Kindles, 1 Samuel, Fruit, and Back packing...Yep, I have a case of the rambles!!!!

I LOVE my Kindle! My good friend told me that she listens to the text to voice option while she does dishes. I am working on a gift for a friend so I decided to try it out the voice option. Now, I can't say that I love the way it sounds, but this morning I was able to listen to the first 6 books in I Samuel while I was working my craft! I have a terrible time just sitting. I need to multi task every waking minute of my day. To be able to work on a gift for a friend and listen to the word of God was the perfect; I am so happy that I tried it out.

The thing that really stuck in my head after 'listening' to I Samuel was Samuel saying, "I'm here...you called?" Sometimes I think that instead of saying I'm here, I put my fingers in my ears and pretend like I didn't hear a thing!  Hmmm, something else that I need to give to God. So often I let my fears guide my response to His calling.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
I think it is odd that self control is at the very end of the list. If I were to use self control in all the areas of my life that I should then most of the others on list wouldn't be so difficult!

 I have a very vivid picture in my head of my quest to know God and to be the Christian woman that I should be. Above is a pic of my kids and me while on a backpacking trip with the WBC youth group. This trip is so similar to my life. I carried a heavy pack (I carry my worries, my sin, my lack of faith), I should have trained harder before going so that my muscles would have been ready (Need to be doing daily devos and listening to the word of God under good leadership whenever possible), I sprained my ankle and chipped a bone in my foot within the first few hours of the trip and continued to walk on it for two more days.( I fall into sin and doubt and instead of admitting I need help and turning to God I try to handle it on my own and just like my foot end up making things much worse!)
by the end of the trip I was bruised and battered, but I had seen some of the most beautiful views I could ever have imagined AND I was able to say I finished, I did it. Someday when I stand at the end of my life I hope that I will be able to look back and be able to proudly say that I trusted in God and I was a light that shined in the darkness. To know that all of the bumps and bruises were for God's glory would be the best thing ever!