Just Don't Go

I wish for a day that I wouldn't have to leave the house, at all, not even open the front door. Although, I don't mind company, I just don't want to go... anywhere.
I am super social, can't wait to join up, sign up, be involved... but even I have limits. I find as I age, my limits are becoming more and more apparent to me. It never used to bother me to go every day all day. In college, I worked three part-time jobs and took twenty credit hours in one semester. I would have to change my clothes at stop lights I was so busy! It never occurred to me to want to go home, or to do less.
But, now... now, I am content in my home. Praise the Lord! That is something many women pray for and long for, and I have it. I am truly content in my home. I don't like to leave it. All the things I go out for are important, and not things I want to cut out, but sometimes I wake up in the morning and just think, 'oh it would be so nice to just hang around the house and not go anywhere today'. We've not had a day that we could do that in quite some time.
But, tomorrow. Granted, tomorrow is Wednesday and there is Advent service at our church, but today is Tyler's birthday. He could have asked for anything, but he only wanted for one day to be in charge, he only wants to hang around the house and play games with his dad all day, and maybe eat some of his favorite meals. But, today was the Christmas Party for our homeschool co-op (and there was sledding). We couldn't miss that!
So, while every day holds worthy things to take us away from home, and even tomorrow's outside activities call to us, we will grant Tyler's wish (and mine). We will take one day to just not go and we will savor every minute of that day.
Children really are a blessing from the Lord.

Taking whatever God gives us

We are praying every day that God sell our home and all that is in it, to take away our material possessions and to expand our territory (our opportunities to speak to groups). We want to follow the Lord and His guidance. All evidence we currently have points to selling everything and going on the road, limiting our personal financial needs so that we can devote our time to writing more books, and sharing our ideas and stories with people everywhere we go; not spend it worrrying about how we will make the house payment.

My heart isn't always in this prayer, as we have made wonderful friends here and there is a part of me that wants God to instead provide a way for us to stay here and still fulfill His plan for us.

I will not be unhappy either way.

The timing of this sale and move is ironic as the everyone we know is accumulating more as we are letting go of all that we have; offering it up to the Lord as a sacrificial offering, praying that He will do with it what He sees best. We are preparing for a weekend sale and open house, where we have invited friends and family to come and walk through the house, ask all the questions they have, see what we have planned and hopefully, they will buy books, and other things, donate some seed money to keep our mission moving and be encouraged by our story.

Every day we pray '...give us our daily bread...' as Jesus commanded and we try to remember that daily doesn't mean that we will have next month's bills paid today, it means just that which we need today. And, since He has provided for us so far, we will continue to trust in Him and be happy with whatever He gives us.