Thanks...I'll try to do better.

Everyday I look forward to turning on Safari and seeing what my friends have written to entertain and teach me while I have breakfast or lunch.  It's rare that no one has a new post or at least few new comments to share.  I really appreciate that.  Then I think about what does duckfamily.net have to offer... sometimes nothing new for days-or gasp, weeks!  How boring.

So, I'm not making any promises-but I'll try to do better at putting something out here a little more often.  

Tonight Alan and I discussed the following: turning off our T.V. (as in shutting off Digital Cable)...but what about LOST. Selling helicopter parts on eBay, painting street addresses on curbs as a part time job, refinancing the house (again) and not paying for me to get my hair colored at the salon. Yeah, we talked about finances.  It stinks.  The more we have the more we spend.  We have never lived well below our means.  It's something we are bad at.  Somethings we do well.  This is not one of them.  We like stuff.  -See Alan's blog about stuff.  We like to eat out with family and friends, to spend money on vacations and birthday presents and all sorts of stuff that just seems to add up.  Arrrggg.  So tonight Alan said, "when can we just move to Kenya and get over all of this."   Hmmm, so we want to move to Kenya -where we could worry about being KILLED instead of wondering how we could reduce our monthly spending habits a little-I'm not sure that's the answer.  I know he meant that it would be better to worry about how we can further the Kingdom of God than just pondering whether or not we "need" HDTV.  And I agree.  So many people have a lot "deeper" thoughts than we seem to have sometimes.  I really admire their courage and character.  

I know that Alan and I want to live for Christ and for our children to be instilled with those morals and values.  What will it take?  I pray that all that we have will be used to the glory of God.  That we don't ever take for granted Alan's good job and the luxuries we have (a nice home, working vehicles, enough money for food, water, clothing, heat and A/C).  I pray that I can keep using these gifts for the Lord.   I pray that where I don't need to spend, I won't. I pray that I will honor God by being generous with all that I have and that when He calls us we will be quick to listen and obey.