Taking a break....or not

So, my plan for July is was to take a break from blogging. I think I am burnt out from trying to write even when I am not really inspired to do so and it shows. So this morning I decided rather than try to write I would catch up on a few of my favorite blogs.

My first stop was My Purple Dreams. Violet is participating in the Blog Everyday Challenge and of course, her post for Day 1 caught my eye:

 Day 1: The story of your life in 250 words or less (or one paragraph... no one will be counting your words... probably)

 This prompt tickled my fancy so I clicked over to have a look at the other prompts. It looks promising. BUT, I really don't think I am up to another full month of writing daily. After all I just finished NaBloPoMo for June and I did NOT do well at all. Writing everyday is hard, and it's even harder when you aren't feeling any inspiration. And that is how I write, I have to be inspired or the words just do not flow.

I am not going to let myself get drawn into another challenge I can't complete. But I think I will take a stab at a few of the prompts from this challenge that interest me. So, be on the look out! And thanks to Violet for providing me with some new inspiration! I hope you will click over and check out her blog and follow her progress throughout the month! :)

Don't forget to sow some love into your day!

Writing prompts and my heart

I just realized that the NaBloPoMo writing prompts have gone completely out the window. I haven't even looked at them in at least a week. Depression, worry, and stress took their toll. I am feeling better now, but the prompts still hold no interest for me. Maybe that is for the best. I enjoy the occasional challenge of writing for a prompt, but I also need the release of writing wherever my fingers & God lead me. It is a wonderful feeling to sit down at the computer and just type. To see where my heart wants to go. 

Heart, fingers, and God. Not my brain. Because most of the time my brain wants to go to dark places that fill me with fear and uncertainty. That brain, it is an important gift from God. But all to often I find it has been overwhelmed by the worries of life. My heart, on the other hand, yearns for the light of God's love. It is more willing to trust, to be still and see what God will do. My heart instinctively follows the light. My brain worries and rationalizes and over analyzes. It is not really good at being still.

The writing prompts have been a challenge. And some have even been fun. But I think I am done with them for the time being. I think I need to follow my inner prompts for a while and see where that takes me. :)

P.S. It is Thursday and I would be so happy if you clicked here to see what I am thankful for.

P.S.S. I saw this on Facebook last night and it spoke to me. It said, "post me on your blog, someone out there needs to see me." So, here you go somebody.....

no prompts today

I'm not even going to look. I don't really care.


I will give you this link: Does Air Exist?

I wrote yesterday's guest post. Basically it's the story of how I got saved and grounded from church all in the same day (I was 13 years old). It is an interesting story. I hope you can find the time to read it.

It's Thursday, so don't forget to click here to see what I am thankful for this week. 

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It's raining and I'm rambling

It's raining here in my little Texas town. It started yesterday morning and it's been pretty consistent ever since. I'm not complaining, mind you. I love the rain. I love the cozy feeling of snuggling up on the couch and reading a book or catching up on my shows to the sounds of raindrops on the roof.

Other than the rain, there isn't much going on here. I was feeling bad yesterday (some kind of stomach bug I am guessing) but other than feeling a bit wrung out I am good to go today. To bad the only place I really have to go is the grocery store, we are out of milk.

So, I've been participating in NaBloPoMo this past week, in case you haven't noticed (where were you? I missed you!). The first time I did NaBloPoMo was last November. That time I didn't really follow the writing prompts. I told myself that this time I would use them. It's a challenge, let me tell you. This month is all about energy, which is not a subject I consider myself well antiquated with. But I am trying....I should get points for that. :)

The problem is really that the topic doesn't do much to inspire me. Probably because I am, at heart, a very unenergetic person. I am in fact quite lazy (I have told you this, right?). I don't think I was always like this, though I honestly can't remember for sure. My adult life has pretty much centered around things I had to do, tasks that had to be accomplished. I suppose that is true for most adults. We do what we have to. There hasn't been a lot of time, energy, or desire for much outside of those tasks for a long time. But I am trying to change that.

That's part of what this blog is about. Changing my days, doing something outside my "usual". Challenging myself a bit. Which is why I am trying to stick to the prompts. I just hope (and pray) that I can find something inspiring to say about each one. Otherwise you might stop coming by to visit and I would be really lonely.

That's about all I have for today. Actually, I want to go because I want to work on tomorrow's post, which I am really excited about. It's been writing itself in the back of my head all week, I just haven't taken the time to type it up. I hope I can do it justice!

I hope you have a beautiful day, wherever you are. God Bless!

Just a little something to brighten up our day!