2013

At the end of 2012 mine and my husband's Adult Bible Fellowship class shepherd challenged us to write down and hold each other accountable for some goals that we desired to accomplish in the up-coming year. I thought hard about what I wanted to pursue in the year 2013 and I came up with quite a few goals. The three goals that were the most intimidating and ambitious, to me, were; to improve on some of my artistic abilities and use them to help my family financially, to write a book, and to do an in-depth personal bible study on purity. The last one mentioned is what I hope to continue to write about in my future posts throughout the year. The idea was spawned earlier in the year as my ABF shepherd went through the beatitudes one by one in our class lessons. Through the discussion of the verse that exclaims "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" I realized that there is so much more to purity than I had imagined. From the start of my adolescent years purity was something that I had a deep and intense struggle with, but with that temptation came the passion to pursue purity in my life. Yes, I failed on many occasions but I was able to keep many of the standards and commitments I had made, as a teen, until my wedding day. As I entered married life I discovered that all those struggles and temptations, that for some reason I thought would go away, only seemed to linger in my life. So, as I begin this study, and admit that the concept of scriptural purity is so much more than I had previously thought, I have challenged myself to pursue a better understanding of what God intends true purity of heart to be. For then, I will see God.

Adventure Explained

       Since the time I was a young girl I always thought that life was made up of a bunch of adventures. Most people would not think of a trip to the grocery store or a swim at the pool as an adventure, but I sure did. As life went on, the idea of adventure became the very thing that helped me through the various times of change that I had to face. Like, when I started at a public high school after being home schooled through eighth grade, or when I spent my first two years of college fourteen hours away from home. The idea of adventure created in my mind a reason for hardships and allowed me to look forward to the things that the Lord was trying to teach me through them.
       The adventures only get greater and more fun as I enter adulthood. First, I had to figure out who it was that the Lord wanted me to be as a woman. Second, was the adventure in finding the man that the Lord had chosen for me to marry. Finally, the adventure of parenthood has begun. Of all of the adventures I have had in the past, this one is the most intimidating, for this one makes me no-longer only responsible to myself. Sure, one can argue that when I got married I gained responsibility for my husband, and yes I do agree that I have some degree of responsibility to him, but, I have so much more responsibility for my child.
      But, as always, I am entering this new stage in life as always, charging forward with a new found vigour, excited for what this new adventure may hold.