Pithy or Profound?

I try hard to make my blog profound and to captivate my audience… but I usually find that my thoughts are so pithy and common. Lately, I have been drinking in the life and wisdom of others from several books I am reading. And I’ve just been enjoying the fun times with my kids, putting the ideas and principles into practice in our daily lives. In my daily life. I find that I have nothing to say (or write). I just want to do and to be.

I am going through a transformation where:

I see myself differently.

I see my kids differently.

I see my husband differently.

I’m becoming the woman I used to be.

The woman I always dreamed I would be.

And it all started almost a year ago now, when God said, “Change Your Mind”.

This road of Changing My Mind (or Repentance, which is the root of my transformation) has not been an easy one. Each day, I am brought back to my utter dependance on God.

Without Him, I am nothing.

Without His Grace, I cannot do all that He’s called me to Each Day; I cannot be who He has called me to be Each Day.

I’d say my life verse this year has been Romans 12:1-2

I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]. (Amplified Bible)

There are days when I have no desire to offer myself as a living sacrifice to God by serving my Husband, my Children, and my extended family. I just wish to escape to some deserted island and have not responsibilities.

But, miraculously, those thoughts are becoming less frequent.

Partly, it’s through meditation on the Word of God.

Partly it’s through the parenting books and curriculum on Righteousness and Virtue that I’m reading and teaching the kids.

Mostly it’s because of the Grace of God – His Powerful Presence in my life – giving me strength when I am weak and wisdom when I am completely dumbfounded.