I’m starting to realize something I didn’t before.  I have an incredible gift right now–the gift of time!  I never realized what a rare treasure this little thing is.  Life is usually so busy!  With only 24 hours each day, and so many things I want/need to do, normally even fun stuff could become just another thing to add to my to-do list.

But lately, God has blessed me with an abundance of time.

Time to spend with my husband and his ever-changing work schedule.  Time to get away.  Time to hang out and build relationships with some wonderful people.  Time to plan for a baby.  And real time to work on things I love to do!  I’ve always had a collection of hobbies that I would try to dabble with occasionally.  Trying to build a photo and design business on only sporadic bites from the creativity bug wasn’t working too well!  But since I’ve quit my job, God has provided me with so many opportunities to work on these things I love!  And he’s even given me reason to develop some new skills!

Most amazingly, through all of this, I am getting a glimpse of how this could fit in with His plan!  In my time spent with Him, He has begun to show me the big picture in how I can serve Him by doing what I love.  Some of my lingering questions, like “Why would God care if I knew how to edit pictures or draw on the computer” are starting to be answered.  It is an awesome feeling!!!

Come November, I may look back at this post and laugh.  I imagine I won’t be in awe of all my free time with a newborn baby boy on my hands.  But until then, I plan to make the most of this gift–having fun, working on stuff I love, and looking for ways to be a blessing to others.   And hopefully with all of this time, I will be doing a little more blogging again too. :)

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