me and my guilt. we are tight.
anyway.
I have been trying to think of all that has gone on in the past few weeks to write about. It is all too much. The days are flying by so quickly I can't keep up with them really.
I am EXTREMELY grateful for all of the wonderful friends in my life who have made this time go quickly. Nearly every night we have had a friend or two over for dinner and visiting or LOST/movie watching. It has been great. We have eaten well, and enjoyed new company at our table. I sincerely don't know how I would be if it weren't for these awesome folks.
but the downside, for you, is that i run out of time to type and reflect, at least in a bloggy sort of manner, that is.
speaking of reflection,
I asked God a few weeks back for help with waking up early in the mornings so that I could have time to read the Bible and pray before the boys wake up. Well, He does answer prayer. I have been going to bed so late at night, but each morning, i find myself awake between 5:30 and 6:30am. Does this mean that I actually respond, by getting out of bed to read the Bible and pray? sometimes. I suppose that my next prayer should be for the desire and discipline to actually get out of bed once I am awake in the mornings.
One new thing that I am excited about is a Bible reading plan that my friend, Jane, helped me find. You can see some of the options she sent me, here. It takes you through the entire Bible in a year if you stick with the plan. Each day has you reading from 4 different areas of the Bible and I love it. There is no other way that i will ever just sit and read Ezra and books like the minor prophets without it, which is a shame because those books are so good.
Frankly, I am at a place in my life where i can accept that I am just a guide kind of gal. I need assignments to keep me on task. The plan I chose even has little boxes you can check off once you have read the assigned books for the day. This greatly pleases both my soul and my school-loving nature at the same time.
I have also felt a little swamped by all the books that i am reading.
Do any of the rest of you have these kinds of issues? too many books to read, plus keeping up with LOST and 24 AND needing to finish nursing CEUs and the taxes. I am sure that I will never catch up....and then returns the guilt. Hello, friend.
on a final note:
Last week, we attended the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Rodeo is really one of my favorite times of year. not that i want to go everyday...i just like knowing that it is going on every night and that I could go see some cowboys atop briefly tortured animals if i wanted to. Here is a photo from the daytime activities:
So glad to see Flannery in your stack. How do you like her? I have the same problem with books. Right now I am reading four books, trying to keep up with the same shows you are, and also doing a bible-in-a-year program (that I love)! Oh, and homeschooling. I hope to see you next week . . .miss you so much. Love the photo at the rodeo!
ReplyDeleteoh just surrender to the 5:30 wake up. if you've prayed it. it won't go away. been happening to me for THREE years. mercy. i still only occasionally surrender. i find that time with Jesus is much more appealing in the morning if I've made the coffee the night before and set the timer to brew at 5:25.
ReplyDeleteI had this friend Caroline in college and she did not have an alarm clock because she had asked God to wake her when He pleased. She also never had more stuff than would fit in her car when it was time to drive home at the end of the semester. I still aspire to be like her.
ReplyDeleteI like the picture very much.
So much to catch up on... I keep forgetting the name of your blog and don't know how to save it, I am embarrassed to admit, with my techie husband. Glad you are home, hope you are getting better and I really am delighted in how you write about your life. Keep at it and consider me a fan, even if I can't figure out how to subscribe...if you have something to do with that process, let me know and help me out.
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