From the looks of this site, one of two things is happening. One, either we are so boring that I have NOTHING to share or Two, We are so busy that I have no time to share.
It’s mostly number two, although throw in a healthy dose of sleep deprevation (that I keep banging on and on about) and you about have it pegged.
We’ve been SOOOOO busy and that’s a good thing sometimes (like when you are busy working and hoping that your clients will pay – sometime soon, for goodness sake already) and some times it’s not so great, like when you’d just like to have an evening when your husband wasn’t working or wasn’t even thinking about working….do I hear any amens….
Well, about two weekends ago, Jon and I did take a weekend and we sat down and shut off our computers and just took some time….and the result of that time…..is that I’m pregnant again….HA HA HA HA HA JOKE! I’m totally kidding on that one.
Let me make it very clear….I AM NOT PREGNANT…it’s not possible – and lets just leave it at that.
That weekend we came up with something that is or was or something….one of the most pivotal things that has happened in our family. Jon and I have come up with a set of our Family’s Core Values.
This is a list of values that we are choosing to live our lives by. It’s not the end all and be all, and it can change as we change and as the seasons in our life change…maybe we’ll add to it or even drop certain things, but for right now it’s kind of a launching point for us.
This is our Families Core Values….
1. Honor God
2. Live Simply
3. Develop
4. Build Relationship
What we want to do is to run things through the grid of “Do the different things already in our lives and the new things that come up fall into line with our Core Values?” If the answer is yes,then YAH and continue on, and if the answer is NO, we need to re-evaluate.
1. Honor God
I think that this one is pretty self explanatory. If the way we are conducting ourself or the things that we are doing or are asked to do don’t bring honor to God, then we need to not be doing those things.
2. Live Simply
We have been trying in so many different ways to simplify our lives. This is related to our health, our food, our home, our belongings, our time. I could go on and on about all the different ways that we could live in a more simpler fashion, but really when it comes down to it, as long as I understand the value that’s what really matters.
3. Develop
When Jon and I were talking, it became clear to us that continued growth or development was important to us, and in a focused and purposeful way. A weed can grow and plants left to their wo devices can grow, but how much more amazing is it when you cultivate a garden as opposed to just letting it run wild.
4. Build Relationship
It is important to us to build relationship with people in our lives. This is not to say that we are looking for Quantity, but rather for QUALITY. We want to be continually asking ourselves if what we are doing is building realtionship with the important people in our lives. And to be thinking about which relationships are important and what we can to do to be working on building those relationships.
Life has been really interesting since we have come up with these Core Values. It’s been interesting to asses the different things that we come up against and to ask ourselves, “Does this line up with those Values?” It has really made it easy to assess different things and to be able to confidently move forward with pupose.
Do you have Core Values?
