Radical

I recently finished reading the book Radical by David Platt. It's a good book, very challenging but I'd encourage you to read it. That's not why I'm writing about the book though. Here's why I'm writing. The author, a pastor of a mega church in the south, has traveled multiple times overseas to serve and led a huge church to revival...and he's the same age as I am. That makes me ponder my last 33 years. Have I made any sort of impact on the world for Christ at all? My husband tells me that attempting to rear three Godly children in today's society will make an impact on the world. Somehow it doesn't seem close enough. I'm impatient enough to want to see results sooner than the impact they potentially could make down the road. I'm inspired to find ways of making my time here count.

First blog this year

I had such good intentions of blogging more. I didn't think my first blog this year would be at the end of June. But then again my life is rarely what I plan so I should be used to it by now.

So looking through my blog list I found a number of blogs that hadn't been published yet, but I wrote last year. So I'm publishing some of them now, but that still makes this my first blog of this year.

It's quiet today. Kids are all reading books and laying low. My son and one daughter are feeling ill so that might be part of it. I enjoy the quiet-gives me time to think and do other things. I've been preparing my school stuff for next year. We've only been out of school for a week but I like to be prepared! Okay so off I go to do some other things while it's quiet and I still can.

I've spent many years getting just "close enough" to the people in my life. I'd say I've gotten pretty good at letting people see enough of me to have them believe we are close but far enough away that I don't feel vulnerable. Well that's all about to change. I wish I could say it's by revelation of healthier living but unfortunately this isn't my choice. I'm about to move back  in with my parents after not having lived with them for over a decade. My husband got laid off and we have nowhere else to go. This is an uncertain time in my life-both financially and relationally. Not only will we be living with my parents but my ailing grandparents will be moving in at the same time. Change is imminent whether it's asked for or not.

Procrastinating

Yesterday was anti-procrastination day, so today I get to procrastinate, right?

Written 10/20/11