Getting Started

I can't believe that I've actually been successful in setting up a blog site in the past. It is hard work! I'm going to continue to work on the colors, etc. but I wanted to get it started as soon as I could so for now what you see is what you get.

Okay, so first of all, let me thank those of you who have chosen to join me on this little journey. I have to admit that this type of thing is a little out of the ordinary for me. I just remember sitting here reading Angie Smith's blog a month or so ago. She issued a challenge for mother's out there to read a book and invite others to read, too. Something in my heart told me that I was supposed to do this...and so here we are. I will also admit that this morning I thought to myself, "Okay, Emily you asked people to do this, now you must do it." That scared me to death. I don't know anything about leading a book club or a Bible study or anything like that. So what did I do?? I went to church...and there waiting for me was everything I needed. The sermon was about Elisha and here was the jest... If God leads you to do something, He will give you all that you need to do it. Just what I needed to hear. My favorite song was also included today, hence the title that I chose for us,"Here I Am".

I don't know how we're going to work this whole thing since we're literally spread out all over or if it will even work at all. I know that sometimes all of you will be busy and not able to read or comment. But I will be praying for all of us. Praying that God will lead us to do something by leading us to read this book. Praying that He will impart some sort of knowledge on us to help us in raising our children in a way that is pleasing to Him. Praying that we will all be honest and open to the words of the book and each other.

So thank you all again for joining me in this uncharted water.

I guess for the first week thing that I'm wondering is what everyone else is thinking...and namely, what are you thinking about the title of the book, "Parenting the Way God Parents : Refusing to Recycle the Mistakes Our Parents Made." Those are some pretty strong words, especially the part about your own parents. What were your first impressions when you read the title?

Over the next week, let's try to read the first two chapters (if you haven't already). Then let's plan to post starting next Sunday on those chapters.