Mustard Seed Planting : Matthew 5 :3-12

I'm a day late in linking up with Mustard Seed Planting due to computer-related issues, but as I seem to be saying all too often lately ~ better late than never!

This week, I feel led to Matthew 5: 3-12 ~ The Beatitudes......perhaps because my life at the moment is helter-skelter crazy/busy ~ ~ I feel the urge to focus on this well-known passage that calls my heart back to the basic characteristics of a Christian life.

I am currently re-reading The Journey of a Mother's Heart by Glenda Malmin as part of my daily quiet time.  It was in a chapter of this book that I felt the pull to this week's scripture ~ bringing to the forefront of the daily chaos the fact that my jobs as "Wife" and "Mom" are the most important jobs......and one of the greatest blessings......that I have.

Focusing on the job of "Mom", I'm borrowing from the book a poem from and unknown author:

I took a piece of plastic clay

And idly fashioned it one day.

And as my fingers pressed it still,

It bent and yielded to my will

I came again when days were past,

That bit of clay was hard at last.

My early impress still it bore,

And I could change its form no more.

You take a piece of living clay

And gently form it day by day,

Molding with your power and art,

A young boy's soft and yielding heart.

You come again when years are gone,

It is a man you look upon.

Your early impress still he bore

And you can change him never more.



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I was also recently tagged by Nicole at Coming Alive in Christ, so here are her eight questions & my answers for this meme:

1. Do you like meatballs?  

Yes, but not the ones in the freezer section at the grocery store.  I prefer homemade, thank you very much!  : )

2. What is your favorite pizza?

Veggie w/ thin crust & red pepper flakes sprinkled on top  : )

3. What is your favorite store?

Favorites can be hard for me.........Grocery - Publix;  Clothing - Ann Taylor Loft;  Target vs. Walmart - Target

4. What is your favorite book?

The  B-I-B-L-E

5. Would you like to live in a tree?

I would not, could not live in a tree
I could not, would not ~ don't you see?
A happy girl I would not be
For in a tree, there's no A/C!!!

6. What is your favorite color?

♥ PINK ♥

7. Do you like to dance and sing to music?

Yes, I do.....but I am a white girl with no groove, so my children are the only ones allowed to see me dance.  I do sing, but wish I was more talented at that than I am.  : )

8. Do you like making crafts?

Yes.....I am one crafty mama!!

**** If you're a crafty mama too, visit Nicole on Tuesdays at her other blog

and link up with her Crafty Tuesday meme!! ****