This Little Light of Mine

Yesterday, I was having a conversation with some friends about sharing our faith. I confessed that I didn't feel adequate enough to evangelize. I don't feel like I have enough "Bible Smarts" (I have never been able to memorize verses..). I might offend someone... I don't have all the answers.... One friend told me all I had to do was be myself, to show others Gods love through how I act, how I love my family and sharing God's love for me. Sounds reasonable, I can do that. But, I am a results oriented person and how am I ever going to know if I am doing it "right"?

Don't be afraid, for I am with you.

Don't be discouraged, for I am Your God.
I will strengthen you, and help you.
I will hold you up, with my victorious right hand.
(Isaiah 41:10)

This was the verse in the devotional I read when I got home.

It hit me hard. WOW! I had to write this down! SO, I got out my 3x5 card and wrote it down. Hey, maybe I could even memorize this one! Something about it was still itching at me, so I wrote it down on the white board our family uses as a message center. There, now I could share it with the kids. The day progressed, dinner, bedtime. Still, this verse needed my attention. SO, I posted it on Facebook. aaaaah.... Peace at last. I didn't worry about offending people or what others would think. I just did it!

When I woke up the next morning, I found out the purpose for my need to share it.

A friend of the family is going through a huge health crisis. She doesn't know they Lord. And it is paining my family, and they struggle to help her find him. It turns out, this verse was exactly what my family needed at this hour.

Our God is truly amazing!

This moment helped me so much. I have learned all I have to be is KIMBERLY!! God made me for a specific purpose, and I just have to have faith and carry on! Well, that and listen when he has a job for me to do... I just have to be ME and trust that he will take care of the rest!

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine!

Everyday Adventures

SO, today I was doing a little internet "research". Checking out the other Mommy blogs to see what they were doing to get through these long winter days without losing their minds. Which reminded me that I had a blog..

But, the name of my blog is "Anderson Adventures". We haven't been adventuring in a long time... Life just seems so full. Keep the house and kids clean, cook meals, pay the bills, pray for deployed husband, try to squeeze in a run, do laundry, volunteer and on and on and on.... Who has the time or energy to adventure.

But, the reality is this. When you are an Army wife whose husband is deployed and a mother of three, everyday is an adventure. Maybe not the kind of adventures that you fill scrapbooks with, but an adventure none the less. Some of the challenges of motherhood beat out anything "The Amazing Race" could throw at you!

We are all doing our best not just to survive this year, but to THRIVE!

The kids are learning to do things they may not have learned to do at this season of life if their Papa was here. If Papa was here, he would clear the table and do the dishes. But now, my little helpers pitch in and do what they can. Even little Owen is learning to be a master of the dustpan. Katie is folding laundry and August loves shoveling snow. Without Papa here, August has learned to get a head start on his bedtime story while waiting for me to finish with Owen. Not only has he become a stronger reader, but has improved his retelling of stories by having to fill me in.

So, I guess these last 100 days have been an adventure. Some filled with laughs, others with tears- but we are sharing them TOGETHER. And that is the whole point isn't it?