This Guy

-
My birthday is next week. My 40th birthday.

As is the case most years, we will be traveling on that special day, so this guy took me out last night for an amazing, way too expensive Italian dinner and a movie. 

A couple of things worth mentioning here... I may have had a hot flash. Um... what?!?

Also we watched a movie called Money Monster, and I sat on the edge of my seat the entire time. Granted, I'm one of those. I get completely emotionally engaged in movies that draw me in, and then I apply every element to my own life that will fit. Usually it's some random inspirational thing that either inspires me to do something big or lose weight. (Which, at this point is also doing something big.) 

This movie inspired me to do something. I kept thinking, we are a flash in the pan. Like seriously, a firework. A few moments of flashing and popping and then we burn out, like a vapor. Like the flowers of the field, here today, gone tomorrow. Which leaves us with this incredible question- what will we do with it? 

I'll tell you one thing for sure, I do NOT want to be a dud! I want to blow up the sky with brilliance in my moment. Not only to be seen, but I want to leave a mark, an imprint on the night, for the glory of God, for sake of His kingdom. 

I'm praying for the navigation of that. I feel like I have a good start- bringing 9 God-fearing children into the world, but I don't believe it ends there. 

What will you do?

Lvb

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mercy

-
I woke up this morning Fully realizing that He is gone. There is nothing I can Think Or say Or pray That will undo that. Now we have to Navigate through another day Without him. Like learning how to walk On new legs. Pray for my strength To come only from the Him. Mine is faulty. May the comfort of our Lord Come to those around me Through these two arms And these two ears And this trickle of tears. Lvb
Read more

guard dog

-
Image
  This dog is a fierce opponent of mine. For over a year I have avoided the last leg of my two-mile walk because of his ferocious bark. I have a fear of dogs from childhood that is pretty irrational, but I am able to reason myself out of running scared, sometimes. Instead of walking to the end of his block, I would just retrace the distance over an area that was dog-free. It felt silly, but it kept me safe. Then one day there were two walkers ahead of me that managed to get to the end of the block with no sign of attack. I could hear the dog barking, but he didn’t approach, so I assumed there was an electric fence. Oh the joy I felt at this discovery! I began to shed my fear and walk freely to the end of the trail.  I was so happy about my newfound freedom that I decided to write about it. So one day, I stopped on the sidewalk in front of the dog’s house to take a photo of him. Before I knew it he was charging at me, barking viciously. He got closer and closer and I walked quickly down
Read more

Better days

-
Image
Hi, have you met Dale? Than you know why this picture shocks me everytime I look at, it's like I'm seeing it for the first time. So I'm praying that I'll have at LEAST one writing project done by next spring. With the new home schooling goals, I don't know how practical that is, but without a forty hour commitment to working every week, starting in October, I'll have a little free tiME! WE GOT THE JOB!!! Dale interviewed today. We should have a reporting date in October. Thank you all, with all sincerity, for your prayers for us and the timing on this crazy thing. It has been worth the wait- for this. If we had not been forced to wait the past months, Dale would have gone into the interview totally unprepared, overweight and out of shape. But God... For years we have lived our lives like Mario- when he's invisible and the fast music is playing- invincible. (my first big word as a kid) When we first got married, Dale worked at Blockbuster as a manage
Read more