I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5 KJV
As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord
I was once described as "a mousey housewife with no ambition". OUCH! Stinging words...I suppose on the surface it does "look" that way, but of course, I beg to differ.
Am I mousey?? Maybe. A housewife?? Well of course!....but no ambition, that couldn't be more wrong! Just because I am not scratching and clawing my way up the corporate ladder that is no indication whatsoever of my ambitions or lack thereof.
My first and greatest ambition is to have a deep and meaningful relationship with God. He made me, I respect him, and I want to spend the rest of my life becoming as much like Him as I can.
My second ambition is to have a great relationship with my husband. I once read that half of all marriages that end in divorce do so in the first seven years. I am so glad to say that not only have we passed that mark but we are closer then ever! I have no intention of ever becoming another statistic and joining the millions of divorced men and women out there. And for those of you that are married you KNOW how hard that can be at times not to just walk out the door. Being so determined to stay married is hard work!
Thirdly, I want to raise my kids to be kind, loving, respectable people that love God, love their family, and love the people around them. God gave me these kids to raise and I don't take that job lightly.
Fourthly, I want to grow deeper and more meaningful relationships with all of my friends. People mean alot to me. Humans were made to be social creatures.
Lastly, my last ambition is to eventually become a certified webpage builder with a small at home business. Its kind of funny how when people hear that, they immediately want to tell me how its near impossible to make any money doing that because webdesigners have become a "dime a dozen" these days. It seems that people think I expect to make millions from this or something. Money isn't even the issue! Its something I love to do and if I can make a few extra dollars here and there to bring some money into the house then that would be great.
I just don't feel like I can rightly spend so much time on a hobby I love so much and not try to contribute to the household budget with it. Webpages are VERY time consuming, it can take an hour or more just for a simple one page website!(when done correctly)
I would be more then happy to barter with people, they do a service for me and I do a webpage for them...the whole point of money is to buy necessities, and if I can trade my services for the goods from someone else, then I am being paid anyway...just not with a bunch of green stuff!
So the nay-sayers can relax, its not about money to me anyway.
So as you can see, I have several ambitions....making money isn't the only goal required to be ambitious. No I don't want to be CEO someday and I don't want that corner office. My ambitions are much closer to my heart then that. God himself says to lay up treasures in heaven not on earth....because where your treasures lie, so does your heart!