Saturday, August 24, 2019

Hello From Kearney!

I have spent the last year debating on what to do with this blog, that exists to simply share our life as BecKyle and our efforts to know who God is, who He has called us to be and to glorify Him in all we do. I have been in this place multiple times with this blog, unsure of how to approach it, but I decided that when inspiration hits I can't ignore it and IF I have the time, I'll write. If not, I have to let it go.

Why I've been debating...
My husband was a pre-med graduate over ten years ago, with the dream to enter the medical field at some point. With all the options out there he had a really hard time decided which field to enter, but when we paid off all my student loans he really focused on which field would best serve others and honor God. He has always enjoyed anything to do with how the body moves and functions as its best and found that becoming a Doctor of Physical Therapy would be the best route to take. We found out in February of 2019 that he was accepted and it's been a rollercoaster ride ever since! When God answers prayers, we found that it is difficult to keep up! This journey began in 2018, remember my post titled "Changes"? Well, once those changes began happening it was a whirlwind. We had our home on the market for two weeks before we had an offer. We worked our tail off to make sure that all our ducks were in a row so the loan would go through and in the last week of doing that, my grandfather passed away. When we returned from his funeral, we closed on our home, moved into my sisters home for a month where she and her husband generously allowed us to store all of our things in their garage. And that is only a small description of all that happened. 

On that note, I thought I attained a minimalist mindset on our things until we moved. The reality of my sin of accumulation hit really hard. I was embarrassed and exhausted by the amount of stuff I still had, which forced me - once again - to reconsider why I was keeping what I was keeping. That is a story in and of itself.

But the real reason I debated on what to do with this blog was that I decided to take my tutoring business I had established in Kimball and put it online. There was so much work to do to create a website, market online, etc. etc. I'm STILL working on that. The question I was asking myself was this: how am I going to fulfill my job as a wife, mom, homeschool teacher, disciple of Jesus Christ, curriculum writer, and reading and writing tutor while keeping the house clean, making dinner, and keeping God as my central focus every day with His Word as my highest priority? I'm not sure I've conquered that question just yet, but I cannot ignore the ideas that come to mind here. Writing is as much a part of me as the hair on my head! So here's how I decided to deal with those ideas: focus on my priorities and if there is time to write, write. I don't need any fancy graphics (which are time-consuming). I don't need to read and reread, edit and revise a million times a day before hitting publish. I don't need to schedule posts and feel the need to stay with that schedule. That is not the reason for this blog. The reason is to share our life as BecKyle and our efforts to know who God is, who He has called us to be and to glorify Him in all we do. 

So that's what you'll hear here as long as the priorities in my life are where they need to be. With that, my husband just finished some homework (classes begin on MONDAY) and he needs some lunch. So while we are in Kearney for the purpose of him becoming a DOCTOR, my job is to serve him as he fulfills that dream. 

Pray for us as this new journey begins. That we trust God's plan for our life, find a new church family, and work hard to accomplish the tasks set before us.