Goals for the last week of 2013

Personal:

Write 3 blog posts

Finish reading Say Goodbye to Survival Mode and write review and blog post about it.

Voice Practice for 2 1/2 hrs

Mail letters and packages, yes, I am later getting a couple Christmas gifts out but I have very understanding loved ones.  Whew!

Parenting:

Finish reading Spirit Animals to lil man.  Start reading Artimis Foul to him.

Have one on one time with the oldest lil.

Health:

Walk at least 2 miles 4 days.

Drink 80 oz water daily

Relational:

Write 3 letters (and mail them) to friends.

Call my Aunt to encourage and catch up.

Crafty:

Finish the scarf I'm working on and make another as well.

Merry Christmas to one and all.

As I sit here at 2:30 in the afternoon still in my pj's, I reflect on what Christmas really means to me.

Christmas is...the reason for my hope and joy.  It astounds me that Jesus stepped out of Heaven to come to this world to endure all He did for me and all of humanity.

My life doesn't look like I want it to but I have a peace that God will bring me to the place HE wants me to be and that gives me a great joy.  I know as long as I stay focused on Jesus and not get distracted by all the stuff that comes at me, I will be okay in the end.  There's been a lot to get me discouraged and knock me off course but being anchored in Jesus, the perfecter of my faith, I am able to stay the course and keep smiling when circumstantially I should be crying.

Thank you God for sending Jesus to be my salvation and my director.  Help me to remember to come to you when life gets complicated and I start to panic because my problems seem larger than my hope.  You are bigger than anything I can come up against.

Ever have one of those days where you just want to run away but your responsible side keeps you grounded in place?  Well that was my today.  It was the perfect storm of not enough sleep, not enough coffee and too much stress.  Work, home, commuting all just added up.  But thru it all, even with tears in my eyes and a quivering lower lip, I made it and not only did I make it, I managed to do it while giving God the glory and praising His mighty and matchless name.  I'm not gonna lie, it was hard and I wanted to pout and be reactive and fuss and whine (okay, I may have done some of all of those things), but I looked to God and He kept me afloat and now I can just give thanks and pray that tomorrow is a little easier. 

Hope you are blessed in your day!