In Awe...

I don't have time to get depressed or distraught... I am constantly in awe over God's generosity and immense love. He so takes care of my family and this is almost creeeepily obvious with my parents. They have never made much money, but it has never made any difference I mean geez... God has everything... He made everything... He has bestowed thousands upon thousands randomly on my parents like 5 times in the last two decades and I am just wondering how the heck God has time to help anyone else when He is so busy blessing us? Oh yeah, that infinteness thing...

New Year's Resolutions

This is the first year in recent or even ancient memory that I have not made any New Year's Resolutions. That is any new ones... I have subconsciously decided that I would maintain my prior commitments to prayer, writing and focus on family. However, today the 22nd of Jan. I watched some videos of my two favorite health professionals. Dr. Oz and Dr. Mercola actually speaking to each other. They are both passionate about disease prevention and cure through healthy lifestyle and nutrition. These videos reminded me of my personal responsibility to care for my own "temple of the Holy Spirit." Sitting in gray January days I am sorely tempted to hibernate till sun doth warm the soil. But, am inspired by both of these guys' consistent call to health. So, I again decided to stay committed or recommit to yet another previous decision to eat healthy and exercise... even in the middle of the winter doldrums. Tommorrow morning should be interesting and stimulating... at least for my heart and lungs... sigh.
Important to check in frequently, with those who inspire you... whether they be saints or docs depending on the subject matter!

Temptation

My husband surprised me with a kindle for Christmas... like what was he thinking? I once saw a t-shirt with the moniker "Lead me not into temptation, especially bookstores!" I thought, Amen, that is my prayer. when we moved, it was with a little shame that 70 boxes of books made their way to the new house. Granted a lot of those were homeschooling books, but still, obsession with the written word, geez. I was trying to detach for awhile, from writing and inhaling written commmunication. So, is the kindle a neatly devised form of temptation? I do think so, but am comforted by the fact that most spiritual classics are practically free, most under $2. God has his quiet, snickering revenge, thinks I.