Inspire

I have always been a writer whether good at it or not. I express myself best when put to pen & paper or in this case, keyboard & blog. Sometimes I get caught up in writing things that really have no meaning or perhaps really aren't worth writing in the first place. Most often times those get deleted before publishing anyway, but sometimes they don't. I want to commit myself to being more intentional about what I blog about which is one of the major reason this blog got a revamp.

This morning I woke up longing to be a better wife & mother. I've been doing a bible study with a group of girls online over Proverbs 31. I've been convicted to improve my life as a wife & mother, but what steps do I need to take? I talked to my sister last night about some of my sinful nature and things that are preventing me from being both a good wife & mother. These are things I need to work on, but I need direction. My sister is an amazing Godly woman & I would love to be like her. I however cannot call her every day longing to learn to be like her. I take her advice constantly & when I see she does something well I try to mirror that, but I need more. 

I've started two mommy devotionals lately, but failed to continue both. They are good but just not what I've been needing. So this morning when I woke up my mind drifted to an amazing wife & mother who blessed many lives during her time here on earth. I can remember a handful of conversations I had with her that were so inspiring. I wish I could talk to her now, now that I'm a mom but I don't have that opportunity any more because her life ended far too soon on December 26th, 2010. However, I do have the opportunity to journey through her life via her book Beauty out of Chaos, a book compiled from her blog, Beauty out of Chaos. My cousin gave me this book for Christmas & I had to put it on the shelf because I was reading too many books at the time trying to figure out my new baby. I honestly forgot I had this book until this morning when the longing in my heart came over me. I needed to be inspired by someone to be a better wife & mother.

 I did my first days devotion and then read through a few other posts. Each post had me yearning to be more like Brie, more like Christ. Had me yearning to truly cling to the cross & to the Father in all circumstances. There has to be something said about a girl who on her last day on earth wrote a blog post including the lyrics to the song, Forever Reign.

Oh, I'm running to your arms
I'm running to your arms
The riches of your love
Will always be enough
Nothing compares to your embrace
Light of the world forever reign

When I read her blog the night I found out she had been in a car crash my heart instantly knew she'd be going home soon. And when I heard she didn't make it my heart felt at peace knowing she had run home into His arms.  

So today I'm inspired to be a better wife & mother. And I'm inspired to be intentional with my blog. If my life came to an end like Brie's did could someone pull up my blog & be inspired? Or would my blog just lose itself in this virtual world. Could my blog be printed into a book to encourage women on their journey as both wife & mother?

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