A Joyful Keeper

It’s funny how sometimes when you let go of something that God asks you to let go of, He gives it back to you. It’s a test. It’s Him asking whether you are willing to let go of something - a dream, a physical possession, a person. Hmm, reminds me of Abraham and Isaac, although my blog is no where near as precious as a child, the principle is there.

I had to write the last post. God was prompting me to do so for so long . But I didn’t want to write something so final. I wanted options to return. To just take a break for a while. To have my cake and eat it if I wanted to.

As soon as I obeyed, peace came into my heart and God started speaking to me about what HE wanted me to do with this website, not me. He reminded me that it was supposed to be a “website” initially, not a blog. It was supposed to be a place to share encouragement and materials that I have collected over the years. It was supposed to be a tool to help me be a keeper, not to take me away from being a keeper. And so I am going to start taking small steps back to where I believe He wants this site to go.

Sometimes I may blog, sometimes I will put freebies up, sometimes I will write articles. Ideas that He placed in my head & heart at the beginning - I need to develop these.  So, we will see what happens in the next months….

When He started to speak to me about this I thought - oh no! I can’t write another post now - I just said goodbye! People will think I am so fickle!!! So, I resisted…. I guess I must have learned something because I didn’t resist as long as I did when I wrote the “goodbye” post! And is there peace? Yes. There is peace in listening and obeying, no matter how big or small the situation is.

I am thankful that I can still have this website and blog. Mostly I am thankful that the Lord is speaking to me about it, because doing His will is my heart’s desire.

Over the past weeks the Lord has been speaking to me and telling me to stop blogging. He’s been speaking to my heart and preparing me for this for a while now. As you can tell, I haven’t been blogging much lately, and I have found that it has been better for me and the children when I have limited my time on the computer.

As I’ve said before, when I start something new, I jump in enthusiastically with both feet! I know that this blog has had its purpose over the past two years. God has taught me many things through it and through the people I have met. You have all blessed my life with your comments and emails and your own blogs, and I am so thankful.

I’ve also said that when the time was right, I would let go…. and so, I’d better do that! It is hard, and yet I know that the call God has for me is His perfect call. I want to keep moving, and to do this I need to leave some things behind.

I will still drop by your blogs from time to time. I don’t know yet if I will take this blog down. I will leave it for a while, and see what happens. If it disappears one day, don’t be surprised!

May God bless each and every one of you, and thank you for the blessing you have been to me.

I’m a bit behind with answering comments and checking blogs and leaving comments… I’ve been trying hard to not spend time on the computer, but I don’t like missing out on all of the above! LOL! I think I have answered all comments now, so if you left one recently, just check back …. if I haven’t responded to your comment, feel free to yell at me.. (nicely please!!!)!

Ever since I started blogging, I’ve been in two minds about it. I really enjoy it. I love visiting other people’s blogs and commenting. I love getting new ideas from people all around the world. I love that I am making friends online. The flip side is that blogging takes time. It takes time away from the family. It takes time away from being a keeper of the home and a teacher in our homeschool. If I am not careful, I can spend hours on the computer, and get totally behind with my life! I think you probably know what I mean.

I don’t think there are any easy answers and that this is something we need to learn to deal with as the world is changing. Setting time limits and schedules are one way to do this, and I will be setting some rules for myself in the next week, without “banning” the computer altogether!

I will be posting again later in the day because I have something REALLY EXCITING to share!!! Well, at least I think so…!!!! So, come back, come back….!!!! The reason I’m not posting about it now is because I need to take photos and SHOW you what it is! So,…. better get on with life, shut down the computer, get my camera.. and I’ll see you back here later on!

Does anyone else have the same problem I have? I’ve found that since I started blogging, I have potential posts swirling around my head. They are there during the day while I am going about my work, describing what I am doing and taking imaginary photographs….They are there at night, stopping me from going to sleep, but unfortunately by morning I have forgotten most of what I wanted to write (and they were such literary masterpieces too! lol!).

Someone should invent some sort of wireless mind link thingo…. that beams the posts that swirl around in my head straight onto the computer….. so that I can get back to real life and a good night’s sleep…..