The Good. The Bad. The Ugly: All About the Country Girl

I'm excepting the September challenge in hopes to learn more about myself as I begin a new chapter in my life. So sit back, sip on some coffee or tea, and learn more about this 30 something momma that blogs about the good, bad, and ugly of her not so perfect, but blessed life...

For the past 18 years I have served as a children's ministry coordinator and teacher|administrator at a small Christian school at the only church I have attended since it was started in the home of my uncle almost thirty years ago.  From a house to trailer, trailer to small sanctuary, from a small sanctuary to WOW God is simply amazing, I was saved and baptized, met and married my husband, dedicated my children to The Lord, and was broken into a million pieces...

This trial led me into the wilderness where I have been wandering for the past year, seeking God in hopes to find His perfect will for me and my family. There has to be a land flowing with milk and honey for us somewhere. Today, it has literally been a year since my world was turned upside down and stomped on by Satan. It's simple. He is a roaring lion seeking to destroy...he has come close so many times, but God. God continues to pick up the pieces and mend them together. 

This city girl has recently traded in her dress shoes for a pair of country boots. God has opened the door for me to be a stay at home mom on a farm to my four little humans that are Rowdy, but oh how they steal my heart each passing day. I enjoy the simple life God has led me to. I get to be in their world 24/7. From chasing grasshoppers to pulling a little red wagon until sunset. Putting meals on the table, doing homework, laundry and all that keeps our little homestead functioning. This is my job. My number one ministry. The way God intended it to be all along.

The truth is I've spent the past 18 years being busy being busy that I missed some of the simple joys in life. God is telling me it's okay not to be a full time {Martha}.  I loved what I did while serving God in full time ministry, the people I met, the children I served, but God has a different plan for me now. I understand more clearly now. I don't have to do it all to be perfect in His sight because He's already did it. He overcame death on the cross to give me more abundant life. And that's what I want...Abundant life. More of Him and less of me! It's my time to be a {Mary} and to enjoy this beautiful world He has created for all to enjoy.

Flowing with milk and honey, I look forward to chasing my dreams with my family on this beautiful farm God has placed us to live, love, and enjoy!

{Join me every day in September, and learn a little bit more about me.}