Ruth Nieves

I am so easily distracted...I could be doing the dishes and if I think of something I will leave the water running to attend to something else...and so it goes. I'm looking around my house today and I can tell that my focus has been on so many other things...the dust bunnies aren't dust bunnies anymore...they look more like those huge tumbleweeds you see in cowboy movies. Yesterday after church, I cuddled next to my hot husband and started to whimper...yes, whimper, because I felt so bad that the house was such a mess. And his response was, "Right now the house looks perfect, cause I'm looking straight ahead." LOL...he was watching the Knicks play. That guys cracks me up. So today I am cleaning and scrubbing on hands and knees making sure everything is in order for the week. When things are not in order, even I am not at peace or happy. But that's another blog. To be easily distracted and not focused leads to unbalanced and crazy lives. I experience it all th

Sometimes I feel as if my life is a whirlwind. As a pastor's wife my life and ministry are one. They are intertwined. Some say this isn't a good idea but it is who we are...so yes, my mind is always thinking about this person or that person, or when will our next Girls' Night Out will be, and so on. I am home with a sick little boy today and I'm thinking about the office and the laundry that seems to morph into something monsterous. The dishes in the sink, the beds that need to be made, the projects that are due at the school, homework, sports, kids registration, greeters, worship, my husband, Transformation Groups ---- get the picture? I guess I'm not much different than many of the women all across this country, but most days I feel like that song they used to sing back in the 80's for that candy bar --- "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't." Except that I feel like a nut most of the time. Exhaustion can settle in faster than anyt