I’m a lefty, have been all my life. That doesn’t explain why it’s my right shoulder that hurts. The world is definitely set up for right-handed people. That is why my right shoulder hurts.

Today I surfed a blog that led to another blog and found an entry about being a lefty that referred to a Left Hand store. Now, when I was in elementary school this would have been great. I really needed scissors, notebooks, and other things that I could use as a lefty instead of having to struggle to not smear my ink as I dragged my hand behind my pen or write close to the left edge of the notebook when my hand was resting on the spiral wire. And my mother was a trooper trying to find things for me and working with me to see if it would work. But, I’m 39 now and I’ve adapted. I eat and write with my left hand, but I do everything else with the right (did I mention it’s my right shoulder that hurts?. I think I’m too old to learn how to use a numeric keypad with my left hand. I’m struggling to use a mouse with my left hand (old habits die hard).

I missed my one day of the year though. Apparently Aug 13 was the official Left Handers day. I’ll have to put it on my calendar for next year.

We discovered World Magazine a number of years ago. We’ve been very glad for the discovery. It is a bit like Time magazine, with current events and practical articles, but all from a Christian worldview. It is a very thoughtful magazine.

My favorite part of World is the weekly column by Andree Seu. She is good at seeing the spiritual battle, going outside of her comfort zone and reminding the rest of us we are too comfortable, and putting the struggles we all have into words and word-pictures. This entry from World On the Web is a great example. When you pray, do you expect an answer?

Today was the annual meeting of our women’s ministries group under our Presbytery. The Presbyterial meeting is a blessing each year and this was no different. We had a speaker, Tracie Miles, from Proverbs31 Ministries. She had a wonderful and convicting message about responding to God when He calls us to do something. Her message was very personal and also tied in well with the theme of Presbyterial this year, Embracing the Call.

The positive side of this is that I felt reassured about my decision to home school Connor. I’ve said all along I can’t do it in my own strength and as long as I remember that, we’ll do fine. I was also encouraged to be more intentional about opening my heart and mind to hear God’s call in all areas of my life.

The imprecise status of the women’s ministries at our church is a challenge, though. I have to judge between what I am truly called to do and what is just my desire to fill a hole. It’s easy to look for others to step up, but much harder to state that it would be God’s will for them to step up. I think the answer is to make sure I’m in prayer for me to be clear on what I should do and for God to bless the ministries as He sees fit. If I have done that and I truly don’t feel led to step in and do it, then I’ll stay back and trust His timing. I’m writing this here on my blog so I can come back and remind myself of this often.