then we all sat down in the living room to talk or read the Bible or whatever this week would turn out to be. Kris said that God gives us things, gifts, talents, strenths that we should share with one another, that we should encourage each other with and pray for each other to have. That started a really moving, special time as we decided to go around the circle and name strengths in each other and then have that person pray that it be imparted to the rest of the group as well. What was really special was that they felt that they should talk about Brian and I together, not just seperate, because they feel that we are strong in unity and love. Isn’t that wonderful!
*sigh* So a big day… a big day. I am trying to learn how to train my mind to think on things of worth instead of micromanaging the specific tasks of the day. I am looking forward to making lists and descriptions and plans and hopes for the future of Brian and I too… isn’t life good? Isn’t God good!?
Well, time to go back to my desk.
Rae