So Our summer has been WILDLY BUSY with so many things!
Wildly Exhausting
Wildly Exciting
Wildly Full of Blessings
I guess you could say it was wildly WILD.
So It is growing ever closer to the end of September. It’sFall already people and just in case your curious. It is 86 degrees here in upstate New York. It’s one of the warmest days of the…er…..Fall??
Honestly I have been so tired as of late I am ready to crawl into bed at 830 most nights and I don’t want to get out until May. Yeah it has been THAT kind of wild!
People I forgot the my youngest had to study spelling words and his verse for the week. It was THAT kind of wild.
two weeks ago I had some moments and a grabbed my laptop, my coffee , my Bible and planner and I sat down at the kitchen table. I opened my laptop, pressed the power button and …….drumroll……..NOT A BLOOMING THING! it was the first moments in what seemed like months, but in all seriousness it had only been a month and a half to write and my planner was just chock full of wild ideas! Things like 50fun facts about our family, what I’m reading, a sneak peak into our weekly schedule and so on. I was excited to say the least but there was nothing. It had been charging on the kitchen table overnight. So there was no reason for it not to turn on.
So I picked her up flipped her over. It was damp….apparently our evil but lovable cat had found a glass of water. I removed the hard plastic green case …more dampness and tears welled in my eyes.. It’s not that I am addicted to my computer in all reality I wish I could use it more. My computer holds the power of words. I rarely if ever use it for anything more that the craft of writing or creating with my cricut. It is like a friend that I tell my secrets too…And then post to the internet for all the world to see ( ok not really, I don’t post everything but I found the irony as I was typing that). It also held 100’s of pictures and other documents like half written book reviews blog posts and edited photos ready for blog posts. (No speeches necessary on how I should have backed them all up). I gave myself the speech about 100 times in that first hour before hubby got home. When hubby got home he opened the case, all that was inside. 2 lowly drops of water…2!
We got a fan and dried that baby out. She turned on two separate times, all of which gave me a glimmer of hope and then she shut off 30 seconds later and each time I felt hope of her ever being normal again slip away. Then Wednesday rolled around Hubby had made an appointment an hour away to get her assessed. He dropped me off at the pregnancy center and headed north. An hound a half later I got a text message that simply said “all fixed”. my heart beat wildly!! My reply
“Really? How?”
There was no water damage she is just old (7 to be exact). she is a beast of a computer and has worked for me fantastically! I was excited and I made plans for the next morning….only to be left staring at a black screen again!
A wild life can often lead to wild emotions
It’s funny how our emotions can take us from wildly excited to wildly sad and depressed OR wildly angry in a matter of seconds. I remember very distinctly 3 and 1/2 years ago as our Belgian Shepherd Daffy came running inside. She hadn’t run in 3 months, she hadn’t laid down in a month or so. I was so excited I called hubby, excited that the medicine had helped….she ran in the front door, through the kitchen door where she fell over and died. My wild excitement turned within seconds into screams of terror. What happened?? Daffy was old she had a herniated disc her neck. Just the night before I asked a friend with veterinary experience how do you know when is the right time to put your faithful friend down . I prayed that we would not have to make that choice I prayed God would take care of it. He did, I just never expected it to happen quite like that . Honestly we never do.
I’s what we do with the wildly crazy things in our life that shows our character.
SOOOO when wild things move into your house unexpectedly…like mice, a rat, squirrels, a swarm of honey bees or as the case this summer FLEAS we need to ask ourselves what should my reaction be? (BTW we have had all of these critters in our current home at one time or another)
Two years ago every major appliance in our kitchen systematically died, are you ready for this? Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, no joke!!! So when January rolled around and our furnace bit the dust, we could have gotten discouraged but instead we through up our hands laughed wildly and said why not!! It was seriously funny. Never had we had to replace so many appliances. that year we had also replaced both the washer and dryer in May.
When we follow Jesus wild things happen. (both Good and Bad)
There are so many things in our lives that when we look back we see just how wild the ride has been. And when we see pieces fit together that we originally didn’t think were connected we stand in wild amazement at who God really is. His protection over situations that later we realize should have ended in a more horrific way. And yet we don’t wildly praise the one who loves us so much.We stand in church services with our hands in our pockets. We stand by silently as someone shares a miracle from their lives. I love it when my wild friends shout AMEN. I love it when my WILD friends look different than all the rest. Yes they are crazy unicorn loving people, but what they love even more is Jesus.
They live wildly
They Love wildly
They bless wildly
They laugh wildly
They serve wildly
They show Jesus wildly.
So in the midst of all the wild things like appliances dying, homes being invaded by vermin, or your computer kicking the bucket…..OR in the midst of the wildly insane things like a cancer diagnosis, a pre-term baby, a developmental disability, a hurricane of record proportions or how about you fill in the blank, Choose to follow Jesus wildly, giving all of your life, seeking to please him with everything you’ve got! Live Wildly for Jesus!
Did you have a wild summer? What is holding you you back from living wildly for your Savior?
So I am not going to lie. This week was UNEXPECTED!!!! The last thing on my mind was spending an extra week at camp. BUT the kids and I are here We were handed a detour for at least part of this week. so here I sit at my computer, the kids are resting in our camper (we just finished a pontoon boat ride around the lake) and I am sitting here at our rest stop on this detour. But in all honesty it took both hubby and I awhile to get to this stop on the detour.
First things first, ARE YOU A FRONT YARD PERSON? That is the question you will need to answer as you read Kristin Schell’s book The Turquoise Table. In the Turquoise Table Kristin takes us on her journey to build community in her Texas town. She chronicles he ups and downs of being front yard people as they began doing every day tasks at the turquoise table. She gives practical advice on how to stock a simple basket to grab and go as you go to sit at the turquoise table , like crayons, coloring books, a can of mixed nuts, plastic cups and a water pitcher. BUT Kristin ALSO includes family tested recipes at the end of each chapter !! The chapters are short and sweet. They get right to the point and there are many testimonials of others as they have embarked on their turquoise table journeys. It was an easy and encouraging read that really makes the reader feel as though you can accomplish what is a seemingly scary risk, but with ease Kirstin melts away fears and doubts!
