Motivation, Part II

I love Sally Clarkson.  Her books, her blog, her words.  She speaks my heart over and over and over again.  Her blog today fit perfectly with my post the other day about motivation.

I Heard Him Call Come Follow

“Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise, Thou my inheritance, now and always; Thou and thou only first in my heart, High king of heaven, my treasure thou art.”

Motivation

What motivates you?  What makes a person get up every day and keep going?  I recently had a day where I just had no motivation left.  I kept thinking of verses that talk about keeping our eyes on the prize, running the race, etc, but nothing.  I finally had a few moments to think about it and I realized that, in my mind, the prize we are running towards is heaven.  And frankly, I'm not too worried about getting in (no I'm not trying to be arrogant, I just know where I stand with God).  So no motivation there.  Then there's rewards in heaven - crowns, mansions, etc.  None of which I'm interested in.  Now what?  WHAT motivates me?  What has kept me going for all this time to work at my marriage, homeschool my kids, clean my house, make food, etc?

Some of you know me well enough to know the answer.  My husband knew it immediately.  Relationships.  I value real relationships more than anything in this world.  My relationship with Christ, with my husband, with my children, with my friends.  The thought of not obeying what Christ has asked of me would hurt our relationship, so I don't want to do it!

Now, can someone help me with a verse that I can put up to remind me of that motivation?

Weaning

I think I mentioned that I weaned Liza recently.  It's been a month now since she's nursed.  She and I can still have tears over it together (and separately for me).  But when I weaned her, I never filled up or felt a let-down.  Definitely nothing left.  I have been much sadder over all of this than I thought I would be.  She is 3 now and I always have another baby by now.  And while I don't really want to be pregnant ever again (I'm worn out, old, exhausted, etc), the whole thing is just making me feel OLD.  When did I get old?

I think I'll go cry now.

Arnica

Before I get into this post, I have to mention that my computer has been unable to connect to the internet for a few weeks.  Probably an easy fix, but no time.  So I've been stuck using Eric's computer which means I have no links for any blogs, including my own!!!  :-)  I'm finally making time to figure it out this morning (and I should be doing other things, but whatever).

I am accident prone these days.  Anyone else?  Last night, I was opening the door to Eric's office and smacked the side of my nose with the door.  Don't ask.  I have NO idea how I managed to accomplish such a thing.  Within about 5 minutes my nose started to swell a bit, just on the side.  Oh, and it crunched when the door hit.  I was very surprised it didn't bleed, so figured it wasn't too badly hurt.  But then I was able to SEE my nose.  Not in a mirror, just looking straight out and I could see the swelling.  I grabbed the Arnica (a homeopath for those of you who are scratching your heads) and put some on and took some.  (Eric about died laughing when I told him - he loves me, really, he does!!)  For the next 1/2 hour, I took Arnica and put some on my nose.  About an hour later, the swelling was gone and that spot wasn't blue anymore!  I love Arnica.  I have a barely noticeable spot on my nose today.  :-)