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There are times when I feel like life is flying by, and I find it difficult to slow things down so that I can fully appreciate the moments. Everything is good, we're plugging along...working, playing, getting things done, even planning ahead...but then I look up and weeks have passed! This blog has been one of the ways that I've actively recorded some of my thoughts along with life's updates, and I've been missing it. I think I need to pull out my camera again, too. iPhone pictures are pretty good, but I've been putting more effort into keeping the phone out of reach. If I use it to take a picture, I somehow can't put it down without quickly checking email. As if I'll miss something urgent. It's a weird compulsion. There is definitely a part of me that wishes I could go back to having a phone that was just a phone. I suppose we can't move backwards, though, can we? I have become self-conscious about my age. This is difficult for me to admit, since I've always been a pretty confident adult. At least once I got through those awfully insecure teenage years. My adjustment back to working life has brought with it a recognition of my age, which is magnified in relation to the young people with whom I find myself working. Age also equals wisdom and experience, and I have noticed that I sometimes point out my years so that people are aware of that. The other day, I was at lunch with a handful of colleagues, and a few of the men - in their 20s and early 30s - were talking about their gray hairs. I made a comment that they shouldn't talk about that in front of a "gray lady". Now, I color my hair so there's no way they would know that I am gray, and why would I feel the need to point that out? It's as if I want everyone to know my age and respect my experience. It's a defense mechanism against feeling old? I have thought a lot about that this week, and this is a reminder for me: This weekend includes soccer, and playdates and buying a new car. I am pretty excited about the car, so expect a picture. It's pretty. Speaking of pretty, remember the outfit I mentioned in my previous post? This is it, below, and I must say - I rocked it. Did I say I was feeling old? Whatever.

"Godliness with contentment is great gain." ~1 Timothy 6:6 Are you a woman growing in contentment? Sometimes without realizing it sometimes we can allow negativity, wrong thinking, circumstances, or lies to steal contentment from us. We can choose to be content or discontent. The operative word is choose. We do not have to wait for every area of our life to be perfect. In fact, that day will probably never come. There will always be trials and/or hardships in this lifetime, but our outlook on them makes all the difference in the world-- without a doubt, a GODLY perspective is always what is needed. Some areas that women struggle with contentment might be: HER MARRIAGE Expecting a perfect marriage or things to always go her way. HER CHILDREN Expecting her children to always be perfect. HER HOME Always wanting more and never content with what they have even though what they have may be more than enough. HER FINANCES She might be spending more than her family can afford or going into debt. HER WALK WITH THE LORD She doesn't get her contentment in the Lord, but instead is tempted by worldly things and she allows herself to be drawn in by them. THE SECRET TO CONTENTMENT We can train ourselves to be content by: TAKING OUR THOUGHTS CAPTIVE If we start to think discontented thoughts we need to immediately take that wrong thought captive and replace it with Scripture. "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:5 Do not allow wrong thinking or entertain lies in your free time. The enemy would love to muddle your thinking with discontentment. BEING THANKFUL Remember to be thankful for all that God has blessed us with. Did we wake up this morning? Do we have a roof over our heads? Do we have food? If we did, we are blessed! He has blessed us with every good thing. If we have nothing except for God, we know that we are still, indeed, rich in Christ! We need to be thankful for our the marriage, children, home, and finances that we have. Sure, things can always be improved upon, but a thankful attitude is a good place to begin at. "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18 "Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!" Psalm 100:4