This blog/post/writing is a LONG time coming.
I am currently going through Priscilla Shirer's bible study Discerning the Voice of God with some new friends. In Shirer's book she discusses the Holy Spirit, and through this resources as well as another bible study I am currently doing on the Kingdom of God, I am learning that God's voice does not always come in an "audible, fancy sign, lightning bolts" kind of way. Sometimes discerning God's voice means living where we are currently and walking through the stage of life in which we have been placed.
I'll share how I reached my current place in life for another post, but for now, know, I NEVER intended to be a stay at home mom. While it is the BIGGEST blessing I can imagine, it has required me to release previous ambitions I once held. I have had an urge to write since I began the aforementioned bible studies. I knew I had once began a blog...so when I sat down to start a blog today, I logged into blogger and found TWO previous blogs I began. The first, I believe I started after college while I was teaching in Nashville, TN. At the time I LOVED reading blogs, my favorites then, and now, included The Pioneer Woman and My Life in Transition. Today I read several additional blogs. My feedly shows I am subscribed to eight blogs currently, but there are several others I hop onto from time to time.
I have felt compelled to write many times in my life, why I do not know...you will soon see it is not necessarily my strength.
I keep feeling an urge to write during my time in Discerning the Voice of God. Perhaps the Holy Spirit is trying to lead me into a new stage in life/hobby/professional world/state of peace and happiness. I do not pretend to know the Spirit's intentions, but I could no longer quiet the urge, so I came over to blogger.com. Once I arrived and logged in, I realized that I had started blogs twice before. Once, not long after I moved to Nashville to teach, and on blogged while I was pregnant with my son. Neither blog lasted very long or are what I (or anyone else) would consider "quality," so today I am starting anew.
There are several categories I often feel compelled to write about. I often feel compelled to write about: life after an injury (this will tie in after I tell my story), how my relationship with God ties into my life (particularly marriage and parenting), and any other thoughts that come I feel a desire to share.
I feel as thought to write consistently I should set a goal. For now my goal is 2 posts per week. I hope to see this increase as writing becomes easier and more natural for me in the days to come.
Next up...
How I arrived to my role as a stay at home mom and what injury am I referencing above.
