What a bad blogger I am!!

I have come to the realization that I am a bad or maybe just inconsistent blogger!! There is always so much going on in my life that the end of the day comes too quickly. I have been working every day this week and most of last week. It is a good thing but doesn't leave much time for me or stuff that I want to do.
A friend just wrote about saying no and if it was ok. I am all for saying no!! Even if there is a good thing happening I still may say no. There is just so much that one person can do. Above all else we need to put God first. Then our family. But by putting God first that means a personal relationship with him not necesarily (but sometimes) events at church. It is good to be involved at church, don't get me wrong, but there are times when even doing godly things can be too much.
To change the subject, I have been reading a book called Sacred Marriage. It is a must read for both men and women. The premise is maybe God created marriage to make us holy not happy. Interesting look at what God wants us to do with our marriage. I am also reading The Shack by William Young. It is a very good story and I think that everyone should read it. It is about God and the way that he speaks to each individual. I am about halfway through with it and looking forward to finishing.
I love to read and wish I had more time to do it. Is there a job where all you do is read books that you like or might like? Where do I find this job??

Thoughts about Sundays

I love Sundays! There is a lot going on most of the time but still it is packed with good stuff. Church in the morning is always a great experience. The music at our church is uplifting and inspirational. We have the greatest worship pastor who gives his whole heart to the work of God and you can hear that every Sunday in the music and his words of prayer. I went up to Kid's church and guess what the lesson was about??!?!? Bullying!! After what the week has been through with my teacher friend and her son I was blown away at the power of God to send a message that has been on my mind. The bare bones of the message was God will always provide a way out of trouble. It does sadden me to think that a child forgot this and decided to take his own life. I felt that God spoke just to me and told me to spread the word about this message.

Completely unrelated to church, I LOVE FOOTBALL!! I like college ball but I love NFL because I love to play fantasy football. My team is doing ok. I did not have a favorable draft so I have just had to piece my team together. My favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys. This is because of where I grew up. The Cowboys of the mid to late 1970's were my team. We lived in Texas and that was the team my Dad liked and I grew up knowing all of the players names and positions and spending every Sunday watching them play. I don't know the cowboys as well as I use to but I will always be my team.
I love sports in general........Nascar, football, soccer, basketball, and so many others. I better because my husband and son sure do. Anyway the sports stuff will have to wait for another day!

We had our small group last night and it was very powerful. I know that we were made to worship and fellowship. God made us that way. He wants us to worship and fellowship with him. Our group took a little while to gel together but I think we are finally working out the kinks. There are some big things going on with our group we just need to be patient and listen to what God has to say to us. That is something that we don't do in this hustle and bustle world. Just sit back and wait.......how HARD is that!!!!!! We all go about our day talking and talking to God but how often do we sit back and listen. I am going to try to do that more. I have been working on that and it seems to be working. Something else that our wise leader mentioned to do was to pray specifically for people by asking what God wants us to do for a person (call them specifically by name). We tend to pray in unspecifics....Please keep the people of (some place) safe or Lord I just want to pray for the people in our small group. How cool would it be if we prayed for April, Jamie, Steve, Charlie and Brian by name and heard a word from God to give to that person. I can't wait!!!!

Random Thoughts - 1

Well, here goes nothing!! I have had a lot on my mind this week that I have no outlet for so I thought why not start a blog!! Many of my friends have recently done this so I guess I was inspired!

Something that has weighed heavily on my mind this week is the death of a child. A friend lost her high school age son this week and it has truly broken her heart! I keep thinking how would I feel? What would keep me going? I know that my faith in God would keep me going on a daily basis. I know that he would sustain me and not let me give up on my life because someone I love with all my heart went home to be with him. Our children are so important to us and it is so hard to fathom them not being around anymore. It is harder to understand it when their death seems to be a random accident of sorts. But think about the world that we live in. There is so much violence that we face day in and day out. There are bullies at school, murders in our streets, people taking things that don't belong to them and fights over something as miniscule as a pen. Where is the love for our fellow man???? Lost somewhere in this desperately lost world.

I think we should try to spread some love around. Have you ever seen that commercial where someone does a nice thing for someone and it just keeps being passed on and on. That is a lesson that we should all try to implement in our daily lives. Sometimes something as easy to do as smile at someone could be the difference between life and death for a desperate person. OK maybe a little extreme but you get my meaning!!! Love your neighbor as yourself!!