What Have I Been Doing?

I've been very, very busy. That's what I've been doing. Attempting to do all that God puts in my path and sadly, having to forgo some enjoyable activities, like writing to you. I hope you are well and closer to God during these 40 days than you were at the beginning.

I am well, and also closer to God, I hope. I have undertaken something which has given me considerable happiness. Details will be in my column Just Another Manic Momday in the Spring/Summer issue of Mom Writer's Literary Magazine, but you can have a preview.

I have cleaned out a hopelessly cluttered, crumbling room of my house to be my very own space with God. My writer space. My thinking space. My get-away-from-all-men-in-the-house space. And I love it. I adore it. I cherish it.

A friend e-mailed me the other day and said some very nice things about my Lenten journey because it was obvious to her the transformation in my life in this past month or so. Sometimes you don't see what's right in front of you. Before my friend brought it to my attention I had not thought of my pursuits as being on the Lenten Road - but they are, they truly are.

I have simplified, thrown out much visible, as well as invisible, clutter in my life. And it feels quite freeing. Opportunities have presented themselves which I never would have considered one short year ago, but now I have trips planned to Chicago, New Jersey and San Diego! I have been next-to-nowhere other than here at home for most of my life. So this is very exciting for me.

I credit alignment with God's wishes for my life for the turnaround in my life. I ask Him want He wants; I try to do it. It really is that simple. I made it much too complicated for years and years.

I wish you the same simplicity toward God in your life.

~ Maureen :)