Materialism November 17, 2008

I don’t know why this is so much on my mind lately, it could be due to the commercialism of Christmas, the fact that now Christmas really in most people’s mind has nothing to do with Christ our saviors birth, but has to do with how many presents people are getting.

I have decided to not let my possessions own me, to not let my want for materialistic items make me unhappy. I am not going to be defined by or made to feel bad because of the name brand that I am wearing or  the restaurants I haven’t been to, nor will I raise my children to be that way. Materialism makes me sick especially to see it in the Christian faith, where it is clearly and obviously wrong.

1Timothy  6-8 A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that’s enough.(the Message)

God has planned so much more for us than to be simply defined by our possessions. God has created us to be complex. I hate it that people (especially youth) feel like they are worthless or less valuable than someone who can afford THINGS. I want to help the less fortunate, I want to make them feel like they are just as valuable than those who can afford THINGS. I want to be able to geniunely love people, without judging them or having an “agenda”. I want to be myself, not who everyone else wants me to be, I don’t want to get caught up in shallow conversations about commercialism, I want to know people’s hearts, when I ask someone how they are doing I want to listen to their response, really listen. I know this is probably a lot of rambling to most of you but it is how I feel and felt i needed to blog about it, thanks for reading!

Bobby-hold me accountable.

To my husband… November 13, 2008

I was just thinking about what my life would be like without my husband. It makes me sad. I can’t imagine my life without him in it. He is the biblical example of what a husband should be. He makes my days 100 times better than what they would be without him. He has blessed me with a beautiful daughter who has given me a new purpose in life and he loves me unconditionally. Really…unconditionally. His love for me is like a romance novel that you can only read, and not imagine living a life like that. He makes my everyday a fairytale. And you may think to yourself, now Erin you are being dramatic, but I am not. He is everything I have ever dreamed of. He puts up with me in my crazy insecure times and enjoys me when I am not those things!:) He has given me a security and a hope that I have never known before. He makes me me. He makes me comfortable with being who God made me to be and I love that about him. He hates it when I am hurt or someone else has hurt me almost like he is hurt himself, he is amazing. I know I’ve blogged about him before but today is  a new day and I love him in a whole bigger and better way than I did when I wrote about him before.

Side note: Mandolin is sleeping through the night and smiling. She is still a great baby with very seldom crying, she makes having a baby seem like a piece of cake!