You know after reading the blogs of other friends, I am drawn in to thinking over my life and where I am. Sometimes I’m tempted, as I guess many of us are, to compare where I am to where others are and feel a sense of dissatisfaction but today that’s not where I am. Today, I’m realizing that each phase is significant because it is a part of the recipe that God uses to make us who we are. I’m glad for this period in my life where I have 1 sweet, easygoing but curious child and all the things I learn through trying to shape her into a wonderful contributing member of society as well as a significant warrior for the kingdom of God. I pray that God would help me to be consistent and have the strength to be diligent in chipping away a Karis’ fleshly tendencies and helping her to understand what it means to exercise self-control. I am also praying that God would strengthen me to exercise self-control of my own as I try to bring our environment into order. There they are, my rambling thoughts of gratitude and hope mixed with a deep need for God’s intervention.