The Purpose of Today

plan writing cup

Have you ever asked God what His plan is for your life?  How you fit into the bigger picture?  What He’s got in mind for you?  I certainly have.  I’ve pestered Him endlessly for an answer to those questions, asking Him what I should be doing, when He’s going to reveal it for me so that I can stop doing whatever it is I do now and start my work for God.  I’ve become frustrated that He doesn’t seem to want to reveal it to me, and I’ve felt like I’m wasting time waiting when I’m ready to make a start.  Does that sound familiar to you?

A couple of years ago, many of my walks with God would be a chance for me to berate Him for not giving me some glimpse of what He had in mind.  I was sure there was something more and I really wanted to know what that was.  But actually, I was ignoring my present day.  I couldn’t see what God was doing today because I was too busy asking Him what he’d have for me tomorrow. Continue reading “The Purpose of Today”

How to help your husband through your first trimester

12 week scan

I’m not all that experienced when it comes to pregnancy.  I don’t know the best way to do everything (or anything) and I’ve not got it sussed.  I’m still finding my way blindly through it, relying a lot on the advice and sensible words of friends, family and forums.  And of course navigating my way through the first trimester with my ordered, logical, chaos-hating software developer husband has been its own form of fun and challenging.

But I’ve done the first trimester twice now. So I’m starting to get the hang of it. I’m hoping that I won’t have to do it again until I’ve made it successfully through trimesters 2 and 3 this time, but from my (limited) experience, I thought I’d pull together some “top” tips for helping your husband through the first trimester. Continue reading “How to help your husband through your first trimester”