Jesus, We just want to Thank You

I need to be more thankful, grateful, humble, awed. I went to Mock Trial with my daughters last night and it was really interesting. One of the witnesses was a blind high school student. Man, technology was great as he had his notes in a braille computer. They all did a great job and NLA only lost by 20 points.
I sat there and thought how many times I think about seeing. Unless my glasses have a scratch or are not around I don't think about it much or thank God for sight.

Dear God,

Thank you for allowing me to have sight, hearing, the ability to walk, be healthy, speech, a whole body. I know that it may not always be this way and that I am blessed to have them all. Please be with those who have impairments and for them to see the world in such a unique way is a gift from You also. I know many have so many struggles that I do not have and am humbled at the gifts that You have given and ashamed that I am not more thankful and more vocal about acknowledging them as a gift.

Please help to be a good steward of Your gifts and help those who I can and You put in my life.

In Jesus Name,
AMEN

I Can't Fight that Feeling Anymore

I have decided to stop fighting with God. Can you believe all week long that is what I have been doing? Arguing if His way, His prompting, His Wisdom was right. I was hearing Him but not listening. Can you believe it?
I do not want to confront, I do not want to deal with unpleasant things but God is calling me to and I MUST listen and not act like a teenager.

Live Like you Are Dying

I need to remember that today could be the last day to spread Christ's love, to give a hug, to learn something, to grow, to hold my tongue, to be understanding even when I am misunderstood, to say 'I love you' or 'You aren't bugging me as much today', :) , to choose to see the bright side, the blessings, the gifts from God and others.

I am thankful for those who are teaching me to be more than I am. I need to grow. Often time with lessons there is failing but if I get back up again and try again it will be ok.

Celebrate Good Times

I will celebrate when the stomach ickiness is over here at the Chermaks but let's go back in time and see how we already celebrated. This was Thanksgiving!

Life's a Dance, You Learn as You Go

I still have so much to learn. I know that I learn something new everyday and am starting to fear that there is no room left in my brain to retain it. :)

I will keep on learning.

Miss Independent

So I was asked to describe something about myself that was unique and I could not do it. I don't think of myself as not connected to my family or friends. I define who I am by how I love God and others, by how I live with them and who I am with them, but not by who I am alone. I honestly could not think of an attribute and asked a friend and she said, 'fun-loving and social'. I agree that I love fun and am social, but does that describe me uniquely, no. I was told many in our class are fun-loving and social which is true so I put 'a misfit'. That is how I see myself.

This brought me to a goal for 2010 - learn to love who I am and figure out what that means. I love that I am a child of God, a mom, a wife, a friend, a daughter, a sister/in-law, an employee. These are my places in the world but what makes me me.

Here is what I came up with:

1. One who wants to love like Christ
2. One who loves those in her life passionately and wants to be more intentional with those relationships
3. One who listens
4. One who cheers on those around her
5. One who enjoys the simple life, not too complicated
6. One who sometimes needs intervention from others to become more than I am already
7. One who is finally happy with myself, mind, body, soul

You may disagree but it is as always a work in progress. Thanks friends for making me think about these things!