Prayerlessness

Basically...and this is for me!!! Don't do it. Don't be prayerless. Pray without ceasing. I have been at a standstill. I have been in 2 bible studies the last couple months (one is still going). "Breaking Free" by Beth Moore and "BRAVE" by Angela Thomas. I've learned a lot from both of them but the truth is, I could have learned more...if there were enough hours in the day or if I always used my time wisely!!! There was a day when all my study time at home was used the right way and I wasn't behind on stuff. Haha. So, behind I am, but still I have learned how important it is to pray without ceasing and MORE important for me during this phase is...we don't even have to know what to say because God knows our need!!! And my Sunday school lessons are about prayer right now. I love it when God reinforces what I must need to learn! No coincidence could do that, or happenstance! I've just been hearing too much of the same "theme" about praying lately. And I am only beginning to learn it. It's like looking over a big beautiful, lush valley...I want to go deeper into it!

My 10 yr old niece is here visiting. She has been coming to stay with us every summer since before we had Grace. We all really enjoy having her here. This visit has been the first that she and Grace have played together on basically the same level. They have played Barbies and baby dolls. This morning, we went swimming, to Subway, then to the library. Yesterday evening we went bike riding. I am so thankful for my sweet niece and how close we are. She is growing into a great pre-teen. It's happened so, so fast.

Our inside joke...true story. Yesterday after we all went to Kroger, we went through the drive-through pharmacy. We have been eating so unhealthy this summer that Noah John asked me to hand him a french fry when we pulled up!!! For some reason, Callie and I got a kick out of it and have re-told it about five times!!!

I'm feeling so "behind" on little projects (putting kids' pics in frames, catching up the photo albums, scrapbooking newspaper articles about the family farm, etc)...in this stay-at-home mom world I feel like an utter failure at times! UGH. I see these gorgeous scrapbooks etc and I don't even know where to start. I have to remind myself not to compare to others. Back to paragraph 1...need to pray about this!
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