
I was trying to take a moment and think about retreat and what I came away with. Here are a few of my thoughts on that:
- I want to laugh more, I want to be silly more and I believe God gifted us with those things for a reason - they make life easier to bear sometimes and it'll be lots of fun to embarrass my boys someday :)
- I am missing God these days. I have not made time with Him a priority since the babies were born. I know I don't have a lot of time but if I can blog and facebook, then I must have some time! So , for the few days I've been back I've started 'reading the bible thru in a year'. It's been awhile and I'm due for a real refocussing on Him. I pray over my boys all the time and for people in my life who need it but I really want to get into the Bible again and hear Him.
- I love people. I think it's fantastic that we are all so different and interesting; how we inspire each other and teach each other. I am so appreciative of the people God has put into my life all along the way. Not having my special people in my life would be like not having any color. Boring and lackluster. What a privilege to be a part of others' lives as well.
- Life is what you make it. I could easily choose to feel sorry for myself and how 'busy with the kids' I am, or how much winter sucks or how ugly my house is. But instead.. I think about how happy it makes me to hug and kiss those kids and I light my coconut-lime candle and play beach music. I'm also doing a gratitude list each day and it's fun to think about what I'm going to write in it, as I go through my day. One thing I'm going to put in there is that Caden says he is all 'sprinkled' after a long bath instead of saying 'wrinkled'. Cute.
So- anyway - retreat has once again helped me to stop and look at things and to live life a little more deliberately.
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Thanks for the message the other day. It brightened my day.
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T
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