Another Why-I'm-Not-Writing Post

But really I am! Things are a little crazy around here.

What?? How is that possible?

Yeah, yeah, whatever. Two kids, work, house, blah, blah, blah. I know you all understand.

But all is not lost! Check out my post today over at Catholic Sistas. I'm doing a little Scripture reflection, which always leads to a bit of self-reflection. Go check it out and leave me some comments over there. I'm hoping to see your comments!!

And I bet everyone wants to see updated pictures of the boys. Yeah, me too. ::sigh::

But once again ... in time. We're actually having pictures done very soon. So stay tuned.

In the meantime, I can tell you that we have some more vocabulary around here and these boys are starting to look like little boys more and more each day. Babyhood seemed to last forever, but toddlerhood is just speeding by. Don't tell me it gets faster from here, I don't want to hear it. Let me live in my naive little world where my little boys will be little boys for a long, long time.

The weather has finally started to warm up and we're having more warm days than cold (well, except for today, but that's KY for you!). This means a bit more time outside. The boys LOVE being outside. I'm sure the neighbors must think something is wrong when we have to bring the boys in, because they can scream like you wouldn't believe. You'd think we were torturing them!

That's all I have time for at the moment. I do have lots of posts swirling in my head, one day I hope to share those with you. In the meantime, hope you enjoy my little reflection over at Catholic Sistas today. Stop on over and say hi.

Saturday Smiles, no. 17

Andrea del Verrocchio, c. 1475,
public domain

I am currently reading the Gospel of Luke. Each night I sit with it and read some part of it, whether that is one small passage or verse or a whole chapter. Depends on what strikes me. As I read this week this particular passage made me smile:

After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. (Luke 3, 21-22)

The image of Jesus being baptized and having the Holy Spirit descend upon Him is one that pretty much everyone is familiar with. I was particularly struck with the small phrase "and was praying." Jesus prayed a lot. For some reason I don't think about that fact much. Up into reading this more carefully there were maybe two places in Scripture that I could point to where Jesus was praying.

Goes to show how unfamiliar I am with Scripture.

I like the image of Jesus praying. It's a very important reminder to me that I need to be doing this more. A lot more! Jesus prayed a lot and He was God. Obviously I need to be praying much, much more myself.

Thank you, Jesus, for reminding me how I can better know You.