Slow Day Blogging

Yes, this is slow day blogging--more like the calm before the storm. We've had vacation Bible school, which started Sunday and ended last night. The guest speaker was particularly good, I thought. I was greatly encouraged and I needed my batteries recharged with what he had to say. You can listen to sermons and lessons 24/7, but unless you internalize them, digest them and apply them, they do you no service whatsoever.

I called a girlfriend who had asked me to prepare a speech for a dinner to be held at her place this coming Monday night. I was a little intimidated, but I agreed to because it would be a growth experience for me. I'm more about accepting challenges these days than I used to be. It couldn't have come at a more inopportune time though, largely due to my being in a state of flux with new business preparations. I would have done it, but I was happy to learn that someone had gotten a speaker after asking her to do so. She was not at all pleased about it. I told her I was totally cool with it. I'm still on for another month, but I'm relieved for now that I'm off the hook. I'm still invited to be her guest and see what their organization's all about. I do look forward to attending.

I've been through a lot of self-reflection about my opinions on things and how I feel about events going on in the lives of people around me in the community at large that I live in. I'm grateful for all the blessings I've been given and even some of the material accoutrements that have been withheld from me. I say that because it has allowed me to focus on important things like our marriage and my personal character growth. I prayed for about 10 years that our marriage would be everything He intended it to be, and that prayer was answered. Sometimes it appears to folks that all the other people they see have their act together when many times that's far from the truth. I take it that God has given me what He thought I could handle when He thought I could handle it. He's pushed me but not overwhelmed me. I know that He wants me to do well, but not at the cost of my personal integrity or purpose. I have comfort in knowing that no matter what happens in the coming months that I will have two things: my Lord and Savior and my husband. At the end of any given day, that's really all I want anyway.

Love Ya,
God Bless!