Carpooling with Mother Teresa.

God is so good. I was griping about being so busy yesterday and as I was writing, it's like I answered some of my own questions. Also, I had many sweet and thoughtful replies and ideas of how I could prioritize (thanks Nannabird!). One idea that stuck out to me was how to utilize my long drive to work. I usually get so frustrated with sitting in traffic on the way home from work that my poor hubby gets the brunt of it when I walk in the door. But, from the advice of another traffic-hater, she suggested getting audio books to listen to on my drive. It's like a light came on and I could hear the little 'ding'! What a great idea!

So, after working out last night, I stopped in at the library and looked through their audio book selection. Needless to say it was pretty lame (with regard to biblically solid books), so I decided to be inspired by the autobiography of Mother Teresa. I know some of you are probably thinking "wow, how exiting!" But, to me, she really is inspiring. Regardless of her choice of denomination, she was a woman who was called from a very early age to live among the poorest of the poor. I totally identified because that is what I have felt called to do for a while now. It really began to spark on a trip to Philly in 2003. I almost quit my job and moved there, but something stopped me. (God knew I was going to meet J in a few weeks after that). And actually, Philly is what sparked my and J's first conversation. He lived there and had also had a passion for inner city life. It was a match made in heaven.

I digress.

The point is that Mother Teresa is such an inspiration to me and now I get to fill my mind with wonderful stories of her humility, simplicity, devout love and relationship with the Father, her sacrificial and compassionate heart on my way to and from work. I actually look forward to traffic so I can hear more of her story.

The next audio book I plan to get is Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (author of Chronicles of Narnia). I am so excited. I hope I can find some bible 'study' type audio books/tapes in the future or prayer guides. If anyone knows of any, please let me know! Free or cheap is always preferable :)

One more thing - God is SO good that He even somehow worked out that I had time for a NAP today! I never get to do that! It was great.