In the Dailies

A couple announcements …

Heidi posted a makeover! Jump over to her site (Moms, Ministry and More) to vote on her new ‘do. Poor girl has been living for two years with a bad cut, just waiting for it to grow out. And now she’s letting the bloggy world decide what she’ll do next. After you vote, stick around on her site a bit. She has some super encouraging posts, some that will truly challenge your walk with Christ. It’s a good stop.

Also, next Tuesday I’m starting a weekly carnival! I’m thinking I’ll call it “Mama Loves”, but I’m not completely decided. Comment me some ideas. You don’t have to be a mama to participate!

The point of it is this: Take one post a week to celebrate the good. It’s far too easy to think of the negative side of things. I’m a stay-at-home mom and many of you are, too. The isolation (common to writers as well, which many of you also are!) can drive one crazy. The constant demands, monotany with simultaneous unpredictability can leave us in a funk. But God has better plans for us! He wants us to rejoice and thrive in this high calling He has given us — whether that calling be raising the next generation of missionaries, writing the next break-out novel or just finishing a mountain of laundry before your adoring husband comes home.

So, I’m setting up a way for us to focus on the praise-worthy parts of our life. What do you love about being a mama? What thrills you about being a writer? What’s the best part of fulfilling your calling? We can all rant and rave and use our blogs for cathartic purposes, but let’s offer one day a week (or at least one post!) for perpetual praise.

“Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.”
– Philippians 4:8-9 (The Message)

So hop over to Heidi’s site to vote on her hair, then come back for some positive thinking on Tuesday. I’ll have Mr. Linky ready for whatever Mama Loves.