It's about time

      It has been almost a month since I have been able to get on to this site. Our computer has been broken and our lives have been busy!!
     With a trip to NY to help dear friends who had their 4th child under the age of 4 (who wouldn't want help!?) Along with:
      Janelle having her sweet 16 birthday.
      I was able to organize a weekend away with Women of Faith.
      I also had the opportunity to gather our staff together for our annual Harvest Party, which was a huge success with lots of  fun, food and laughter.
      And of course the laundry, cooking, school, housework, taxi driver, cub scouts, Sunday School class, and on and on the list will go, it has been tough to stop and write.
      I have had so much on my mind, so much that I want to share. God has been so good and faithful. Life can get hectic!! When it does I have to remind myself to turn to Jesus, to rely on Him for strength. I can easily get selfish during these busy times. I feel I am so busy doing that I am not getting my own needs met.
      I just received a phone call while writing this... and on the other line this friend of mine was asking about my weekend... asking what is new.... Did Janelle have a good time at her party, etc. My selfish heart wanted to tell all... let me talk...but she didn't call to listen.. I think she called to talk...maybe feeling the same way I was feeling, she too is a mom a wife and has a busy life. She is a servant to many, and quite often we can get so busy serving that our simple needs get pushed aside. It is good to listen...it is also good to share, to talk.
     Yesterday in church we had a special group of men from another local church share about mens groups, and the importance of them. They said that they don't desire to know how each other is "feeling", they don't need to just use up words, they just need to be surrounded by other men, play a rough game of dodge ball or punch each other in the arm for fun. God sure did not create us women like that. We women get together and we NEED to use up our words, we don't need to hit each other or play a rough game, we need that hug, that loving touch, we need to be heard.
   So it is selfish to feel the need to be heard? I do not think so. But I will say it is selfish to only be heard and to not listen.