Too Much Of Me. Not Enough Of Him

Happy New Year! I've been away from the blog for a little bit. But, I'm feeling the rhythm now and think I just may be on my way back to regular blog posts.

As 2011 came to a close, I did what so many of us do at the end of each year.  I took a little time to reflect on my current life.  Time to figure out what seemed to be working for me and what needed change.  And the more I thought about it, the more I heard the same mantra reverberate deep within me. 

There's too much of me.  And not enough of Him.
 
While I may have had the best of intentions in life, I realized I was hyper-focused on myself and those closest to me.  And my primary focus wasn't on Jesus.  Like it should be.  It's not that He wasn't a large part of my life.  He was.  But, was he really the center of my life? And I heard it again... 

Too much of me.  Not enough of Him.

So, my plans for 2012 are to make Jesus the center of my life.  I have some plans to make this happen.  For example, I'm going to read the Bible in its entirety again.  I skipped the last two years, thinking my Bible studies and such would suffice.  Ha!  It's not the same, friends.  If you haven't read the Bible cover to cover, please join me.  Go to www.youversion.com/reading-plans/all to pick a reading plan.  When you break it up like the plans do, I think you'll find it to be enjoyable. 


I am going to facilitate another women's Bible study through our church.  It will be on Wednesday nights, starting January 25th.  It's a 10-week study by Stormie O'Martian called The Power of the Praying Woman.  If you have read anything by this author, you will know this will be a good study.  Love her work!  I watched the first video session and knew this was the one to do.  So ladies, if you are in the Collin County area, please consider joining us.  Click HERE to go to the church site.  Online registration should begin soon. 

I have another something through the church that I hope to get going soon.  The idea hit me during a church service a couple of weeks ago and I'm pretty sure that was a "God thing."  I'm excited to share more about that, but will wait until the plans are more solidified.

Just a few of my 2012 plans to have more of Him and less of me.  

As for the general update in our family, things are going well.  Garrett just turned 5 and says he feels older already.  He's likes doing 1/2 preschool at the church and 1/2 homeschool with us here at home.  He looks forward to starting tee ball again in the spring and says he'd like to be Spiderman when he grows up.  ;)

Gavin feels great and is losing teeth left and right.  He lost two upper teeth over the Christmas break.  His gummy smile makes me smile.  We have pretty well finished curriculum that is considered kindergarten level in our local school district and have moved into first grade work.  I find that to be a major perk of homeschooling him this year.  If we decide to move him into our local school district next fall, first grade won't be all new information. 

Gavin has a regularly scheduled MRI next Thursday.  This is the first time we've gone 6 months without an MRI.  Thank you for keeping Gavin in your prayers.  I feel good about this scan. 

Thanks for checking in on us.  I'll try to post more regularly.  Anything in particular you all think I should blog about in 2012?

Much love,