Prayer time (8/25)

As I was waiting to fall asleep last night I was thinking about contentment. How in the world could Paul be content in any situation? What did he know that I can't seem to figure out ???

I think I'm finally beginning to understand what it means to be content internally....and how that can be the stability I long for. I understand it...but I don't know how to *get it*. How can I not be moved by situations and circumstances?

I have to wonder what Jesus had that enabled Him to live a sinless life. He had the Holy Spirit...and so do I. Was it the 40 days in the desert? I always associate a desert as a very lonely place and time. But maybe He was able to really connect with God in that time so deeply that nothing could shake Him. Is that really possible for me? It sounds like such a mountain! What a paradox!

He grew up in as much...if not more...legalism than I did...I think...lol But somehow He could sit under the teachers in the synagogue and still not let go of who He knew God to be. How???? Was the fact that Mary and Joseph were totally convinced He was God's Son help them to help Him keep His focus? Good grief...I can't find my own way these days! How in the world can I point my children in the *right* direction?!

I know at least part of the root is finding my identity in Christ. It didn't take a lot of effort to find my identity in other people and roles in my life...why does this seem so much harder? To me...that's proof that evolution is garbage. I mean...if it's so easy to adopt the *base* things in life...and so hard to adopt the Godly things...then how can scientists say that people and animals moved *up* in development???

August 25, 2007

I made myself a list of things to do today. Apparently it's the only way things like this can get done! I LOVE crossing stuff off my list!

Kaelyn, Chandler, and Corey are with the Youth Group selling picture vouchers. They went to the mall, a high school football game, and Coolidge Park (among other places) yesterday. David's working in Murfreesboro today. So it's just me and 3 tornadoes at home!

It's supposed to rain today...40% chance...woohoo!!! It's amazing that part of the country can be under water and we're drier than a bone! It rained in town last night...but not here. All we got was some thunder...pttthhhh

I got all my copies made for school...even 3-hole punched and put away! Now I'm just waiting for David to help me get the timeline started. I got the circles made for the days of creation...just haven't drawn the fish, the birds, the animals, or man. I figure God would be insulted if *I* tried to draw them...lol Then we just have some experiments to do about heat and fire...woohoo! By the smell of it, the a/c unit could be part of it...ugh!!!

The news of the day...Bobby Cox finally got smart and is getting rid of *Blow-It-Again-Bob* ...woohoo! I guess that sounds pretty mean. But good grief...don't just look at his record...look at what he's actually done in games! He may not have lost all of them...but he sure pushed the limit in a lot of them...giving away huge leads to end up winning by just a run or two! Maybe some people enjoy living on the edge like that...but not me. They've worked too hard for 8 innings to get where they are just to have someone else push it to the brink of giving it all away. I don't think so! Wonder what will happen next....

August 23, 2007

Well...here I go again...trying to keep track of my life on a blog. There's so much *extra* going on...

Homeschooling...which I guess isn't really extra...not to us, anyway...

The baby...

The accident...

D's new job...

Not to mention just *growing*...in every aspect...