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Happy Birthday To...ME! :o)

I know it has been some time since I posted...I have been following all of my friends' blogs but have had little time to comment or post on my own blog. So today - while Hubby and Kiddo are helping at church - I'm going to post on here so that all of you don't think I have disappeared off the face of the planet or taken some kind of hiatus! Oh my goodness I have missed you! :o)

Quite seriously I have decided that I do not like where my blog has gone. It is just too boring and lacks any substance. Soooooo...I'm changing it up. I'm not yet sure where God is leading me with this, so if the next few posts seem unconnected somehow, I promise I will find His direction and get rolling soon! In the meanwhile...

TODAY is my birthday! I don't care about numbers so I am so proud when I tell you that I am the big 3-2. My youngest sister really thought that at thirty I would start to care about those numbers, but I can assure you that really it hasn't bothered me a bit. (I think I have taken after my mother-in-law who is - as of February - 56 years young. :o) I am proud of my accomplishments and I am beginning to really like who I have become. Just a few short years ago I am not certain that I could have said that, but today...I REALLY do!

Don't get me wrong here: I don't like the number on my scale (like I even use it...but you get the gist :o) and I know of plenty of things that I would like to change. For example: my lack of confidence. And the feeling that somewhere deep I really AM a people person even though I have to "fake it" in the beginning to bring it out of myself. And the mistakes that I continue to make in my marriage and "growing" of my son and walk with God; relationships that I have lost and even some I have just simply walked away from... However there are so many things to like about me now: I am becoming so assured in the love my God has for me and I am learning how to show that love to others; the way I can love on my husband without it feeling awkward anymore; the way I am learning to love my friends - and make friends that are so different from myself...

I am not patting myself on the back. The truth of the matter is that God has made me who I am and I am just learning to like her - to really like her despite her flaws. Which means I am learning, in turn, to see others the way God sees them. I DO believe I am growing! :o) And just on a side note here - much of this has come about since the Beth Moore "Esther" study - if you haven't done it yet, you really should! It is amazing and will offer you insight and information that you never considered before.

I don't have any cute pictures of birthdays past - or even birthday current :o) - but I just want to thank you all for the comments and prayers and the opportunities to get to know other women's encouragement. You are each very special to me and I look forward to the day I get to meet you! Maybe one day you'll be in town and we can grab a coffee (or tea or soda) together and see each other face to face. I would really like that.

Have a blessed week and I will be praying for each of you this week...

Comments

Traci @ The Bakery said…
I know.....trying to find a direction for a blog is hard. I want mine to be a journal...my life...the good the bad and the ugly....'cept I have people who read it that I might not want to know all things...know what I mean? So, I just want my spirit in my blog...my humor....what I am going through, etc. It has taken a life of its own....so weird. I certainly hope you have a wonderful birthday!
April 10, 2009 at 10:33 PM
valerie said…
Happy Birthday Misty!!!

Sorry I'm late seeing this post.
I was SO sick yesterday with a stomach virus and had fever and chills. I just started feeling better later last night.

I also want to wish you a very happy Easter.

Love you,
Valerie
April 12, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Beth Herring said…
Misty - You know that I lift you up in prayer already and will be adding this to my list for you.

I hope you had a fabulous birthday! You are still young. I am 46 so I have a few years on ya!

I look forward to seeing where the Lord will take you with you blog.

Many blessings,
Beth
April 12, 2009 at 2:56 PM
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