Gotta Move - Sunday Singing

I just have to move...if I don't, well, I get stuck in the mud and allow everything in life to drag me down.  My spirit soars with music and movement.  My hands raised in praise to the One who made me and has called me to move to the beat of a different drum.




As a mother of boys this video just made me giggle.  What a creative God we serve, who lifts up our spirits and  moves us closer to Him.  My prayer for you today....may you MOVE and not give up.  There is gonna be brighter days!


"Move"

I'm not about to give up
Because I heard you say
There's gonna be brighter days
There's gonna be brighter days
I won't stop, I'll keep my head up
No, I'm not here to stay
There's gonna be brighter days
There's gonna be brighter days

I just might bend but I won't break
As long as I can see your face

[Chorus:]
When life won't play along
And right keeps going wrong
And I can't seem to find my way
I know where I am found
So I won't let it drag me down
Oh, I'll keep dancing anyway

I'm gonna move (move)
I'm gonna move (move)
I'm gonna move

I've got to hold it steady
Keep my head in the game
Everything is about to change
Everything is about to change

This hurt is getting heavy
But I'm not about to cave
Everything's about to change
There's gonna be brighter days

I just might bend but won't break
As long as I can see your face

[Chorus]

No matter what may come
Gotta move to a different drum
No matter what life brings
Gotta move gotta move to a different beat [x2]

I just might bend but won't break
As long as I can see your face

[Chorus x2]

No matter what may come
Gotta move to a different drum
No matter what life brings
Gotta move gotta move to a different beat

The War is On

"You are going down!" echoed in my ears as I gathered my partner for the annihilation of the broccoli destroying worms. This "want-to-be", "merciless", suburban farmer" was calling it WAR.  Benjamin and I would give Mr McGregor a run for his money.

You can't hide!!!  You are going down...can you tell I live in a boy's world, these are the words they taunt each other with while competing in a game?

Benjamin got excited to see them inch their ways up his arm......and his gift of mercy was revealed when I declared they had to be killed.  "No we can't kill them."  So off I ran to find a rescue container.

I just wanted this......

NOW WHO IS GOING TO WIN THIS WAR?  The grocery store is looking better everyday and I am soooooooooooo glad we don't have to depend on my gardening.  I did pick one radish...now what do you do with just one?

Lasso My Time

yahoo image... had to grab a Texas looking clock...trying to lasso time

Tick, tock, tick, tock... so goes the clock.  One year, I told my mother all of her clocks drove me crazy. Retirement doesn't control my parents with full schedules, while I have felt clocks invade every minute of my day with full schedules.  The last thing I wanted to see was two clocks per room ticking away, reminding me of obligations.

We all go through very busy seasons of life where posted calendars keep our families going the right direction. Then before the hour hand moves, we rarely find ourselves with extra time on our hands.  This fall found me with extra time for the first time in my 28 years of parenting.  While this was greeted with a warm welcome, I can also say that time ticked away without my awareness.

Conviction came through this quote in my Easter season devotional:

          Philip Berrigan
            "Physiological studies show Americans live in the less than 40% awareness.  Studies show
             an enormous waste of potential lost to trivial pursuits....game playing, fantasizing, daydreaming,
             television, self-pity, brooding, boredom, gluttony in food and drink.
             Lost is the prospect of personal and social renewal - reading, study, meditation, prayer
             teaching, service to the poor, justice and peacemaking, and non-violent resistance.
             The scripture likens such crippled attentiveness to death - death before one dies.

So after my "weight reality check," I had a "time reality check".  I grabbed a fun notebook to journal where my time was flying to.  Observations allowed me to be more "intentional" with my day.  I found grabbing my time also brought a new sense of fulfillment.

• Staying on a regular schedule going to bed and waking in the morning removed a feeling of chaos
• Rising early before everyone else allowed me to have a quiet time with the Lord
• Taking the time to exercise gave me more energy to enjoy the rest of my time (do it early)
• Finishing up the things I don't care for first allowed me to enjoy old interests
• Keeping a schedule also allowed more flexibility
• Recording my time motivated me to establish more of a route and to watch for time robbers
• Grabbing hold of my time allows me to live more "intentionally"
• Fulfillment at the end of the day was brought by spending my time wisely... also brought peaceful sleep
• A desire to be Aware and Not Die before Natural Death!...will put me in less than 40% of Americans...I think that is a good goal for life!