Welcome to my Blog

So I'm mainly starting a blog for my own benefit. It helps to write things down, and doing it on the computer is so much easier than pencil and paper. My friend, Pam, has encouraged me (and many others) to write a "spiritual journey." Basically, my spiritual journey is something I want to do to help me live more like Christ. I've chosen to focus, for at least the next 90 days, on learning how to love like Jesus loves. I know we can never fully grasp the amazing, unconditional love of Jesus Christ, but I want to love people the way He loves them, unconditionally.

I find myself so often feeling hurt or frustrated and allowing my feelings to influence how I love those around me. I don't want to do that. I want to be able to love even when I don't "feel" like it. This is more important than ever right now as I am now trying to balance my roles as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, teacher, etc. Being a wife and mother are my most important roles, and I want my family to feel loved no matter what. God has given me a huge responsibility to care for Tyler and Piper and Mark too, and I want honor what He's given me. So my journey is to learn to love those around me, especially my family. I'll write notes on how my studies are going, about my triumphs and failures, and I'll have to include a section on my daily family life. Tyler and Piper do the cutest things, and I want to document that as we go. I pray that this will be an amazing learning experience for me and that I will learn to love as God has called us to love.