Becca’s World

If I hadn’t filled in the spot for religious views in my Facebook profile, I wonder if anyone would be able to tell that I’m a Christian. I’ve been following a reading program to get through the Bible in one year, but I tend to make excuses on Sunday mornings rather than get myself to church services. When I am there, I tell myself I’d love to help out if there were more time in the day or more money in the bank account.

The truth is that it doesn’t matter what I think I can do and what I perceive my weaknesses to be. As The Message says, “My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)*

So I’ve decided I’ve had enough with excuses and procrastination. I don’t anticipate huge changes overnight, but that’s probably for the best – I’ll need time to adjust. If I can see ways to take baby steps on the path to being a stronger Christian and a kinder human being, I’ll do my best not to let the opportunities slip away.

This doesn’t apply only to the spiritual aspects of my life. I’ve already been trying to work on healthy eating, exercise and writing regularly. I need to be okay with baby steps in these areas while I work at chipping away at the obstacles.

*I’ve been using Crosswalk.com for my Bible readings. I chose The Message for a new perspective, and I really like it.

I’m now using WordPress 2.6.2, with the Blue Sky theme. I’ve also started using Gallery for my photos, so I have a lot of uploading to do. Got quite a few pictures of Tim added last night, so that’s a start.

I’m planning to use my blog and photo gallery regularly once again, directing my online friends here when I have something to share. Hope I don’t feel my thoughts are boring ’cause I think that’s the big reason I don’t usually blog. If I like to read about my friends’ everyday lives, maybe someone will be interested in mine. Regardless, a lot of folks find journaling is beneficial and this blog could be my journal.

And there will likely be a frequent disclaimer about rambling posts due to a baby interrupting my thoughts.

Have a good day, friends!

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“Hiya, Mum!”

Something didn’t work with my planned upgrade to WordPress 2.6.2, so I’m going to scrap it all and do a fresh install (pardon me, installation). Will probably happen at the end of the month due to a hosting change occurring then.

I’d already been thinking of a theme change, an upgrade to my photo gallery and a cleansing of miscellaneous images uploaded for various forum signatures (or siggies, as we call ‘em at iVillage.com). Rather than track down the WP upgrade error and then do the rest, I’m going for completion in fewer steps!

Until then, I’ll post as usual since I can export the content of my blog easily enough and just need to remember to put all photos back in the correct directory of the “new” blog, preferably before I import the content…

Meanwhile, there’s a lot to do at home, including catch-up of “The Tudors” since I haven’t even finished the first season, fruit-picking to keep bears away from a backyard by the river, a baby photo album to fill, stencils to find/make for a wooden toy box Brad made, a dozen novels to read and my own fiction writing to continue!

Then there’s planning for Tim’s first birthday and Christmas shopping! Eek!