Why, Hello There Stranger...

Well, here we are again. Another year is upon us and we are all sitting around wondering where did the last one go?

I've thought long and hard about my word for this year and what it might mean for this space of mine that has cobwebs hanging all over it here. It seems as if I have abandoned it and it's hauntingly familiar as I watch this cursor move across the screen.

The word God has laid on my heart this year is to be PRESENT.

Which really makes me go, "So, why am I here typing this out right now?" God is asking me to be PRESENT in everything I am doing. To set my cell phone down. To being 100% PRESENT in whatever he has before me. Yes, it is very similar to my words from last year but somewhere along the way I lost sight of the being PRESENT in family or homeschooling when life got busy in every other way. I turned it all into a to-do list and hustled through all that is truly important. Sure we have learned and grown but there are moments that I wish I would have slowed down in, which would have resulted in my response to situations differently.

I long to be PRESENT and full attention in all that I am doing... especially with my family. This past year, 2013, I had the pleasure of doing Project Life for the first time and let me tell you... EYE OPENING! Not in your typical, "oh it's so easy to scrap and document..." kind of way, but it was eye opening to me to actually SEE that our week to life really was filled with activity and memories. Even the mundane. It is so fun to turn through the pages (of the ones I have completed... I got a late start in the year and have catching up to do) and sit with my family and smile back on all that was brought our way. It's been fun to watch the kids and even my husband save items from things that we have done and tell me, "This is for our album this year!" They get excited. I love that.

I love that part of being fully PRESENT in whatever we are enjoying together as a family. Haha funny thing though at this moment, as the sun is setting, I am sitting quietly in my room typing the words that are flowing and my family is outside. They are playing in the chill of the evening while my husband is configuring a computer desk for our school room out of pallets. Real present huh? We have spent all day together though in fairness. *wink*

I guess my point is... God is calling me to be PRESENT. To learn how to be fully attentive in all that I am in, and I am wondering if that means to even back out of some things we are involved in. What does it mean for Scripted Heart? That is an excellent question. I honestly am not sure. This has been something I have been praying over all last year as well, and it just has not been a clear "it's time to stop." I think God wants me to do something here but I am not sure what. So, I will keep Scripted. I will clear out the corners and doing some dusting of the shelves. I will add a fresh coat of paint and see what God is going to do with this little space of mine.

In the mean time I'm just going to keep praying and writing as God lays words upon my heart. I guess we will all have to see what that could mean for how often this space gets updated and with what God is filling it with.

I wish you all the most abundantly blessed 2014!!
Despite my absence on here you all are thoroughly missed and prayed for so often!

I can't wait to see what God has in store for all of us in 2014!

Blessings