Balance

I realize that I'm too busy when I haven't taken my dog for a walk, listened to Joshua explain his new Lego construction or unloaded the dishwasher. I realize it yet again when my laundry hamper is full and there is no Sunny D in the fridge, but I don't realize I'm too busy when I haven't blogged in 3 years. Why? I try to order my priorities by the smiles on my husband Jay's face and the faces of our children and sadly, my "up to date" blog isn't one of the things that makes them smile. In fact it might be the very thing that makes them wonder why they have no clean socks.

Not that blogging is bad, mind you, it's just that I have a hard time finding my balance. I love to be online and see what my friends are up to on Facebook, checking my email from my mom, playing the word of the day on 929nin so I can win a thousand dollars, working on my virtual farm, feeding my virtual fish, playing a game or 3 of Bejeweled, the list could go on...... But those things usually keep me from doing what I really love and that is spending time with God and my family. It's been hard to find balance with all these new technological activities, but as you can see, I'm trying.

A friend of mine called me this morning and just wanted to visit with me and ask me to pray for her. I had forgotten how nice it was to hear her voice. I also needed to be reminded that other people are struggling through this life just like me and they need some encouragement and they also need prayer. I am so thankful that God blessed me with friends and that sometimes He uses them to remind me why I've been placed here at this moment in time.

What I have decided to do is find a few minutes a day to put up a few words of encouragement and to keep this online journal of my life updated so our friends and family can keep up with the Poling family. I want to be able to look back one day and re-read these posts and see, yet again, how God has guided me and pruned me to be more like Him. Blessings!