Blessed Assurance

“This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior, all the day long.” Blessed Assurance – P Knapp 1908


Ok, so maybe I don’t praise Jesus all day long. You probably don’t either. In fact, there’s a good part of my day where Jesus goes on the backburner and his spot is taken up by what I need to get done today, where the kids need to go, who spilled Hawaiian Punch all over the kitchen floor, and who forgot to take the dumpster out to the curb. In between homework, housework, yard work, gardening, animal chores, baths, books, and bed, I’ll admit that I don’t have a lot of time to sit and read the Bible. But… I signed up for a bible study at church based on Lisa Welchel’s (Blaire from The Facts of Life) book called Taking Care of the Me in Mommy. One of the chapters is on meditation – meditating on God’s word, not sitting around going “ohmmmmmmm” – to open yourself to what God may be trying to tell you, may be trying to get you to do, to change, and so on. So here goes…


I’ve started this blog to give me a responsibility each day to read some of God’s word and chronicle how it applies to my everyday life. I feel a calling to write and will pray that my ramblings will make sense. My everyday life includes two young sons, a foreign husband (although he’ll argue he’s not a foreigner anymore since he is a citizen), horses, chickens, cats, neighbor cows, backyard wildlife, gardening, and small town observations. God has given me a lot of material by which to relate back to his word. Let’s just see if I can get the message!


And since we’re all on the road to heaven together, I thought I might as well share. Maybe my observations and discernments, frustrations and shortcomings, will help you get a little closer to where you want to be, give you someone to laugh at, or at least make your life seem a little more normal.


Since I was born a Lutheran and probably will die a Lutheran, we’ll be using the red (The Lutheran Hymnal) and blue (Lutheran Worship) hymnals for most of our songs, and the Concordia Self-Study Bible that has been with me since my Confirmation Class days – it’s the New International Version - and maybe a little Luther’s Small Catechism, just for kicks.


I promise to be honest, coherent (unless it’s a bad day), and entertaining if at all possible. I ask you to help me keep up with what I’ve set out to accomplish by commenting if I’ve said anything that has rang true to you, and forwarding on to friends if you think my thoughts are worth sharing. I promise to read all comments posted and consider them as a part of my journey to becoming a better mother, wife and Christian.


Oh, and pray for me. I need all the help I can get!


“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Therefore encourage each other with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18