New New New
First off, Happy New Year!!! Our family had an amazing Christmas with Kevin's family in Manitoba, and a fun New Years. Our New Years began with playing games with our new friends the Youngs, who just loved on us since we've moved here, and ended with a romantic evening on the couch ringing in the New Year watching Holms on Homes!! Not even a grand ball which I've dreamed of forever would have topped it. One year I'm sure it will be fun to do that too.
So the New New New stands for...
New Day
New Year
New Perspective
I want to encourage you today to be thankful for the New Day and New Year facing us with exciting New Challenges, New Found Friendships (I have a story to share on that one...!) And to seek to gain a New Perspective.
Personally I don't want to walk into this New Year with my old perspective. For example this was my quiet time after reading Matt 7:7-12. (Ask, Seek, Knock)
Lord I ask for patience and self-control. Lord I seek to be the wife and mom you want me to be. Lord I seek to find your heart. I seek you and to do your will. Lord I knock, I bang at your door and ask you to provide our daily bread, I ask that you would open doors of opportunity to teach my children. Lord I ask for opportunities for phileo love, I ask for heaps of phileo love! Lord thank you for this New day, New Year, and New Perspective.
The New Perspective is finally surrendering (or working towards surrendering completely) to God's original design for women. I'm thankful for the people and resources that have brought new light to this.
I want to seek to live my life in Gods will. Now just to be completely honest I'm probably wanting it for selfish reasons. My life is full of inner peace and joy when I follow his will. I WANT THAT!!!!
Matt 7:13-14.
The Narrow and Wide Gates
13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Lord I want this life, Help me to choose this road everyday.
So my plan today is to plan my days. To rise early and get things done so that when my family arises I'm ready to greet them and serve them being prep'd and looking good for the day myself.
Lord Help! :)
Alanne.
Flylady here we come!!! I've been trying to get "flying" around here. Most of the time I'm just taxiing down the runway, desperately trying to "take-off". When I eventually do, I feel like I'm soaring with the eagles, there is so much peace and tranquility. Of course there is turbulence up there too, which can sometimes throw a wrench in things so it's nice to know that there is always a calm after the storm.
There's a verse (in the Bible) that says: "...she rises early...". That phrase alone has been rolling around in my head probably for the last year. I think it was in one of the books we had read mutually, that talked about it in great detail. I'd like to say it had an amazing impact on my life, but sleep has always been something I just never seem to have enough of.... The times that I have been able to pull myself out of bed (usually because the girls have slept in, and not necessarily because I "rose early") have been awesome. Just to be able to get a few things organized to take some of the stress out of the morning rush. So great in fact, I wonder why I don't do it more....or always.
I have been enjoying a new Family Calendar that I bought myself. It has a section for appointments, meals and home stuff. The meal thing is huge for me. When I don't have to worry about what we're having for supper/lunch we eat so much better and it's actually almost fun to cook (almost!).
Do share what phileo love it....I know it's probably in one of your entries I haven't read...I mean.....um....okay, I'm going to take a stab at this....is it the kind of love that you have when you eat philadelphia cream cheese icing thickly spread on a gigantic slab of carrot cake? Cause I know for me that would be mega love!!!
Miss you like crazy....
Posted by Sunflower — 06 Jan 2007, 18:14
Hey,
Loved the post. I especially loved what you said about God's original design for women. There is so much peace and and grace there.
Posted by Mrs. M — 10 Jan 2007, 19:09