Ya’ll!! I can’t believe it has been an entire TWO WEEKS since my last post.  I knew going back to work would put a damper on this ol’ blog, but wow.  Hopefully, we’ll resume a more regular schedule now that I don’t have work to go to each day! I have some updates scheduled for next week, but first a few random thoughts.  Because I haven’t been able to leak my brain in a blog post for a while.

1. Kingdom work isn’t clean or tidy or easy, as is evidenced by this post from Lori Harris.

2. When God convicts you of something, you can bet your bottom dollar the devil is going to do everything he can to make you fail.  Case in point:  I have been very convicted about my language–using my words for positive.  For the past several weeks, I’ve prayed for God to guide my words so that they will be glorifying to Him.  Wouldn’t you know, I’ve had more gossip spewed at me in the past few weeks that in the last 29 years of my life?  And oh how I wanted to hear it!  Sometimes I did well turning it away, sometimes I did not.  This sinful stuff is a daily battle, am I right?

3. Sometimes, right in the middle of this battered and broken world, God sends a rainbow.  I was trying to leave Target the other night with a crying baby, two overly helpful girl children, and a monsoon outside.  A sweet teenage guy came over and asked if he could help me.  (He even called me ma’am!)  That’s preciousness, right there.  And when the rain let up, there was the most gorgeous double rainbow I’ve ever seen.

4. For the first time in my life, I have fallen in absolute love with a pen.  A pen, I tell you.  These Frixion pens are the best ever, literally.  They write smoothly and brightly.  They are erasable, thanks to new “thermogenic ink”.  They are refillable.  And a pack of 7 colors is only $9 on Amazon.  (They are more expensive at Hobby Lobby–almost double!)

5. I have some really fun posts coming up–another hiking trip we took, a catch-up post of some things we’ve been up to, a calendar review, and a home improvement project in which I’ve partnered with Home Depot.  Check back soon or just subscribe in the right side bar to receive my posts by email.