Sometimes We Need a Fresh Perspective

• Who can find a virtuous woman? her price is far above rubies
• ...she openeth her mouth with wisdom...

As you may have noticed from the length between posts this month, I've had a bit of "bloggers block", both here and on my food blog.

Almost every day I've thought, "I need to do a blog post today." But I haven't. No real reason, I just--haven't.

Couldn't think of anything worth while to say. Had too much to say to put into one post. My house is too messy to take pictures. I haven't cooked anything new, done anything new, bought anything new, gone anyplace new--nothing new, nothing to blog about.

But it's my party, and I'll blog if I want to--even about nothing new.

Although, now that I'm blogging, there are some new things going on in my life, and I have had to change up my routine, and I have gone to some different (for me) places...but for some reason, they just didn't feel blog-worthy at the time!

So, what has been going on for me...

I went to a regional minister's business meeting in Shreveport a couple of weeks ago, and heard one the best seminar speakers I've ever heard at one of these things--Pastor Thomas Moore from Bonifay, Florida spoke for two sessions, and I could have listened to 10 more--his message was inspirational and practical and relevant, all at the same time.

Last night I heard Rabbi Dale Cohen speak on the parable of the prodigal son from a first century Jewish perspective--and I will never look at that passage of scripture the same way again! What depths of meaning there are in the Word that we miss if we never dip below the surface!

I read a good book recently--10 Things Every Minister Should Know, by Ronnie Floyd. Although I would rename it, "10 Things Every Christian Should Know". It's short and to the point, but there's a lot of excellent information there about setting priorities and "ordering our days"--something we virtuous women know a lot about!

I had dinner with a friend recently, one that helps me cut the chase when I waffle back and forth on things and get too caught up in emotions and "what if's" and self-doubt--she is always my champion, but also realistic with me about my gifts and abilities.

And there's more, but I'll save some of it for another time. Meanwhile,

it's time for this virtuous woman to get off the computer for now and go have a new adventure--or maybe just do some laundry, but you get the idea.

Until next time...

If At First You Don't Succeed--Blogging Through the Bible in 90 Days

You may remember that last year I participated in the Bible-in-90-Days challenge, sponsored by Amy at Mom's Toolbox. Unfortunately I didn't complete the challenge, much to my disappointment.

Why not? Some of it was life, some of it was myself. I never forgot how blessed I was by what I did read, and what a great sense of accomplishment I felt as I checked off each day's reading on my Bible-in-90-Days bookmark. And even though I've read most, if not all of the Bible before, I've never read it straight through cover-to-cover, nor that quickly so as to retain a sense of the overall whole like I did when I read along with the Bible-in-90-Days program.

So, I'm giving it another go.

I had a restless night last night, and ended up getting up about 4:00 a.m. this morning, so I wouldn't wake my husband with all of my tossing and turning. Wrapping up in my flannel housecoat, I grabbed my current "reading" Bible, a Holman Christian Standard, and settled onto the sofa in our front bedroom--it's the office/library/reading/whatever room--and opened to Genesis 1:1.

"In the beginning...", what promise that holds!

We're in a new year, and a new decade--who knows how everything will turn out? I'm looking forward to finding out.

And meanwhile, back to Genesis...

Until next time...