a praying mum

my mum is staying with us at the moment - baby-sitting me. Every morning she has a routine of waking up and worshipping the LORD. I can hear her from my room singing and praying.

I wonder how many times my mother's prayers covered my steps as I was growing up. The power of a praying mum - only the LORD knows. I am grateful for her worshipping heart and as I am about to become a mum, I know that this is something I want to emulate, in my own way.

Even now she prays for each of us. Her generation grew up with this prayful attitude handed down to them from their parents. It works for her and helps her to draw near to the LORD. I am blessed because of her prayers over the years. It's a blessing I want to pass on to my child.

We don't agree on a lot of things and my ways are more my Dad's ways than my mum's. Even our beliefs and how we practice these are poles apart. But she has a quality that I greatly admire - what she says is what she does. She knows what she believes, right or wrong, she steps out in faith. She's not double-minded and is not easily swayed by new practices or people.
She does not change with the wind.

So even though we disagree or I don't like what she does sometimes, I admire her faithfulness to what she thinks is right.

I admire people who don't think like me, who challenge me, who make me step back and think about what I truly believe. I don't have to agree with them to admire them. Give me people who speak the truth over diplomacy any day.

baby countdown

11 more days to go...still hoping the LORD answers my prayer, in which case have 10 days to go...wow so close!

thoughts in progress

thinking a couple of things in the last few days....still working it out....

i think i had this world's view of what being ONE means...summed up in that Tom Cruise line to whats her name....'you complete me.' Where you and your man become in sync with each other and know each other so well that when one is weak the other is strong...you're so discerning of each other that you know what the other person is thinking.

You're so in love with each other that when you're away from each other it feels like part of you is missing. You kind of walk around not really there and all your conversations seem meaningless because he's not there to share life with..

Now I'm starting to think God's idea is more like - you expect less but give more. So you expect less for yourself and give more to the other person. You expect less from that other person and give more to them.

I think the LORD is turning my idea of being ONE upside down....

2nd thought...from Joel Osteen. I missed the sermon but caught the line. He said whatever pain you've been through or are going through...to survive it you need to dream a bigger dream than this pain. It will help keep you focused on the dream so you can cope with the pain.

Made me think what is my big dream? What is OUR (myles and moi) big dream? What do we want to achieve specifically before we die? It has to be something so big that we're PASSIONATE about achieving it and won't let anything Satan throws at us stop us from PRESSING FORWARD. It has to be specific so you don't procrastinate over it and waffle through life having no clear idea of how to acheive it.

As I am about to have a baby, I wonder about God's timing that he should put these thoughts on my plate right now.

what is my priority?

my wife sent me this today...worth sharing!

"One thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize." (Philippians 3:13-14)

What does this mean?
Deciding to focus on your top priority in life is a daily choice. As followers of Christ, your top priority is to share with others the love that is found in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. If you try to do everything, you'll wind up being average at many things instead of excellent at anything! To live your best life, make time for the key relationships in your life--whether that is your spouse, your children, or your parents. People are God's most precious creation; so set aside quality time for the special people the Lord has in your life.

A Prayer for Today
God, I pray that You will help me focus on the few things that You want me to accomplish today. Make me sensitive to the needs of the people You've placed in my life. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Courtesy of joelosteen.com

baby countdown

2 weeks and 6 days to go...excited....very prayful for baby's safety....wondering if i've forgotten to do something....

when pregnant women have too much free time...

I'm a West Wing fan (tv series abt president of U.S., white house staff, etc). At the moment fox is showing reruns nearly every night. I love the characters on it - they are full of personality and have some of the greatest lines. Watched it today and was laughing hysterically at the head counsel for the president - his top lawyer.

I said to the LORD, that's the kind of people he needs working on our side. I love people who are outrageous and show no fear and are full of balls. I'm just not a traditional conservative christian so if I could pick a dream team for the LORD I would pick most of the white house staff.

The writers made them so full of quick wit. They have a strong sense of right and standing up for what they believe in. Yet every one of them is fallable. But that's what makes them lovable. They stuff up, they pick themselves up, have a laugh, and get back to the good fight. Some of them (like Leo's secretary) are just weird yet they find a home in the white house, where weird fits in with everything else.

If I could pick one that represented who I would like to be then it would be that top lawyer character. He's completely out there and crazy but excellent at what he does. I don't remember him in the later series' - I think he gets replaced...but for the one episode I've seen him in he's great.

Someone needs to do a christian tv show where the characters are like this - mixed up bunch of full of life characters who range from moments of conservatism to outrageous and stupid. Instead of all conservative and traditional because that seems to be the world's view of us. Why would they think this if it wasn't an image we portrayed? But surely this isn't the reality of the LORD's body??

Surely their are more christians like us out there who are far from perfect and don't fit the world's image of christianity???? Who have fits, make bad choices and kick themselves over it, who can be loud and blunt, and quiet and snobby, who scream sometimes 'leave me alone, i'm having a moment', who lose the plot over stupid little comments their mum makes and then regret it, who watch scarry violent movies like 'Wolf Creek' and wish they hadn't...who are involved in personal relationships which drive them crazy and are far from perfect.....who have lots of moments of 'what about me' and then remember 'oh it's not about me, d'oh'...............surely there are others out there??

baby countdown

4 weeks and 6 days to go......