It's Never Too Late...

It’s never too late to be what you might have been - George Eliot

Every morning as the sun rises we have a choice.  We can get out of bed and choose to be on autopilot as we perform our daily tasks just like the previous day OR before our feet even touch the floor we can say thank you Lord for giving me another day to be who you designed me to be...and we can go about our day with purpose and meaning.   If somehow we failed yesterday, today is another chance to live out the chapter he has written for us because "we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him" Romans 8:28  I am so encouraged by God's grace and His plan for my part in His Kingdom and with every new day I choose to serve Him as He teaches me to be the woman He created me to be.

Before your feet touch the floor in the morning, be thankful for your life and choose to live it in a way that honors God because whatever season of life you are in, it's never too late to be what He has created you to be.

It’s the little things.

My girls hands in mine

Dripping ice-cream cones

Little bare feet

Books piled high waiting to be read

An invitation from a friend

Downy fabric softener

A swim, a shower, pajamas and fresh sheets!

Cinnamon buns bubbling in the oven

Missing my husband while he’s away...kissing him when he comes home

God is so good.

Summer is in full swing. It just began and yet it is almost over! In less than eight weeks school bells will ring and we’ll never get the summer of 2011 back again! So how do we SLOW the days in order to savor them more? Ann Voskamp has some thoughts about that. In her book “One Thousand Gifts”, Ann writes about the beauty in the everyday things we sometimes take for granted. In her quest for the good life, she discovers that gratitude is the key to joy and that never having enough time is something we can change by simply choosing to appreciate every little moment God gives us. This small town farmers wife and mother of six will chase the moon and bring it to you wrapped in a poem so beautiful your heart will sing. Read it, pass it on and enjoy the longest, slowest, most blessed summer ever!

Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.