Work or stay at home

Summer is started big time here in ME. I have been busy past two weeks. Unexpected interview, Nate's annual day at school and my sewing frenzy is keeping me crazy busy. I have been itching to blog, but it never happened! Again, this week, I have another interview and then Nate's tests back to back at school!

I have been waiting on direction from the Lord regarding taking up a job. I had very clear direction from the Lord that I will be taking a break when i quit my job in India and joined MJ here in Dubai. Because pressure from the extended families, I had go for interviews after moving here and I couldnt say otherwise. However, because I knew, what God had in store, I was at great peace and I knew for sure, I woulnt get a job how hard i tried, and I didnt want to get either. Though I have always been a person who wanted have a career, Lord had taken away that desire to work and I have enjoyed that break till now. 

Meanwhile, we had our awesome threesome and i am thoroughly enjoying being a stay at home. However, once in a while, when I get interview calls for the job positions that I havent applied for, I am taken for a quest to know what God wants me to do. Last two interviews, I was so confused and I simply told the Lord to take away the job from me, if its not His will. And He did. Now, I have another interview next week, again, I never applied for it, and its a great offer, if I get through. But I am yearning to know what He wants me to do coz, He told me about a break, not a complete halt in my career. My only prayer is that Let His Will Alone BE DONE. I have prepared my heart for both. 

-JJ

Weekly goals update

Last week's goals update.

Mamma's

1. Keep up my daily quiet time everyday . Not everyday!
2. Memorize Ps 51, I am already half way through. My weekly goal is five verses. Reached verse 14.
3. Finish sewing mamma - daughters outfits.  Dint like how mine turned out.
4. Organize 1 shelf of cupboard - I am invading children's house wear section, phew!!!
5. Eat max 3 servings of rice - incase you dint know, I am trying to lose 6 kilos -- more :) I ate 3 servings in 10 days!
6. Blog before next Sunday (2nd June)

 Kiddo's

1. Memorize Ps 23- They are on 5th verse
2. Read Bible with them seperately everyday. Couldn’t do it everyday.:(
3. Help Nate to finish ट  to न 
4. Help Nate with math addition order

-JJ

Operate in love challenge - update

I am real late on the Operate in Love challenge update! Partly coz I couldn’t do justice to it completely! I did blow up twice, the sad thing is, while I was screaming, inside of me, there was a sweet little voice saying, listen here! Obviously, I dint listen! But I think it was far better than some days! 

Weekend is here in Dubai, church on Thursday eve, Friday at home, Saturday with kiddos, and on Sunday I will be back on the challenge again. No, its not a weekend off on the challenge, its coz, I am super nice to my children when MJ is around. Thats why he always tells me, "I think you are always good with the kiddos". My accountability to God, always makes me confess to MJ, that I am not that good as he thinks. 

Readers, in ME, happy weekend and stay hydrated, peek temp today was 40 degrees, well in Celsius. 
-JJ

Challenge - Operate in Love

I am a yeller! Yes, you read that right! I can really lose it sometimes! Having three under 6 make me go zombie some days! Some days are real bad and some days are good, I mean real good. At the end of the day, when I 'narrate' my whole day to my husband MJ, some days, he wonders if its the same kids I am talking about. Today happened to be one of those good days! So I sat down to check, why some days are better than others. I think it mostly depended on me, my mood, my attitude, my energy level, the mess around etc. sadly, I could take control of all these and make sure that things are under the banner of love. 

I like challenges and I am a big time result oriented person. So I am taking up a challenge. This challenge is same as no yelling challenge here and here. As much as I would like to say STOP YELLING, I am just like my kiddos who dont like much of 'no'. I phrase everything in this house with no no's. It just works better in this house, and I guess in the habit of saying like that, I like to hear it also that way. 

I am planning to take one day at a time and take up this challenge for 24 hours - easy, peasy!! huh! If you have been to our house as a invisible guest, you will know its a mountain task! So, first things first, I wrote down a declaration for me and my kiddos, took almost all the scripture from, I think, Katie's ( though I cant find it anymore).

1. Declare the word over myself and children.
2. I have identified the time I yell more, which is when I sit with Nate to revise. So I am gonna be cautious there and keep saying the word 'Love'
3. I have broken down our revision time to little chunks, so I am hoping it will be easy on both of us.
4. Also, eat well, drink water, exercise and keep the house clean before I sit with him.

Wish me good.

-JJ

New thing!

I love new things! anything for that matter. I have tried blogging in the past, and lost interest on the way. You see, I have that problem of consistency. So this is a challenge for me to be more consistent and disciplined, not only in blogging, in so many other areas. I am planning to blog about things I like, want to pursue or even things I admire from far.

I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, wife to a man of little words, mother to three under 6, Nathanael, Christelle and Mikelle.  I love organizing, sewing, crafts. I am a list person, and nothing moves without a to do list ;).

The best way to kick off, I thought, is  with weekly goals. My week starts with Sunday because I live ME:)

I am posting early for my week 4, May
  
Mamma's

1. Keep up my daily quiet time everyday 
2. Memorize Ps 51, I am already half way through. My weekly goal is five verses.
3. Finish sewing mamma - daughters outfits.
4. Organize 1 shelf of cupboard - I am invading children's house wear section, phew!!!
5. Eat max 3 servings of rice - incase you dint know, I am trying to lose 6 kilos -- more :)
6. Blog before next Sunday (2nd June)

 Kiddo's

1. Memorize Ps 23- They are on 5th verse
2. Read Bible with them seperately everyday
3. Help Nate to finish ट  to न 
4. Help Nate with math addition order

-JJ