Cricket Logic....

I have been reading again. Actually, I read all the time, but since I am home I wanted to share a thought on a book I read a while back. It keeps coming up in my mind, so it's time to put it down on paper. It was a Max Lucado book....In the Grip of Grace. Good book, but here is what stuck out and is apparently stuck. In one chapter he was talking about how one Sunday he was in church, and there was a cricket on the floor. He began to think about that cricket. Was that the only life he ever knew? Did life exist outside the church? Was there an entire colony of crickets, who wondered about this. (Yes you need to stretch your mind a little bit here...) However, here's the point. He said, "Have we become so worried about worshipping the creation, that we've forgotten to worship the Creator??" There's a wake up call if you need one!! Have I gotten to the point where I have lost time to stop and worship Him? I hope not. I know there is always more time I could be spending. What is there in life that has become more important than Him?? Your family? Job? Kids? Time with Friends? the list is endless. There will always be something that Satan can use to take our time away from our Father. I think that is why I like the crickets so much. I love the fact that I am so simply reminded of love and how His love is always there even when I am sometime wayward, as we all are. Spend some time with Him today...even if it is just a few minutes. You won't regret it, I promise!!

Summertime, Summertime....

I am loving summer!!! I am off of work for just about 6 weeks and am home! It is such a happy time for me. I honestly feel like there is some invisible balance that has been restored in the house because of it. (it could be my imagination, but I promise that's how I feel.) I have been very blessed by my boss at work who let me have some time off this summer and found a school teacher who wanted to work this summer have my class and then is letting me come back to work in August after the kids go back to school. I worked all of June because Jim was home recovering from his back surgery. He is back to work and doing great!!! The kids and I are just hanging out...playing, whatever and it is great! I am working to get the house in order. Something happens when you work, it just isn't the same kind of cleaning when you have so little time to do it in. I don't really like to clean, but I have found myself enjoying it. HONESTLY!!!! We are taking a small trip to Ohio in a couple weeks because Jim's grandma is going to be 90. His mom is having a party for her and she doesn't even know we are coming....hopefully she will love her surprise...US!! Hopefully I'll find some time to blog a little while I am home, but you never know.