“Are you humble enough to be care free? Humility is an emptiness to be confessed to God.”  -John Piper

After examining this within myself, the answer was a resounding “NO.” I wasn’t humble, I wasn’t carefree. So I began to submit myself to God. I handed my life over and he chose to take all my kingdom’s away to show me how to walk in the light.

The world today walks in darkness. As Earl Nightingale (1921-1989, American Radio Announcer, Author, Speaker, Co-founder of Nightingale-Conant Corp) once was quoted saying, ” We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.”  For me, that light is the love of God. When I commit myself to a devoted life of living in the rhythm of Jesus I find my light just stays on and the blessings pour down.

Evil is like a shadow – it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.

Shakti Gawain, teacher and author
(1948- )

After everything we’ve recently been through, I honestly veiw it as a blessing to prepare myself for the many other blessings I’ll receive in the future. I recently started working at Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota. So far, I love it. I feel like I can completely and 100% myself. My unique and creative, somtimes spontaneous self. That is a blessing!

Also, Mike and I have been blessed to conceive our first child expected in May 2009. We’re so very anxious and excited. Watch for an upcoming blog on My Perception on Parenting……