Taking a break

Hello Blogging world. Just so you don't think I fell off a cliff an am gone forever, I wanted to let you all know I am in school (online) for the next 6 weeks; therefore you will not be getting cute pictures and updates of my little man. Maybe I'll post a few things about what I am learning (Sociology)- I get a little fired up about all liberal talk and have to post another option- conservative ideas. Anyway, we will see you all in a month in a half- have a good beginning of your summer!

Kristal

Who's at the wheel?

Ok, So I don't know if you are like me and don't have much patience for THOSE drivers who may not be as skilled as yourselves, but here is a little thought I have that sometimes helps me out. Come on, you know who you are Mr. or Mrs. I drive slow in the left lane because I don't like the merging traffic. Mr. or Mrs. I drive slow until the passing lane then I speed up so no one can pass me. Mr. or Mrs. I like to drive in your blind spot on the freeway for one million miles! Sorry for the rant. Anyway, as you can tell, these people were driving me crazy, I was getting road rage. Then, some time ago, I started imagining that Jesus, yes Jesus, was behind the wheel of every car. Stay with me here. So, when that driver is going slow in the left lane and holding up FIFTY cars and I'm edging up on their back bumper! oh sorry, I digress, I just remind myself that it's Jesus behind the wheel of that car and I ask myself, would I tailgate Jesus? Ouch, then I back off and try to be nice. Now, I don't always remember to drive like this, but I find that it does lessen my stress level a bit, so I thought it was some advice for all of my fellow drivers out there who actually pay attention to the FACT THAT YOU ARE DRIVING AND THERE ARE OTHERS AROUND YOU, oops, I digressed again. Anyway, yeah, Jesus is driving that car... Square

It's Official

Wes is CRAWLING!!! (1 day before he turned 7 months) He is slowly on the move and so far its been fun. I know the faster he gets the harder it will be, but we are enjoying for now. He just seems happier too because he can get to where he wants to go!

Life in Him

John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

So here I sit, in a hotel room in New York, contemplating the past few years of my life. Sounds really deep, this I know. When I first became a believer, life was hard, but life was easy. I had about $1500 to my name, a commission based job with no gaurantee of income, I was in the middle of a divorce, and I had Jesus. That last statement made everything else seem so insignificant.

Only a month or so before, I was drinking and smoking so much, life was a blur. The pain that I felt was real, mostly because I did not understand that I was the creation of that very pain. Avoiding responsibility for my laziness, my actions, but most of all, my fears led to the destruction of the so called life I knew. Just keep floating by, floating by, things are all right, if everyone thinks I'm fine, then so do I. What a meaningless quest it is to seek your approval from others when for the most part they don't really care about much more than themselfs.

All that changed, I had Jesus. So there I was, and my life was free, my life was not about me. I had the light of Jesus, and it was shinning so brightly that the darkness that what once was my life no longer seemed important. I was not perfect, but I was perfected. My identity was revealed, exposed for who I really was, and my joy was complete for who I wanted to be in Him, a servant.

That's the good news.