More new stuff ...

I am kind of basking in the post-Christmas downtime.  Don't get me wrong ... I have loved all the shopping, wrapping, decorating, special events, parties, cooking, eating, friends, travel, extravaganza of the last MONTH.  But I am finding that at my root, I am just a homegirl ... very happy to settle in my sweats with a great book (which I've done some of!!) or a great movie ... maybe a fire in the fireplace or a pot of soup on the stove, a few lunchdates thrown in for good measure.  And that's mostly what the last few days have been for me!!  And it's been GLLLLOORRRRIOUS!!  And since I figured out today that we don't indeed return to work til Tuesday, I am doing some more of that tonight!  WOOHOOO!!

But back to new stuff ...

You know deep down, we all wanna be a little bit of Beth Moore ... and since I started following her blog, I find that urge a little more often.  Well ... she has a Siesta Scripture Memory Team.  And I think I'm gonna be one of its covert operatives.  Remember, I don't live in Texas (anymore) and I don't like big.  So, I'm not gonna post on the wall every two weeks ... but I am gonna follow her strategy for scripture memorization, hoping that my newfound little bit of self-discipline MIGHT just extend to that.  I like it for several reason ... it's individual - she doesn't tell you what to memorize, it's do-able ... you start new verses on the 1st and 15th and her mantra is keep it simple and meaningful.  And since I'm taken with the verse she posted yesterday on her New Years blog, I think I'm gonna start with it.  Anybody else in???

SO ... drumroll please ... verse #1
"The Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way you went until you came to this place."   Deut. 1:31
What a sweet way to start the year knowing that God has brought us to this place.  this place.  And not only that, He carried us.  There are some parts of this year that I want to be brave and big, to see God do amazing thing and to be faithful and obedient, but to know, that when I'm just not able that He will carry me is kinda more than I can even imagine.

AND ... BIG day ... I started a new study in my quiet time.  It's called Me, Myself, and Lies by Jennifer Rothschild.  In the introduction (yeh, it didn't take long to speak to me) she talks about women of grace and peace.  And for the first time, I think I can answer that darn question about what you'd like on your tombstone, or what you want to be known for ... to be known as a woman of grace and peace says a lot.  That's a rare combination.  A woman of grace is going to love well.  A woman of peace is going to be able to say "it is well with my soul" ... even when it is not "well" with her circumstances.  So, in my journey this year, I want to grow to be a woman of grace and a woman of peace.  And part of that journey is where this study will take me to know and accept God's TRUTH in my life ... and not the whispers of lies from the enemy and myself. 


Think I'm gonna enjoy one last night of guilty pleasure bedtime reading ... until tomorrow ...