Saying "No" to some guilt!

I have taken myself back to Rachel Anne's for the "Today's Small Thing". And Today's Small Thing was titled "Have a Nice (Guilt) Trip". You ought to check it out.

Well, today I have decided that I am going to make time for myself to GO TO THE GYM. I have been putting off going because I feel guilty.

Guilty for making my kids stay in yet another hour of child care. (However, when I pick up the girl, she begs to go to the gym!) And guilty that I am an hour later getting dinner started, and that I don't have the time with the kids after dinner that I could have if I just went straight home.

BUT instead of feeling guilty I should feel good about this decision. I am overweight a tad, out of shape and stressed all the time. By exercising I can help deminish some of these problems! I will be healthier, not so tired all the time (after I get into the groove of it all that is...) and they say that exercise helps your body deal with the stress.

SO there you have it....that's my way of dealing with this area of guilt. There are many other areas to deal with, but I think I'll take it one baby step at a time!

Fears

This beautiful picture can be aquired over at Home Sanctuary. Rachel Anne is one talented lady! This is one of her "creations" and she posted this as part of her Small Things for today. I am "stealing it" today.

Do you have fears? Most people have some kind of fears, whether it be a fear of these adorable 8 legged creatures (NOT!), Or of this guy with a painted face, crazy colorful hair, a rubber nose, and clothes that are always way too big and never matched!!
Either way, there are many different fears out there. I checked out some at this web site. There were so many things listed. Here is just a very small sample of things listed on that site:

• flutes
• hands
• Northern lights
• missles or bullets (this would be me and most of us I think!)
• hair
• books
• clocks
• going to school (we know many kids with this one)
• blushing
• hearing good news ?????????

This list is forever long! Some of them are down right silly, but many of them are quite sad!

I went over to Rachel Anne's today. And her post was a reminder that God has not given us a spirit of FEAR! Go there and read the entire post. She ended with this......

Today, I want you to NAME YOUR FEAR. Tell your fear, This. Is. It. You can't mess with my mind anymore. I'm not afraid anymore. I'm going to believe in a Mighty God. I'm going to trust in a Faithful Friend. I'm going to stand up and walk in the spirit of power, and love and sound mind!

I LOVED IT! And I hope you do too!

Let's get over our fears!

Where do I belong?

Today's Small Thing over at Rachel Anne's was titled "Where Do I Belong?"

I really like this one. I do this sometimes with the kids at the dinner table. Actually my line of questioning is more like; "What did you do at school today?", "What was your favorite thing about school today?", and "Did you have a good day?"

But now I am asking you......for those who stop by to leave comments and if you are a "lurker" (and I know there are some) then let this be your first comment. Originally the questions had a blank where I put "scripture" and "your life". You could do the same thing on your blog, just change the words a little, or keep them the same! Get to know those "around you."


What's your favorite scripture?"

"What do you love about your life?"

"What is your favorite memory?"

"Tell me something I don't know about you."