joy in chaos

I thought I might explain my blog name a little bit. Finding my joy in my chaotic world is something I have been struggling with lately. I didn't always know I was lacking it, but recently God has shown me through various quiet times with Him, other moms, and random stories of people finding joy in every situation. I am trying to find joy in the little things I do everyday:

getting breakfast for my two little angels (they just woke up so they haven't had time to do anything naughty), playing the same thing over and over everyday-usually dino's and cars(thank you Jesus I can play with them at all), listening to my 4 year old Oliver talk non-stop about anything and everything (at least he wants to talk to me) washing the dishes, making meals for my family, and all of the unrecognized things a mom does. But especially in the times where everything seems to be going wrong all at once, kids crying, screaming, fighting over toys, messes everywhere, you know the drill. Where is my joy?

This is my ministry and I can't wait for something bigger to come along. I am the only Jesus my children will know growing up. Will they see the joy I claim to have?

here we go

So here we go.... I am going to attempt to blog on a regular basis. Going by my track record of diaries and journals, this should be interesting. But I have been encouraged by friends to start doing this and read others blogs to be encouraged, and don't we all need that. Well, I think that's enough for my first one, whew, I think I need to lay down