Is a word that I often hear my just turned 12 year old use. Everything is "random" or "randomness"in her world........ so it got me to thinking why does she love this word so much?
Random means: having no definite aim or purpose. Hmmmm.......so what a better way to start back into my blogging world than with a bunch of "randomness".
Lauren, I dedicate this random post to you my sweet girl!
~Today is day 1 for me with this new diet. It is called The 17 Day Diet. I saw Dr. Mike Moreno on tv during the holidays and it really caught my interest. It seems to be about detoxing your body, reset your metabolism, eating healthy, and loosing the holiday pounds. Yes, that would be me.......I gained 8 pounds since Thanksgiving. I took FULL advantage of relaxing and time off during the holidays. See why I haven't blogged? ha, jk. Soooo, today is day 1 for me. So far so good. I haven't had a Dr. Pepper all day and everyone is still alive at my house!! haha.
~I hate cold weather! Enough said.
~So many of my close friends are going though a lot in their lives. Sometimes I feel like God has called me to be a prayer warrior for them. I am not one of those people who say, "Oh, I'll keep you in my prayers" and don't. I take my friends personal struggles to heart. One of my 2011 goals was to start a prayer journal to help me stay accountable. So far it really has helped........now if I can only truly lay those prayers at my Father's feet after I pray. This is a struggle for me. I often have a heavy heart the rest of the day which affects my attitude, being a mom, and a wife. Not the way God would want me to do. I am working on this:)
~Speaking of my baby girl, yes I know a 12 year old isn't much of a baby:) She is really growing up. Not just physically but she is showing me so much of who she is everyday. I like what I am seeing:) The way she cares for her friends, watches out for her brothers, the way she wants to learn how to do her mascara, the way she comes back into my room to tell me one more time good night (even after I have already kissed and hugged her in bed), the way she smiles at me or rolls her eyes at me when I try to sing along to Pink in the car............Oh, I could go on. It really is amazing how one day she is my little girl and then the next I feel like she is my young lady. I pray over her all the time. Who she will be, who she will marry, her dreams, her health, her happiness, and above all her personal relationship with our Father. Right before Christmas something truly out of the blue amazing happened.........I had tucked her in bed and told her good night. At 11pm my heart was heavy out of the blue. I turned off the tv and just listened to the silence in the house. My hubby came around the corner to tell me he thought Lauren's light was still on. I went to check on her and found her in tears. She was bawling. It just so wasn't like her. I saw the bible beside her in bed and asked what was wrong? She finally stopped and said "God came into my heart, mom" She had asked for forgiveness of all of her sins and asked for him to be her Lord and Savior.........Wow, talk about out of the blue..........the glorious, joyful blue!!! That night we both prayed together as Christians:)
This was my early and BEST Christmas gift I got.
Well, I think that is enough randomness for tonight. Wow, that was kinda like therapy! haha.
Maybe I will do more postings like this...........thanks Lauren.
