Treasured Creations

Expecting Miracles

I love reading Melody's blog. Each day she writes something to inspire me, and usually at just the moment when I need to hear it. This was from her blog today. How did she know I needed to be reminded to live each day to the fullest and to not just take it for granted ? I have been re-thinking the clutter in my house, in my head and in my heart. Its been coming for a long time. Its time to clear away a few cobwebs ( including some in the corners of my familyroom ) and start being my authentic self. So often I have found myself scrapping, dressing, decorating in a way that does not speak for me, but of what I think others want to see in me. I can tell you that it is not always easy being a minister's wife. I am reminded daily that others are watching me, sometimes it seems as if they are waiting for me to fall. Or looking to see if my kids or my husband will fall. In the last few months things have been rough and I have found myself holding my breath almost as if I was waiting for us to fall. That's not good and I am not going to take that negative attitude into my being anymore. All I can do is be "Me" and if people like it then ok, if not that is something they will have to work out. I am going to start living my life each day "expecting" a miracle ( I know I said this a few months back, but hey even I forget to take my own advice sometime ) and I am choosing to make the most of each day. Time to stop looking at other homes filled with color and start putting some of "my" favorite colors on the walls, in my clothing, on my scrapbook pages. Time to create the space that I want within my home, not worrying that it may not be the same as my friends, or even the same style. Somehow along the way I forgot that God gave me a choice and I have to decide what path I will take. Time to stop looking at the clutter building up in my home, in my heart and in my mind and start sweeping some of that clutter out the front door ( and out of my life ) before it turns from a mole hill into a mountain. Its time to get my butt out of the bed, stop feeling sorry for myself and start activating my dreams into reality.