Be Doing

i can't believe i haven't blogged all week long!
it's been a very busy week. even right now, i just looked up and saw a blokus game on the floor, with a crumpled up shirt on top of it. i see a laundry basket full of clean clothes, i see legos on the couch and i'm thinking...why am i blogging right now?
well, my homegirls have been asking for me - haha...no, but i seriously DO have homegirls. i am not even joking.
anyways.
school has been...going...that's about it.
i know that next week will be better.
because i promised myself.
and i never break my promises to myself.
well...except when i decide that i won't have any sugar for the week,
but then, well...you know, someone will bring over some sugar. so what's a girl to do?
i then promise myself that i will start on monday.
so then of course, sunday becomes binge-day. because i have to get all the sugar out of the house before monday starts!

do not EVEN tell me that no one knows what i'm talking about.
you've been there. admit it.
now.
so i don't feel like a total loser!

and this last paragraph describes my life.
just ask adam.
i can literally not finish one story at a time, because i am SO all over the place!!
where was i?
oh ya. school.
this week will be better.

the porch has been going great. we had over 20 kids in on wednesday which was awesome.
the boys are doing great.
i can never say enough how much i love being with them all the time.
i can not imagine my life without them.
sports-wise things are slowing down a little bit, which is nice.
basketball is over for ry, and aj just has one more game.
soccer is still going on and will until april.
they are loving it, and i love watching them.
and that is the boring, non-detailed summary of my life this week.

sometimes i start blogging in my head. then when life gets crazy, i don't have time to blog, and i have all these thoughts that just need to come out!!
so here is one of the things i have been thinking about.
it's just a little challenge for you.
here it is:
 I Chronicles 22:16 and 19a. ( i LOVE chronicles!!)

"Arise, therefore, and be doing..." 

that's it.
seriously. that's it.
get up.
and be doing.
be serving. be loving people. be compassionate. be joyfully giving.
what are you doing right now that will last beyond your life?
what are you doing that is going to make a difference for eternity?
if you say..um...i guess nothing.
that's ok.
but get up NOW
start NOW!

and verse 19
"Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God..."
you need to set your heart and your soul to seek Him!
decide.
make the decision now.
don't wait.
don't let yourself get depressed, run down and discouraged by your circumstances.
God has you where He does for a reason.
maybe you don't understand.
maybe you will someday, but maybe you never will!
it shouldn't stop you from setting your heart to seek God.

i had a great prayer time tonight.
i literally prayed, by name, for almost everyone i could think of.
i prayed for some people that they would seek the truth.
that they would find Jesus and let Him change their lives forever.
because HE does, you know.
i also prayed for some people who have hurt me.
it's an interesting thing..praying for people who have hurt you.
because you see, you can't be all catty and judgmental when you are talking to GOD!
try it sometime!
but back to my point...

maybe you're in a place where you can't serve in a ministry for one reason or another.
maybe you think you're too old.
maybe you think you're too young.
don't underestimate the power your prayers can have.
what a ministry that can be!
see, that's DOING!

and that is my rambling for the night.
but i have to give a picture.
because i love everything about this picture.
it's my little sister.
i love her face.
it makes me smile.
i love that she is next to the baby boy that we prayed so long for.

i am seriously missing my family tonight.
like seriously.