Ladies of Grace Blog Carnival!!!

My friend Beth over at http://walkamile-beth.blogspot.com is kicking off a blog carnival on August 5 ... it is way cool and I encourage everyone to check out Beth's blog and join in the good grace!

The following is the premise of the carnival --

Taken from A Heart Like His:

1. To be more aware of the condition of our hearts and with that awareness to keep them more open toward others

2. To do this in the normal course of our lives , in other words , not put any extra activities into our day--no extra visits, no preparing of casse
eople should not become "projects" and our lives should not to be filled with more things to do.

3. Notice the Spirit and be willing to blog and honestly report what did or did not happen.More explanation: This experiment is meant to help us explore and experiment with the simple concept of opening our hearts-simply making space for the Lord and others. Because this experiment is more about becoming than doing , it is simple, doesn't consume time, actually creates energy and therefore self- perpetuating ... This should be easy to do, but I believe the results will be more profound...because we are in search of a new heart...a heart like His!

Please join the fun over at http://walkamile-beth.blogspot.com.

What a great way to grace the world in our everyday doings!

Deciding Factors ....

I have been tossing around an issue in my mind for a few months now and have been wondering about my feelings and reactions to my ideas around this issue for several weeks. It has been a bit puzzling to me because the solution to my little decision-making dilemma (or issue) was just not clear to me. I had decided to take the Summer to listen for God Winks surrounding the issue and just see what came of it ....

Over the last weeks, I found that there were some interesting synchroncities that popped up related to this issue, a continued feeling I kept having of not being fully at peace about this issue, and a few moments that I experienced almost as if they were epiphanies, in the form of energy bursts actually ... that just weren't fully making sense to me ....

I continued to spend some time thinking about this issue during quiet moments, trying to see if I could put the pieces of the puzzle together. It was kind of a neat process and recently I think I may have completed this little puzzle for myself. This is really exciting to me, but I am still sitting on this "conclusion" just a bit ... sort of waiting and seeing what comes up for me with this at this particular point on this little journey I have undertaken ...

I feel that I am listening to God and loving his guidance here .... I feel that I am seeing into my heart a bit more clearly lately ..... an interesting journey ....

Some simple things I love ....

1.) Hanging out at home with my family.
2.) Reading great books
3.) Staying up late
4.) Sleeping in
5.) Watching my kids have a good time
6.) Going out to eat
7.) Talking with friends
8.) Taking a shower with no sight or sound of my children
9.) Swimming
10.) Night swimming