One Month to Live

We started a small group study on the series "One Month to Live" by Kerry Shook today.  It's a very powerful topic of discussion and one we should all take time to think about.  What would I do if I only had one month to live?  How would I have lived this day differently?  What would my "to do" list look like for this upcoming week if I knew I only had 4 weeks left to live?

I jotted down a few things I would want to change.  Here is a sample:

*Build better, stronger relationships with my children
*Spend more time with my extended family
*Help those around me that are in need
*Live with enthusiasm
*Train and disciple my children
*Draw closer to God
*Forgive quickly
*Be slow to get angry
*Love more deeply
*Write letters to my family to tell them how I feel about them
*Make special memories with Bryan and my children
*Have a positive attitude
*Live with excellence

Hopefully I have much more time than one month on this earth, but the fact is none of us are given the promise of tomorrow.  This list I created represents those things that are important to me and it should be my priority in life to see that those things are taken care of first.  With God's help, I want to make some new habits and live out the rest of my time doing what is the most meaningful to me.

What about you?  What would your list look like?

I'm Baaack!

Wow, it's been so long since I've been able to keep in touch with my blog.  "C'est la vie!"  A house of seven people stays pretty hectic.

These days the kids are very busy with school.  Praise the Lord for ABeka DVD courses!  They have brought some sanity into my homeschooling.  The girls are having a blast doing their video together.  Carson is working right along with Kelley and doing great, even though Kelley is a grade level ahead of her.  Carson still does her 1st grade worksheets, but everything else she does with Kelley.  And they are so competitive!  Sam is enjoying doing his studies online.  I am loving his history teacher.  He makes the stories truly come to life.  If I had him when I was in school, maybe I would have liked history more than math!  Well... I don't know about that.  I'm still pretty nerdy!

Bryan is enjoying his work with the food bank.  He is also chairman of the board for the crisis pregnancy center AND helps me with the music at our church.  I've been blessed to have been given the opportunity to serve as worship pastor at the church where Bryan and I attended before we were married.  I always thought I would like leading a music program, and I was right!  There's a lot of work involved but I enjoy every bit of it.

One day seems to run into the next so that it's hard to keep track sometimes.  Maybe one day I'll be able to take a few moments and think about life.  For now I'm too busy living it!