My first post

Boy, I'm a little nervous because writing is a little intimidating to me. Usually, I write in my journal and it's my rambling thoughts and prayers-- it's basically the way I communicate to God. Writing my fears, hopes, frustrations, praises, and prayer requests is very therapeutic for me. I rarely go back and read what I have written, mostly because I have terrible hand writing but, I also like the finality of purging what's on my heart each day before the Lord and then moving on from it. Somehow, I fear that if I go back and read all I have written, I'll have to face all the old "demons" I've already overcome and have to relive the same lessons.

I'm always very thankful that God is the only One who can read my thoughts. He's the only One that is capable of handling all of my insanity gracefully without condemning or judging me. Can you imagine if we could read each others thoughts? You all would be sending the "Men in white coats" to pick me up in no time flat. Just today I was thinking that's what it will be like when Jesus comes for me. He is,after all the ultimate "Man in the white coat (er robe)". It'll be like a scene in a movie--Jesus slowly walking up to me using a very slow almost condecending voice "OK, come on Jennifer, we're going to go now to a 'special place' that's very safe" I can imagine Him, having heard my thoughts for that day, thinking "Man, we're going to need the straight jacket for this one." Lest you think I'm a psychopath and be in fear of what I actually might be thinking. Please understand that I take what the Bible says very seriously and when I read that if I have an evil thought about someone, it's the same as murdering them (Mathew 5: 21) it sobers me.

The person I am most nervous about reading this is my husband, Tim. He is an excellent writer and I feel so self conscious about the fact that he will read this. You can check out his blog at timglenn.blogspot.com . Really, all I want to do is share my thoughts, opinions, and observations. I'll also share a lot about my beautiful baby boy, Morgan.



You'll have to indulge me--I am a VERY proud Mama and am so priviledged to get to spend my days with him--he is a hoot! I'm terrible about keeping my friends and family up to date on our "goings on", so I'm also hoping to use this as a way to keep my family in the loop. My Grandma, who passed a way a few years ago, was so wonderful at writing a monthly letter that gave updates on all the Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. I can't help but think she would have LOVED this blogging thing.

There you have it my first of, I hope, many posts. I'm hoping for this to be a great forum for sharing because I love to hear what others think about things. Please forgive my misspellings, iffy grammar, and general mistakes (Tim :) ) Thanks for reading and let me hear from you.