Marriage

Marriage thoughts:  Scott Schiele and I have been married for over 25 years now and today while I was thinking about our upcoming 2nd honeymoon I realized something huge.  

Since we got married there is definitely MORE of me (lol) and yet strangely enough less of ME.  

A great marriage does that to you -not necessarily the MORE but the "less of me part".  Marriage is about learning to honor, prefer, and respect the other person.  It's about laying your life down.  It's about becoming one strong force instead of two strong individuals. It's about less of me and more of us.  When you get married you find out how selfish you really are.  But if you will allow yourself to be changed, it will actually make you better.  Of course this can't happen unless your marriage is built on The Rock, Jesus! It's never too late to make Jesus your foundation and then allow Him to make you a better "One " with your spouse.

Juicy jam

True confession:  I like to play games on my phone.  There. It's out there! I read so many peoples Facebook posts that say "I don't have time for games".  Well....I do!  There.  It's out there again! Now I don't send requests to people to send me lives etc.  I just play. I don't gamble or buy extra lives.  I just play.  And actually I'm pretty good!  At the time of this blog I'm on level 403 of Panda Pop and my new favorite is Juicy Jam.  I'm on level 143.

So is this why I'm writing this blog?  To confess?  No.  But I'm one of those players who will work for weeks on one game just to get to the next level.  

I was playing Juicy Jam yesterday and I couldn't beat the level I was on.  I had been trying for about 3 weeks. Same game over and over.  I couldn't get all the "orders" completed in the right amount of turns.  I was frustrated.  I was beginning to think it was impossible.  I was super focused on conquering it!

Then out of pure frustration and with one life left, I just played the game for fun.  Didn't worry about the "orders".  Didn't worry about how many moves I had left.  Just played for fun.  

And guess what?  Yep!  I conquered it with 5 moves left over.  Honest!!!

That's when Holy Spirit spoke to me and said "See, stop focusing on DOING & STRIVING over the game.  Start ENJOYing it!"  I had lost the enjoying part and was all about conquering it.  It's just a game!

So how many people, like me, get caught up in the DOING & STRIVING and forget about ENJOYing the journey called life?  You are so concerned about what the future does and doesn't hold, how you are going to get there and all the details that you have or don't have.  When we should be living in the moment, ENJOYing the journey.  

Now I'm not saying not to have direction or focus for things to come. I'm saying don't forget to ENJOY the now.  We must get to a point where we learn to REST in God's promises.  Promises that He will take care of everything - in His time.  But we want to take the reigns and hurry things along.  In doing this we miss the promises and goodness of the here and now!  

God is all of His wisdom knows whats best and cares about all our details....and even knows our names.  In fact, He not only loves us....He likes us!  Yay!  

So take my gaming advice today and rest in God's promises.  He has your back!  Receive His peace and ENJOY right now!

I didn't burn the bacon!

Today I received a high5 from my family! I didn't burn the bacon!  Yes you read that right!  I seem to have a problem every time I cook bacon or sausage.  I burn it. But today I was victorious!  Our BLTs for lunch were delish and my family was satisfied! 

I didn't burn the house down!  I didn't have to open the doors to air out the house!  Yay me!

Fortunately my value or worth doesn't come from my bacon and sausage frying skills.  It comes from my Father God who made me.

Many people rely on the affirmations of others and the successes of their accomplishments to get their value or to feel good about themselves.  But affirmations and successes sometimes are far and few between. 

It's important to affirm others but when we understand that the heart and love of our Father God towards us is always good, then regardless of our earthly situation we can feel valuable.  We were made in His image.  He thought we were so valuable that He sent His son Jesus to stand in our place so He could connect back with us.  

Only someone who thinks you are valuable would want to hang out for eternity with you!  

So whether you burnt the bacon today or not, He ❤️ you with a everlasting eternal love!  Go hang out with Him and find your worth!  You are valuable!

Welcome!

         




Welcome to Marla's Musings!

Join me on my life journey that God has so delicately designed and placed in my destiny.  I'll be sharing my thoughts, my delights, my questions,  my failures & victories as I walk forward into new and exciting adventures.

Me....a long time ago!

It will be my own version of the "Amazing Race".....or should I say "Amazing Grace Race"?  My oldest asked me what I will be blogging about.  I told her it would be about my life:  wife, mom, homeschool teacher, cook, housekeeper, minister, student, traveler, foodie, musician....it could be just about anything!

Me and my family!

You can also stay connected by visiting our website at:  www.outpouringintl.com . So stay tuned as I share my musings! This could be the best adventure ever!  You never know what might happen!

Me holding a really big pistol!