For a long, long time I’ve dreamt of having a home office / library, a place to call my own.  It doesn’t have to be large or even fancy but bigger than the closet I attempted to work out of for a while and with doors that close, a wall of bookshelves and a comfortable desk chair, sturdy office furniture, and a sense of home, yet a sense of work as well, an atmosphere to help me stay focused and organized.

I dream of a cozy space with light walls, a large window for letting in light, surrounded by items that are all “me” and tons of pictures of my family.  All that things that help it to be both a sense of home but yet as I mentioned prior a sense of a place to “get the job done”.

Right now, my office desk still remains in the living room, which works for now, but I long for the day its in an actual office.  Where one day when I have loud teenagers instead of toddlers and babies I can go there to “get away”.  I probably won’t have other office furniture, though I would like an office table, something small so if anyone ever comes in to chat we can sit there and carry on a conversation.

The good news is, just before Brady was born, my husband and I made the decision to do some work on our home.  We have a 2 car garage for which we only use for one car, and we only have 3 bedrooms and 3 kids so we want Brady to have his own room, so we’ve decided to close in the garage to make our Master bedroom, adding a bathroom and walk in closet to create a “suite”.  Then, we will also add on a small  office, as well as an open air one-car carport on the back.  All in all the additional space besides the garage will only amount to 200 square feet, but it should help and I am excited.

My dad who is a home designer is doing the plans now and we should get started on it sometime this fall.  I will keep you updated as I pick out office furniture, wall colors, etc. I will also be redoing the bedroom since it will move I though why not get new bedding and decor.  If you have ideas, send them my way.

How about you do you have a home office?

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The other day I wrote a blog post “What I’m About Online”. I decided that you needed to know the other side of that, so here’s who I am offline or “What I’m About Offline”. Of course the two cross over with each other, if they didn’t that would be scary.

First of all, I am a Christian, a follower of Christ.  Yes, I am a part of a denomination, Southern Baptist to be exact, however my beliefs convict me and show me that it is not about religion or denomination, I am convinced it is about a “relationship” with Jesus Christ.  From there, most of the other parts of my life, both online and off center around these two things, “relationships” and “Jesus”. I think that’s pretty awesome.

So, the next thing I would have to say I am offline is a wife and mom.  These days this seems more important, sometimes we all tend to take these roles for granted, but given God’s blessings over and over we shouldn’t.  As you know I have a new blessing so this is in the forfront of my mind at the moment.  This is a role I take seriously and strive to be the greatest at. I truly do long to be the “Proverbs 31 Woman”.

Next, I would say that I am a friend.  Friendship is a huge part of my life.  I am equally blessed with friends.  You may have read about my group of girls, the Tomgirls, from my church here on my blog.  They mean so much to me.

I am other things too, sometimes these just don’t seem as prominent. I am also a daughter, a daughter -in-law,etc.

Then there are those roles that overlap, such as servant of Jesus Christ. I serve God both online and off. My ministry, speaking and writing cross-over in my online and offline life. I am again glad this is the case.

So, there you have it, the WHOLE me, online and offline.  Who are you online? Who are you offline?  Are these on in the same? Which do you claim as “life”.

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I know that I have talked ALOT about having this baby the past few days.  Braxton Hicks contractions have plagued me and I am just anxious and ready as most people who are 38 weeks pregnant with baby #3 would be.

So Here’s a poll for my readers for fun!

Baby Poll

This is a poll about when my baby Brady will be born.

When do you think Brady will arrive?

Create your own myspace poll

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“Confidence, I’ve got confidence, my Lord’s going to see me through”, lyrics to a song I sang often as a teen. This is the only confidence that is real in my life, the confidence I have in Christ. Confidence in self is something I have always struggled with, I think I probably hid it well but I have always had confidence issues. Behind my bright smile, I hid the fact that I was and am a shy person, who lacks the confidence I really need.

Sure things over the years have helped to boost my confidence, making the cheerleader squad in Junior high, attending modeling school in high school, meeting my husband, graduating from college, being admitted to seminary. But then I let those failures creep in, or at least they are failures in my eyes, the things I’ve left undone, create a lack of confidence in myself. It is only when I put my full confidence in and draw strength from God that I am able to remain strong and confident.

I am hoping that I can rely fully on the confidence that comes from Christ as I try to stay focused on God and His will and agenda for my life. I know that He has began something in me and in my life that is worth pursuing, worth following after. Another song, “He Who Began a Good Work In You” begins playing in my head….then the verse,

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:6

plays as well. The Lord puts all of these things on my heart and mind so that I will remain confident. I am going to continually go to Him because I know He can bring me confidence like no other.

What about you, what gives you confidence?

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