It has been quite a while since I had enough on my mind to post anything, so much so that I was wondering if I would ever have anything else to say! I've been spending (probably too much) time on Facebook, wandering in the different pages of my friends and also the different groups. I could spend all afternoon looking at the applications and planning out my page if my kids didn't need me for some reason. I especially LOVE the "flair" application. In my previous post I wrote of putting my best foot forward and picking out the right "flair" has caused me to think of how I define myself on Facebook. (I sense there must be something deeper there for me to think about, but it's not coming easily so I'll just pass on that.)
I'm getting ready to start my home school year, and I'm dreading it at the same time that I'm excited about it. That is a first: dread and anticipation. Dread is probably winning out as my oldest is in 5th grade and I want so much to challenge her and provide a decent school environment. But, if someone said to me to just put her in school, I would dread that even more than what I'm facing. I think home schoolers go through a "crisis of confidence" no matter how many years they have been doing it.
On a more spiritual note, today at church the new pastor spoke about many relevant things, but what is most memorable is his encouragement to "stay in the Word" and more specifically to be in the gospels to get to know Jesus. He said, for everything you read in the scripture, be reading twice as much in the gospels, to get to know Jesus. When I hear from the pulpit to "stay in the Word" I'm encouraged on a level of being reminded to be reading my Bible daily. Today I was encouraged in a way that was challenging me out of my everyday expectations of my christian walk. So I have a new quest now: to get to know Jesus better.
New to Facebook, new school year, new pastor, new quest=new beginnings. Maybe anticipation will win over dread after all!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
I'm expanding my computer experience to include a Facebook page. I'm having lots of fun with it, although I sense that I would allow myself to waste away the day on it. Internet pages are interesting in that one can portray themselves in a way that is favorable. It's like "putting your best foot forward." Hopefully, it's a truthful "foot forward" as well.
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