Treasure

A week or so ago, my friend, e-mailed a group of us to join her for our own Mother's Day celebration. You see, at this spa on Wednesdays for the month of May, we thought every mother got in for 1/2 price. Who couldn't use a spa day for 1/2 price???? Bonus for me, because it was Wednesday, I would have childcare / kids in school until 2:45. What a blessing I thought.

We get to the spa, after Starbucks (of course) and we sadly learned that the deal is not quite what the add made it seem like. We got in, but only the second person was 1/2 price, not every Mom which after reading the add 50 bazillion times, it makes it sound like. Oh well, we were at the spa. We spent the day lounging, sun bathing with sunscreen, and just being. It was great, relaxing and a welcome relief from the stresses of life. The part Mr. C. loved is that I had a gift card from Christmas, so it cost us nothing out of pocket.

So for all the Moms out there, who live near here (sorry Cathy!) if you want to go to the spa and take another Mom, or your Mom, know that one of you is getting in 1/2 price, and the pools are waiting for you. The Club Mud is refreshing (my skin is still glowing) and the atmosphere is kid free ~ Happy Mother's Day!

Pointless Poll

This week's poll, is difficult for me. I truly find peace in both places but for different reasons. Take an inventory for yourself.....and vote away!

New Wardrobe

So I am totally blog stealing right now!!! My friend, posted a blog about her life and how much growing she has done in the past year. Looking back on her year, life has been rough, she has grown, but she is better for her growing. So in my comment to her, I stated that at least she gets a new wardrobe for her growing. At least it wasn't in vain! Then I really started to think about it.

You see, I wasn't completely off my rocker. I realized that when we grow spiritually, rarely do we want to go back to where we were. Rarely do we want to be the same person. As HARD as growing is, it has several rewards that go with it. Growing is HARD, hard when you are little and get so warn out by the growing process. Hard when you are an adult and feel like you should have learned this lesson by now. Hard when you didn't want to grow, but you had no choice in the matter.

But God promises in Deuteronomy 28, that if we are obedient, there are HUGE rewards. If we are obedient, there are HUGE blessings. If we are obedient, we find HUGE favor with HIM. We just have to believe that He is faithful in getting us through the growing process, and clothe us in HIS wardrobe ~ the best quality and kind.

Now that we have grown, we have a new perspective, a new outlook. When we are not in a growing spurt, we can look back at what we learned and be thankful. What girl want to wear the same pair of shoes everyday? It is good to have several right???? Same here, it is good to have our spiritual wardrobe, to pull from and have variety. A shoe rack or wardrobe where we can see the ol' reliables with the sassy and better new additions.

I see spiritual growing much like a diet. We don't want to go back, because if we are smart, we will see all of our hard work, be proud of ourselves for getting through and want to continuously fit into our new clothes and perspective. So instead of complaining about the growing process I am going to (hopefully) look at the end goal, and the end result and rejoice at how God is clothing me. I have a feeling that HIS sense of style is the best that is out there.

Tuesday's Treasure

This week's treasure is the Beach. We went to the beach this weekend, and although it was a Northern Ca beach, which meant cold weather, and colder temperatures in the water we still had a fabulous time. The kids were smart and didn't purposefully get soaked, they instead flew a kite with their Dad and played in the sand. There was even a swing set on the sand so they could swing and hear the waves and be at the beach all at the same time. Crazy enough we found thousands of ladybugs on the beach ~ thousands!!! What I remembered after a winter of not visiting the ocean is how much the smell of the ocean calms me. How the sound of the waves is refreshing to my soul (good thing we could hear them from the hotel room). When just being there and having my feet exfoliated by sand, there is a peace that is overwhelming. I can't wait for summer when me and the kiddos can go where it is warmer and have fun in the waves, and once again be calmed by the ocean!

The Call for Obedience

So lately, I have been inundated with the topic of obedience. In BSF, we are studying Moses' last calls for obedience before the Israelites enter the promise land. Family Small group, the call for obedience and bringing God your best. Songs on the radio seem to be singing only on this topic. Me as a Mom, of course want to demand obedience from my kiddos.

The thing that has struck me though in all of this, is that there are ALWAYS consequences for disobedience. I don't like to think about that. My kids don't want to go there. However, it is there.

Recently the call that I want to ignore, is the call for submission. Usually this isn't terribly hard for me, but lately that has changed. It isn't that I am being asked to do something that is too hard, it is just me being asked to move out of the way and let someone else do the leading and the steering, a try it their way for a while. In theory this all sounds good, but when it comes down to it, I realize just how much I am in the way. Then I start to wonder, how many blessings have I missed out of because I am thinking of me? How much harder has my road been to travel because I carry around a bunch of junk? When am I going to learn????? I have no answers mind you, but I know at least where I am being called at the moment, and I need to be obedient. Any and all thoughts are welcome on this!

Pointless Poll

This weeks, might be easy, might not. This is my random thoughts if nothing else. If you were to choose a pet, only one, which would you choose. As most of you know, I actually do have both, and to be honest they are so much a part of me, I could never choose between THEM, however on the species, I totally have a preference ~ what is yours?

Tuesday's Treasure

Today's treasure has no pictures ~ sorry. But what I treasure this week is the smell of dirt (see there is a reason for no picts!) I love the smell of dirt, my dirt to be exact. I love working in the garden like I did this weekend. Feeling the sun on my back, having my hands dirty, and my face sweaty. I like the feeling that when I finally go inside to shower something was accomplished. It might not be much, it might not show much fruit besides no more weeds for a few days anyway, but it is therapeutic to me. This weekend, I moved plants. No one is really going to notice except for me and Mr. C. but it was worth it. Now, I don't have to worry about little plants with big puppy paws going through them. I love my garden right now ~ but more on that to come.