Random thoughts

This is my first time ever 'blogging" so y'all bear with me! I really don't think I have anything all that interesting to say but I figured I could use it to clear my head if nothing else.

God is teaching me alot these days and I am extremely grateful. I have been told that life gets busier and busier the older you get, but I hope it doesn't get any busier than it already is! There is a lot going on, but it is all awesome stuff. I am so privileged to be a wife, mom, and Children's Director @ Freedom Church in Acworth, Ga. Check us out at www.freedomlive.net. I also have a great new job that allows me to have some flexibility to take care of family and personal obligations, and for that job I am extremely grateful to God for. Okay so back to what God is teaching me these days! I know it sounds simple, but I am learning to pray more specifically. By that I mean that I have realized that I sometimes just go thru the motions of prayer and not go deeper. I recently started praying more specifically and praying God's will but also voicing my desires and concerns. I used to feel like a selfish ungrateful person for doing that so I stopped. My prayers had become unemotional and almost scripted. Has anyone else ever been there? Maybe I am just strange! THere has been a significant difference since I started praying more specifically and also revealing my inner most thoughts and feelings. I know God knows what you want or desire, but I still think He wants us to come to Him and talk to HIm about it.

Something else God is showing me is that in order to grow as a believer and also as a leader, wife, mom, etc... I have to be willing to unlearn fears and know that my God is a God of miracles. I am reading an amazing book right now called "In A Pit With A Lion On A SNowy Day". It is one of the best books I have ever read. It definitely challenges you, or at least it should, to be a lion chaser instead of a scaredy cat. More on this to come...