Organizing my blog...

In the last couple of days I have done a lot of blog surfing and, oh my, what a variety! Part of the reason that I have created and deleted not less than five blogs is that I struggle with finding an overarching theme or purpose to my blog, but I thing that with this title it may actually work.

The areas in my life (or the universe) that I might like to explore here are: (wait for the brainstorming)

Health (not just the absence of disease or dysfunction but pursuing an optimal state/performance) This includes:
1. physical (fitness to nutrition to medication)
2. spiritual (as a Christ follower and child of God I am always a work in progress)
3. mental (let's just say experience has taught me that self-care is not selfish)
Spiritual growth
Marriage
Politics ('poly' meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'blood-sucking creatures')
Things I find funny...
Overcoming housework (or lack thereof)

Now onto writing...

Week 1

So much for daily updates... 

In the last week...

Waking the Dead: Is it a creepy novel or book on archeology? No, it's one of John Eldredge's books (Wild at Heart). Many of the precepts suggested in the books ring true in not only my mind, but heart as well. This selection focuses on the fact that we live in a world that is at war, spiritual war that is. I needed to be reminded of that...in North America with everything we have and the busyness it take concerted effort to not be distracted...and I so often am and then wonder why I feel like I'm drowning. I needed a reminder and so I made a bracelet tonight: simple blue beads (my favourite colour) and the words spelled out, "MAKE NO AGREEMENT." This is a quote from the book and I would like to share it sometime when I'm not too lazy to go and get the book.

How fleeting life is...

Through blogs on the web and most recently (2 days ago) through a fatal accident close to our home it is sinking in how fleeting life is and how protected I and my family have been.

Tomorrow (as I finish this blog that would be today) a sweet family will celebrate and mourn the year anniversary of their daughter's birth and death. Their faith in God such a testament to His grace and strength. Elsewhere a family struggles to bandage their newborn son as a rare disorder has rendered him the most fragile of children. And finally another family waits and prays that a new treatment path will bring the infant son's heart under control, a heart that was already miraculously healed once before. I know there are others, but these are the ones that I have begun to follow and the common thread in all their stories is their faith in the one true sovereign God.

I am inspired by their faith and trust in God for I am such a fickle follower. And yet God does not love me less...in fact, he doesn't compare me at all. He created me to walk my path and that is my measuring stick.

A wise woman (Beth Moore - love her, love her, love her) pointed out that God gave the Israelites exactly the amount of manna they needed...those that needed much had much, those that needed little had little. She went on to draw a parallel between the manna and God's grace. In 2 Corinthians 12:9a it says, "But [the Lord] said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, 'sufficient' is defined as, "enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end." ...not an abundance...not a shortfall...but as Goldilocks would say, "Just right." And so I am grateful that God will not only give us His grace, but He will portion it out...perfectly!

The Beginning...

Once upon a time...<insert profound introductory blog here> ...and so she began a daily record of her journey.