Crazy Day

It's been a crazy day. I had a doctor's appointment at 7:30 so I was going to be late for work anyway. By the time I finished that and had just gotten to the parking lot at work, Hannah called and said she was sick. So I had to go in get permission to work from home and turn around and leave. About 2 hours later the school calls and says James is complaining of a stomach ache, so I had to go pick him up. Jeff is at Freshman Orientation tonight, so I am at home with two sick kids and time to update my blog.

I have been in a Bible Study at work called Chasing the Lion. It's all about taking risks and making the most of opportunities. If you know me well, you know risk taking is not my thing. Apparently, God knows this, too. So I am being challenged on several fronts.

The first Lion I am chasing is getting something accomplished with Hannah's adoption here. I have no clue how we will finance this, who will be willing to take the case, or if Mexico will push back, but I am making small steps. Mind you I am not sprinting after the lion, or joggin, or even in a mad dash towards the lion. You may have noticed the word small steps as in baby steps. My first chase is coming up this Friday. We are consulting with a lawyer who is very experienced in adoption.

My second lion is my financial situation. This is a lion of our own doing, but it's time to tame him. So, I am trying to muster the courage to let go of our credit cards. We only have two, but I have been using them as a security blanket. When the end of the month is far away from the end of the money (at least in my mind), I find comfort in saying, "Well, if it's absolutely necessary, I can use the credit card." God has been working on me to trust Him more and lose the cards. I still haven't gotten rid of them totally, but I have taken them out of my wallet and left them in a place that is not so easily accessible.

The third lion is my weight and health. I am going up against this one kicking and screaming. At my current size, I would make a very lovely meal for some starving lion and his pride : ) I want to do it the easy way, but my doctor said today that I needed to do it the hard way. Yuck! So no progress on this, yet. I visited a blog today where the host posted everything they ate each day (real exciting reading material), but I don't think I will do that. I can't even post on here every week :)

So what are your lions? What steps do you need to take start chasing them?