A Perfect What

In about a month I'm going to try something new. I'm going to be sharing something on my heart before a group of women out for an evening. I've spoken in public quite a bit, but usually as a teacher or master of ceremonies. This will be my first time to share something like this so I've been considering and praying about what to share. The name of the event is A Perfect Summer Evening and there are lots of places I can go w/ that. What immediately jumps to my mind is how I have spent my life both in pursuit and expectation of perfection and how the Father gently (but sometime not so gently) reminds me that if I could be perfect or create the perfect atmosphere around me then I would not need His presence and intervention in my life. By admitting my inability to get things right and be the person I so want to be, I give Him place to step in and allow me to live in His ability. Actually, it's living daily above my natural ability or living supernaturally. If I truly get this into my heart I can  live each moment, each encounter, each challenge above my own ability - tucked in the Fathers hand.

A New Thing

For the last 5 years or so I have felt the need to begin to write not only for myself and my own enjoyment, but to a larger (?) audience. I've always enjoyed writing and if I am obedient to what I believe the Father is telling me to do I need to be writing. I've been writing a blog called Creative Home Keeping creativehomekeeping.blogspot.com because I have a desire to share some of the knowledge I've amassed over the 36 years I've been working to create a home and because I really felt that I should just start writing. That blog is fairly easy to write because it is about something I do, not about who I am. If I am honest in writing this blog I will reveal far more of my heart than I am usually comfortable with sharing, especially to strangers.

I'm not sure where this path will take me, what I'll share and what topics I'll take on, but I'm ready to start.