When change just seems too tough...

As this summer quickly flies by I've been convicted, challenged and contemplating change. As I put all my precious Brylee's "tooo small" clothes away I am hit in the face with change. As I stare at her and the "new thing" she is doing I realize this too is change. Change is all around me.
This summer has been a great, but honestly, difficult summer for us. We are having to "change" some priorities in our lives in order to make things work. We are trying to simplify some things in our life to better the quality of our lives. When it comes to our lives, more is not better. We don't want to be spread so thin that we reduce the quality of our lives and we feel like we have been in the past.

The first change we have is a for sale sign on the back of Brian's truck. He bought this truck about a year ago and he loves it to pieces. We have 3 vehicles currently in our driveway/garage. While the jeep is our summer toy, it cant be driven comfortably all winter. He needs another vehicle to drive, but do we need 2 car payments. (His truck and my Pilot)? Or can we get away with saving a little bit up and paying cash for something that will do the job! More, is not better!!

Our house is another change we are being faced with. While we love our house and don't want to have to move, do we really need all this space, if we are trying to simplify? Well in this economy, it may not be so easy. Both Brian and I drive over 30 miles to work every day. Originally when we moved into this house, our intentions were for me to be able to stay home. Well we aren't at that point in our lives yet... and so we are driving and spending too much in gas every month. We would love to be able to sell/rent our house out and get into something smaller and closer to my school in Thompson Station. We are looking at all  our options but yet this is another change we are having to think about. More, is not better!!

Another change, and the one that bring me to tears the most (unbelievably enough), is finding our great, girl boxer, Roxy a new home. Roxy needs more yard/land than we have. She loves being outside (as long as she can sleep inside:)) She can play outside all day and we just don't have the yard for her. While we absolutely love having the 2 dogs together to play with each other,Ramsey is plenty of energy and maintenance. if we are looking at having to rent another home, it isn't  a guarantee that wed be able to find a few acres..... I don't know how Ramsey will take the change (or me for that matter),  but...More, is not better!!



One day, through tear filled eyes, I opened my devo book that a dear friend gave me, "Jesus Calling". by Sarah Young.  I totally recommend this book for short,  uplifting little passages. Here is the one I read during my self- wallowing.

               "You are on the Path of my choosing. There is no randomness about your life. Here and Now comprise the coordinates of your daily life. Most people let their moments slip through their fingers, half-lived. They avoid the present by worrying about the future or longing for a better time and place. They forget that they are creatures who are subject to the limitations of time and space. They forget their Creator, who walks with them only in the present. Every moment is alive with My glorious Presence, to those whose hearts are intimately connected with Mine. As you give yourself more and more to a life of constant communion with Me, you will find that you simply have no time for worry. Thus, you are freed to let My Spirit direct your steps, enabling you to walk along the path of Peace. 


Lord help me to live every moment to its fullest by being in constant communion with you. Thank you for walking with me in the present. Help me to not worry about the future but rest in the fact that you are directing every change.

Convicted and Challenged,
Meredith