Louder Than the Voices

 Good Saturday morning!          Hope everyone has had a wonderful week. I have, except for the slight (understatement of the year) overexposure to the sun yesterday at a golf outing. I have been on vacation a little. Most people know I work two jobs. I have my absolute passion job for ERBA, I do it because I love it deep down to my toes and I feel it is what God put me on earth to do. I also work for TEAM ITS, which is my fun job. I do the marketing and digital media services and it reminds me so much of the days of scrapbooking and creating fun events for Robert and his friends growing up. I took this week off from ERBA -okay, I took Tuesday, Thursday (except for a trip to the Newton office) and Friday off from ERBA so I could get ready for yesterday's activities, the Effingham Chamber Golf Outing. We were sponsoring the first hole so I got to greet everyone and tell them about us before they started getting upset with their golf swing. It was a good time...

 So, it is that time of year again. The day all of us compare ourselves to the 21 verses in the Bible that tells how to be the perfect wife and mother. I have spent many years reading that passage and looking at how short I fall. And for some reason, God finally pointed out a couple of things to me. And I want to pass them on.  So, just as a refresher here is Proverbs 31:10-31 A wife of noble character who can find?      She is worth far more than rubies. 11  Her husband has full confidence in her      and lacks nothing of value. 12  She brings him good, not harm,      all the days of her life. 13  She selects wool and flax      and works with eager hands. 14  She is like the merchant ships,      bringing her food from afar. 15  She gets up while it is still night;      she provides food for her family    ...

 Good morning!          So, the blog is on autopilot a little this morning. I haven't been back long enough to feel comfortable just taking a day totally off but my shingle says I am enjoying the Spoon River Drive with some great friends today, so I am giving a quick devotional on remembering to take downtime. It seems like this past year, all the things that I considered downtime has been scarce. Perfect example, we normally go to Spoon River in October, and we couldn't. I will guarantee you, I worked that day instead of taking some down time.      I always love thinking about the fact that God created our whole world in six days and what did he do the seventh? He rested. Have you ever really thought about that? God is perfect. Does He really get tired? I don't think so. I think He rested the 7th day to show us that WE need that rest.  So, I want to just quickly remind you that rest isn't a suggestion from God, it is a commandment. " Si...