So, here I am! We're kicking off our new year, and yesterday was our Open House/Kick-off Party.
Turn out was small, but it was so fun. A wonderful, dear friend arranged for us to borrow her church's bounce houses for the event, and the kids (both young and old) had a B-L-A-S-T!
I came home and quickly fell asleep on my couch! I think you can call a party a success if you are completely wiped out when it's done!
Although I'm excited about the new year, I find myself watching a cloud of doubt loom overhead. Thoughts of:
- Should I really be doing this?
- What's the point?
- What if only a couple of people come? Doesn't that make me a failure?
- No one is interested, anyway
Fortunately for me, I recently attending our state-wide homeschool conference (By the way, if your state hosts one of these...GO TO IT!), and there was a leader's meeting scheduled. I couldn't make the meeting, but I was able to download the seminars online. I treasure these mp3's. They are wonderful. I plan to listen to them many times.
One of the speakers made a comment that has stayed with me. He said (paraphrasing) that God will never give you enough help to allow you to accomplish something without Him.
Read that again. God will never give you enough help to allow you to accomplish something without Him. The first time I heard that idea, I was not very happy. I thought "Why would God short-change me like that?" Then I understood why.
If God gave us enough to where we didn't need Him, soon enough, we'd start ignoring Him. And then..well, you know where that leads. I can't think of a catchy phrase to describe it that doesn't use profanity...but you get the picture.
God gives us just enough to get it done with HIS help!
What did that mean to me?
Well, when very few people volunteer for an event (or very few even show up), I need to remember that this is the EXACT number God intended for me to have. He sees a much bigger picture than I do, and I need to keep that in mind and t-r-u-s-t Him.
I don't necessarily get to know the whys about it. Maybe there is going to be a planned outing, and only a couple of families show up. One mom may be needing to talk something out, but if there was a large group of people present she may feel too intimidated to speak.
Or maybe having just a couple of people around will allow me to forge a new friendship that will prove extraordinarily wonderful in the future - a friendship that may have never come to fruition if the setting wasn't right that one day.
Who knows. I don't. God does.
And that's all I need to know.
With that being said, I look forward to all the wonderful things my Lord has planned for me this year, the good and bad. Because, frankly, I know He's there for it all with me.
Here's to an unforgettable year!
1 comment:
I think the party was perfect and you're welcome to borrow whatever you like whenever you like. I will never forget the two little girls that walked into the gym and stopped, standing there with big eyes and one of them saying, "There are TWO," as they stared at those bounce houses. Thank you so very much for all the work you ( and your husband and kids) put into the party. We didn't have a huge turnout, but we had enough, which works out well. I'm looking forward to a great year!
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