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It has been a very warm couple of days!! We actually got up to about 72 today! Very windy, though. I had promised the two younger girls a picnic today at the park, but it was much too windy for that. HOWEVER, the 5yo has been waiting what seems like an eternity for a day windy enough to fly her kite, so....... what was initially a disappointment turned out to be a blessing. I told my husband that I had been reading these blogs and was really getting a little restless about all of the things I've talked about learning, but never have gotten around to doing. I think I get overwhelmed by the enormity of all there is to learn and end up doing nothing. I am REALLY inspired by some of you. I told him that I think I will just pick ONE thing and really work on that. We are taking a Crown Financial course at church, so my focus right now is being a good steward of our finances. The big focus for me is the grocery bill, since that really holds the most opportunity for improvement. I am enjoying reading the different blogs on feeding large families on what seems to be a small amount. Gives me hope!! My family's not even so big!!! Our big focus is to pay off our property - we think that if we buckle down and commit, we can have it paid off in 5 years. Seems both long and short!!! One of the things our facilitator mentioned in last weeks class (which was our first class) was to pray about our financial circumstances and ask God to give us the right desires - and then ask God to act in a way that is so big that we KNOW that it is from him. This is not talking about a financial windfall or even financial success by the world's standards, but rather helping us fulfill something that is according to His will - like getting out of debt - committing all of our resources to Him instead of pursuing what WE want. I could really go on and on about this and some of the things we're learning as we go through this study, but I'll spare you (lol). If you get an opportunity to read the book Your Money Counts by Howard Dayton - it is really eye-opening in many ways. Just makes you think!! Both my husband and I are (or were, in my case) accountants so you'd think we'd have this all figured out. It's amazing how God so gently nudges you closer to Him and turns you around even in areas where you think you already know it all!!!! Then you say - what was I thinking??? And you realize that when you really read God's word - you really don't know anything at all. God's good like that, isn't He?? Anyway, thanks to all of you who really motivate me to be a better wife and mother and ESPECIALLY to realize how very important both of those jobs are. By the way, I read rellamom's (How I Love Thee - I really don't know how to reference these yet) post "Are you rushing your children to bed" and really savored the bedtime prayers, hugs and kisses tonight. Thanks!! Goodnight, all and have a blessed day tomorrow! |
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