Hello!
Here I am, Lord. Use me.
With these words, I am beginning my first blog on this site. I am humbled to think that God has chosen me to be an encouragement to other Christian women, or perhaps at times a sounding board. Whatever God’s purpose, wherever he leads me as I type, I know the journey will be blessed.
Throughout my writings, I am sure you will see a thread of joy and praise… I love the Lord, and look for joy in everything. Granted, there are times where the joy is well-hidden, but I try to find it, to find the positive within the negative. And I want to be able to help you see that joy, too. I want us to be able to praise God in the lowest points of our lives and be thankful in the highest points. May He work His miracles in us and around us.
I am excited to be here. I have been praying for something that would allow me to work from home, so I could continue to be a stay-at-home mom. But I also wanted to use the gifts that God has given me, and writing is something I feel passionate about.
Our topics may run from the mundane to the magnificent, but hopefully we will always learn a little, laugh a little, and grow a lot.
As I type here in bed (I love having a laptop!), my four year old daughter is sleeping next to me, and my husband is on the other side of her, snoring away. I’m reminded of what an older friend of mine once told me. I was complaining about my husband’s snoring, and she got a far-away look in her eyes. “My husband used to snore, too,” she said. “It used to drive me crazy… I would give anything to hear him snore one more time.” You see, her husband had passed away a few years earlier. From that time on, my husband’s snores have taken on a different meaning to me (other than my own lack of sleep). His snores mean that God has chosen me to be the wife of this God-fearing man. God chose us to be husband and wife before we were ever thoughts in the minds of our parents. What’s a little snoring and lack of sleep when you know that the man who is behind it all is a gift that God selected just for you?!
I think I will join the rest of my family and get some sleep. Have a blessed day.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Hi Linda. I used to write this blog, and I am so glad they found a new writer. I hated to leave it, but it was a personal decision I had to make for my family. I’m glad to see the site won’t be left untended. The readers are great and you will get many opportunities to minister to women from all walks of life. I hope you have fun with it and use whatever gifts God has granted you to make the most of the opportunity.
I tried to remove my name from the blog on all the different social networks it was listed at, but if you come across one that still has me listed just send me an e-mail and I’ll remove it. God Bless!
April 28th, 2008 at 10:30 am
[...] Hello! Here I am, Lord. Use me. With these words, I am beginning my first blog on this site. I am humbled to think that God has chosen me to be an encouragement to other Christian women, or perhaps at times a sounding board. Whatever God s purpose, wherever he leads me as I type, I know the journey will be blessed. Throughout my writings, I am sure you will see a thread of joy and praise I love the Lord, and look for joy in everything. Granted, there are times where the joy is well-hidden, [...]
April 28th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
We too try to find “the good” that God has in everything…with this being such a difficult year for us I can relate to it sometimes being difficult to spot and can be grateful to God with the blessings he has bestowed upon our lives. I am looking forward to reading more of your blogs!