What goes around comes around

This may not be a popular post but I thought I'd take a minute to share some insights on my life to some of my young mom friends. I have been reading through some blogs of many women that I know and finding a certain concept very interesting....simplicity....getting back to basics. We all want to do that right? Life is soooo busy and minimizing the craziness is desired by all of us. I still look at things and try to figure out how I can do with out. But the point I wanted to make was from the days when I was a young mom. Actually before that...before I even married my first husband. Early to mid 1970's, a revolution of "getting back to the land", "back to basics", more simplicity, eating healthier, etc. Get my picture? I learned how to cook without sugars, more whole grains, more veggies and fruit. I learned how to sew and make my own clothes. I helped a group from my church to clear land and build a log cabin for retreats!! That was awesome! Fast forward to my marriage. We lived VERY simply. Heated with wood, no TV, BIG garden to grow and preserve our own food, chickens for eggs and meat. Now baby comes along! Cloth diapers, breast feeding, made almost all his baby food. Continued to make clothes, learned to weave to make fabric, geez, I even learned to spin wool to make yarn to knit and crochet. It was exhausting!

The difference in all this is that back then, I didn't have Jesus in my life. You might say, "but Pam, you went to church and helped build a retreat center!" But there was no Jesus. I was definitely living the way He would have wanted me to live, but didn't include Him. It took quite a few years of seeking and getting back to a more "civilized" (haha) lifestyle before I actually allowed the Lord to be part of my life. And I am so thankful I did! So as an older Christan woman, I can only say "Seek first the kingdom of God" THEN "all these things will be given unto you"! Does that make sense? Everything has a place and there is a place for everything....sorry to be so cliched! I find that things that were important are less important now. Baking bread was a must in the past. Now it is a joy and a treat. Growing my own food was a must so that we could eat. We didn't have much money so grocery shopping was minimal and there wasn't many people using coupons then or at least if they were, I had not clue of it.

So with all that being said, when you are middle-aged and heading for your senior years, you too will see young women doing what you are doing and you too will sit back and chuckle a bit. But what YOU have and I didn't was JESUS! You are blessed beyond your years.....hey, beyond MY years. And I have to say, I'm a bit envious that I couldn't give my husband and my son that gift too. But my son is now walking with the Lord, a Godly man, married to a woman of God and wow am I thrilled. Am I am now married to an amazing Godly man as well.

What goes around, comes around!