Other People's Thoughts

I've read several blogs over the last few months that have been very inspiring. So, I thought I would share them. You can click on the title of each one to read them.

Burn the Candles
This first post is by Shauna Niequist. I love the reminder to enjoy the blessings that come your way.

3 Helps: For When You Wish You Could Tame Your Tongue
Love this analogy for Proverbs 16:24. Sometimes I struggle with my words, especially with my kids. Such a good reminder to be filled with good things in order to pour out grace.

How Pursuing Your Gifts Impacts Your Kids
I like this reminder to pursue your talents and make time for things you enjoy. I think my top two would be baking and dancing. Unfortunately, one of those is rather expensive and I don't get to do it anymore, which makes keeping up with my baking rather dangerous. So I joined a gym to compensate. Not quite as much fun as dancing, but I get to exercise and watch HGTV at the same time. So it's not all that bad.
Becoming a mom did not make my other talents go away, they are still there. So I really liked the encouragement in this post to keep up with the talents God has given us and (hopefully) inspire our kids to search out their own God-given talents. I realize there are seasons in life, and sometimes we do have to put things on hold. Such is the case for my architecture career. And that's ok, because I know this season of raising my kids is where I am to be for now.

When Her Good News Makes You Feel Bad
 I struggled with this big time when trying to have baby #2 (Caleb) and it has begun to creep up again after over a year of trying for another baby. (You can read our story with Caleb here.) God's path for each of us is different, and nothing good comes out of comparing ours with someone else. I am praying for God to bring me back to a place of contentedness; that if His best plan for our family is for us to not have anymore kids, that I will be ok with that.

You Are Enough 
A short and sweet encouraging post by Shauna Niequist.