I'm really bad at staying organized in case you didn't know! My mind is always going a million different directions and never focuses on one thing, so it's hard to get anything done. Much less keep up with a blog regularly!
Since I last wrote a blog, I've been on 2 trips with our youth group. It was great to get to spend more than just a couple hours with the youth. I spent 2 weeks with them! It really helped me get to know them better and they are truly an awesome group of teens. I'm not just saying that. There is an incredible amount of potential there....ah potential. What a scary word! You look at people and see what they can do, but you just never know if they realize it. Shoot, it's hard for me to see my own potential, how can i expect others to see theirs?? It made me believe in the road Rob and I are traveling even more though. There is a burning inside me to really see these guys and girls not just thrive, but to truly change the world and I can see how it's possible. We went first on a mission trip to New Jersey. It's been a LOOOONG time since I had been on a mission trip, but it was so good for me to go and do stuff for others. We also went to a youth camp in FL and it was so wonderful to have that worship and hear messages on time. Man...time is incredibly valuable and something that once it is gone...it's never to be back. I waste an incredible amount of time thinking about the things I want to do or should be doing. It drives me crazy...there are so many things to take up our time and to waste our time on. Here's something that might be sad - I think it would be harder for me to fast from technology then from food. That's sad, isn't it? I'm not sure I could survive. But, i think I'm going to have to try it. To try and see how a day or week would be without tv, texting, computer...*gasp!*....I know, I almost start convulsing just thinking about it. But, there are some serious things going on right now that I need to spend a lot of time praying about. One of which is my upcoming schedule. I really did not think I could get any more busy, but this coming school year is going to be so crazy and I need to pray for God to lead me to do the things that are really important and let go of some other things.
Rob is *thisclose* to having his Associates Degree. I'm so proud of him and so excited that the first leg of this marathon is almost done. He's on his last class now. Then seminary. But, he's taking a break between so he doesn't get burnt out which is perfect!
So to sum it all up, I'm totally distracted and terrible at taking the time to actually write anything amusing or fun to read, I think I'll die if I go on a technology fast and I'm getting ready to be incredibly busy.
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JMHO--but I don't think you really need to go on a TOTAL technology fast. Probably you can do without texting or TV, although that might cause some withdrawal :). But computers are the modern-day pen and ink and mail system, not to mention our link to the much broader world. In that sense they're as much our friend as time is.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, we had a couple separate times recently when our Internet connection went down for about 24 hours. Thought I would die! But then I sat myself down and made a list of all the things I had been wanting to do, and that a no-Internet day allowed me to do. It was more than I could possibly have gotten done in 2 weeks!
OK, so top of the list was "Shoe shopping." LOL! We DO have to wear shoes...don't we???
(I think this is going in under Carla's name... but it's really Carla's mom!)