New Year....mingling seasons!

2013~~  What will this look like for you?  For me, we have pre-menopause, puberty, potty training and puppy...the year of the P's!  It makes me laugh that in my little life, I have such a variety of things happening.  We think that we go from season to season, and those seasons are fairly consistent.  Nope!  Just when you think you have completed one season and are entering into another...God laughs and says, Oh but wait...my seasons mingle!   I will keep a little tiny bit of the old, add some new, and then, just for fun....throw in a curve ball.....just to keep you on your toes!  It's like having summer...and in  Texas, we know that can be hot, exhausting and long...but occassionally God will throw in a hint of fall, even for a day...that helps you know that there is hope, there is a change coming, and we can make it through what we are currently enduring.  What season are you in?  What glimpse of change has  God thrown in to your life to give you hope, faith, excitement or endurance?  
As we enter into 2013, God has shown us a glimpse of this season.  For me it will be prioritizing.  This will include time, events, relationships, and commitments.  With the 4 P's in place at my house, focus has to change, some relationships will stay the same, some will change.  Focus on my family and children are changing as they are entering into a new season of their own lives...and quality time with my husband will look differently.  I am very excited about this season....my children are entering into my favorite time....teenage-ish years.  Been waiting for this time!  I know that sounds crazy, but I love these years!  They are very fun and enjoyable for me, even with the clashing of voices, hormones raging and opinions being expressed.
I pray for guidance this year...I pray for wisdom and knowledge as I travel this journey with my family.  I pray for clear ears to hear the Father and only do what He directs me to do.  Pray with me as we travel this journey together this year.  Let's lift each other up, help each other balance our "seasons" out, and encourage each other as they walk through these seasons.  Share with me what is on your heart!  I want this blog to be interactive, and encouraging!
Love you guys!   "with everything...turn, turn, turn."  

Introspection and blogging??

I began writing a month of thankfulness posts on facebook and it was actually very fun for me!  I have not written in years!  I have been too busy being a wife, a mom, a teacher, a mentor, a real estate agent and a child advocate against sexual offenders.    Through all of that, I still love to write.   What is quite funny, is that I do not journal.  I have tried many times and I find it very difficult.  I am working on that now, as I find journaling to be very freeing and very valuable when God speaks to you.  I will encourage you, as we begin this journey of writing and as you are reading what God lays on my heart, that you will begin to journal your own journey and write down what God speaks to you as we travel this together!  I would love to hear what God says to you through His words, and through writings!

I am going to begin a year of devotions beginning on January 1, 2013 (assuming the world has not come to an end and we are not all gone, raptured up, or in hiding somewhere)!  I would love feedback, encouragement and ideas if you have any.  My goal is to be an encouragement to you as my reader, speak what God has laid on my heart that day, and enjoy the journey!   I guess calling them devotions is not really accurate.  They  may or may not all have to do with God, they may or may not be deep and introspective....some may  just be fun and joyful!   

Come join me on this journey, let me know that you are following me and watch as God transforms each of us this next year!   I can't wait!