Purpose

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

I've been thinking a lot about my purpose and what is the season of my life. I am my husband's wife, a mother, a sister, and an aunt. I am a pastor's wife and women's ministry leader. I am a homeschool teacher and event director for my local homeschool group. Nevertheless, I always seem to be wanting to do more. Anybody else out there feel like they never can do enough?

I think that's the purpose of my blog ~ an opportunity for me to connect with people in ways I haven't before. It's hard to always put myself out there for you all to read.

I don't know what the focus of my blog is to be ~ another homeschooling blog, a ministry to women or pastor's wives specifically, or just a way to connect with friends and family. I don't think I truly need an answer for that question. My blog is to support all that I am. It is to be a part of me.

So here I am, in this season of life, where I try to juggle all that I am. Regardless of all this, I know one thing for sure. I am the daughter of the King of Kings who created me just as I am.

Thankful Thursday ~ Fitting

Well, it's still Thankful Thursday. How fitting it is that I should return to the blog world on one of my favorite blogging activities!

It's been three months since I've written anything worth reading, and I'm not sure if today's is worth it either. Nevertheless, I am thankful for my return.

My sabbatical helped me to focus on my family (it included a trip to Pennsylvania to see my sister, niece, and great-nephew and great-niece). It also included a wonderful retreat with my husband that taught me the importance of time away.

The greatest lesson I've learned is that I'm still a work in progress. I repeatedly get frustrated with my incompleteness ~ unfinished craft projects, dirty dishes, ungraded schoolwork, etc. My completion won't occur until Christ takes me to heaven or He returns to the earth for the rapture.

Philippians 1:6

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will 

bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 

So, here today, on Thankful Thursday, I am grateful to my Lord for His gift of grace, His teaching my incomplete heart, and His guidance in my endeavors.