My Incredible Life

On pondering what my incredible life would look like, the computer did not rate at all.

  So why do I spend so much time on the computer?

FYI What my incredible life looks like is: (in no particular order)

Healthy body, healthy mind.  Time and desire to play and read with adults (particularly hubby) and children (especially mine).  Clean house.  Good food.  Good friends.  No debt.  8 children (I don't know why but that number keeps popping into my head).  No clutter.  Mentoring and mentored.  Love.  Well behaved children.  Energy.  Peaceful.  Passionate.  Fun.  Learning, always learning.  Godly.  Well done good and faithful servant.

Post the Twelfth: Home-Making and House-Keeping

While I was typing something else into my address bar in Firefox, this blog post appeared in the drop down menu.  It was a timely reminder about my responsibilities in the home.

Do I honour my beloved husband by the way I care for our home, or does he feel disrespect due to mess?  Do I let trivial, idle things distract me from my purpose on earth and in our home?  Do I place greater value on digital relationships than the relationships I have with my flesh-and-blood blessings?

I only wish I'd rediscovered this post a few weeks back when I was struggling with envy and bogged down in the repetitiveness of my daily tasks. 

And just a note, the blog post is on the blog of a Catholic homeschooling mother.  I don't condone all of the views, religious or otherwise, on that blog.

Post The Tenth: Random Musings on Generosity and Possessions

I think we have too much "stuff".  Too many possessions, too many things.  The more we have the more space we need to store it.  The more we have the more time we spend looking at, using, looking after, cleaning and packing away these items.  We spend money upgrading or adding on to our possessions, or collecting more of the same.

We waste energy worrying about our possessions.  Am I using it to its fullest potential?  Is it big enough, fast enough, efficient enough to do the job?  Will it break down and I will be left in the lurch?  Will someone steal it?  Will it get damaged by fire?   Flood?  Children? (LOL)

In all our worry, we beging to value our possessions much more than we should.  We forget generosity.  God is able to provide for His children, and does.  Giving things away is freeing because we no longer need to worry about that possession.  We don't have the burden of protecting it.  We don't have the responsibility to care for it.  We don't have to store it, trip over it or wonder what to do about it if we no longer need it.

God is a generous God.  He freely gives to us blessings we do not deserve.  We are to be like Him, and one of the ways we can be like God is to be generous.

We can be generous by donating possessions to charities for them to give to needy families or sell and use the revenue to help the needy.  However, generosity is much more meaningful when it is personal.  While you can thank God for a great find at an op shop (something that you needed/had been looking for that you found for a great price) I find that thankfulness overflows all the more when someone *gives* us something, no strings attached.

Let's bless others by being generous with what we have.  We can never outgive God!