Ebeth's 4 and no more

Since I am writing this blog, won't you go on a journey with me? Dreams...plans...desires...hopes...wants...needs... what word do you give to the mind's ramblings? What do I want? What do I really want? If I could identify just that, it wouldn't be so frustrating when my emotions try to drive the train. In the book ' Unglued ' the author says, "I can face things that are out of my control and not act out of control...Soul integrity is godly honesty. I can be honest with my feelings but exaggerate or misinterpret what is factually true. We need godly honesty, the kind reined in by the Holy Spirit." "Life is not about the number of breaths you take, but the moments you take in." Hitch Yep, I quoted some interesting sources right there. Welcome to my brain. I make connections with EVERY...SINGLE...THING. Not many people think like me, at least the ones I encounter. Nope, they believe in shades of my multi-rainbow-like color wheel. My husband isn...

     Just having watched the Cardinals lose their final game it reminded me of cheer, softball, baseball, football and more. I know but before you scoff hang in there and continue. All season every competition felt so exciting except when it came down to the awards. When they would name ***** anywhere before the coveted 1st place slot it seemed like a huge bummer. I mean seriously we never won less than 3rd place out of large numbers all the way up to 14 competitors and still it felt sad. How ironic is that?      Tonight the Cardinals played a great season, not perfect but certainly netted them within the top 4 teams yet the loss feels like it was last place. Our minds want the best of the best and less well is equivalent to last. A job well done feels mediocre. Going along that line of thinking we limit God too. We look around, and down without even considering his grand plan. Each step along the journey can't be 1st place. Sometimes the process is the jo...