The influences of life

I have all these thoughts rattling around in my brain that I want to get time to blog, but the days keep slipping by!  I can't believe how fast this summer has gone.

I've been thinking a lot about "Influence."  It is a theme that keeps popping up in my head and one that I plan to write more about in the future.  So much of the accounts in the Bible have to do with influence.  The influence of God, the influence of a mother, wife, husband, people in general.  Each book of the Bible could be a study of this word.  Who is influencing who in this book, chapter or verse.

As a wife, mother, friend, sister, daughter - I influence those around me.  Am I influencing them for good or for evil?  Am I influencing myself for good or evil as well?  How is God trying to influence me - change me, mold me into something He sees!

This topic of influence will come up more!

I am working on my third devotional about God and the 5 Senses - Taste.   I haven't settled on a verse yet, but it is interesting to note how much the word honey comes up when looking at our taste.  Honey is truly a wonderful creation!  Taste and see how good!  I'm excited to share what God reveals to me.

I am also in the middle of trying to read five books!  Three of them are about American Sign Language interpreting.  One is about raising global nomads.  The last one is a devotional for kids.  Thankfully a few of them I can keep almost a month since they are inter-library loan.

I also have more stories from South Africa I want to share.  Though we have been back from South Africa a year already - there are still more fun stories to share and information.  We learned a lot about HIV/AIDS - that I want to share about.  Also just world faiths and how to share with people from other faiths.