Clearing my head.
Sometimes my mind is so flooded with thoughts I'm not exactly sure where to begin. Sometimes, I feel so bogged down by responsibilities that I'm almost paralyzed into indecision and inaction.
So, I will take a momentary lapse from life and try to clear my thoughts through writing them down. Lucky you!
We are in our 6th week of homeschooling and I feel like, yes we've made progress and are on a roll,..... somedays, and somedays it's simply a struggle to keep my bigs from constantly fighting with each other. Then you throw in my unrealistic image of the "Mrs. Brady" ideal of what a mom and wife should look like and do, the pressure to exercise because the benefits really do help manage life, and I feel like I'm chasing my metaphorical tail.
Belly aches, incessant complaining, scrapes and bruises from bike rides and the constant barrage of "he said, she said" or "he did it, she did it" has almost broke me to the end of myself. Which in retrospect is a great thing. It's when I can't do it in my own strength, I remember that I was never meant to. "My strength is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness." I serve a God who knows my weakness all too well, and understands my need for rest and loves me. He loves me. In fact he is constantly inviting me to lay my burdens down on him, for he cares for me and he desires for my soul to find rest in Him alone. "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." Come to me. Learn from me.
I had a friend recently remind me to enjoy exercising and not see it as a burden. God's word in a very similar way, reminds my heart today that my relationship with Christ is not to be a burden. "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." That my reliance on God, through Christ, is to be my hearts delight. And even if I'm not 'feeling it' that's ok, do it anyway. My heart needs to be grounded in God's word, strengthened by His promises and renewed by His Spirit.
I will fail, I will falter, but my God will remain steadfast and secure. "The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward."
"And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
So, I will take a momentary lapse from life and try to clear my thoughts through writing them down. Lucky you!
We are in our 6th week of homeschooling and I feel like, yes we've made progress and are on a roll,..... somedays, and somedays it's simply a struggle to keep my bigs from constantly fighting with each other. Then you throw in my unrealistic image of the "Mrs. Brady" ideal of what a mom and wife should look like and do, the pressure to exercise because the benefits really do help manage life, and I feel like I'm chasing my metaphorical tail.
Belly aches, incessant complaining, scrapes and bruises from bike rides and the constant barrage of "he said, she said" or "he did it, she did it" has almost broke me to the end of myself. Which in retrospect is a great thing. It's when I can't do it in my own strength, I remember that I was never meant to. "My strength is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness." I serve a God who knows my weakness all too well, and understands my need for rest and loves me. He loves me. In fact he is constantly inviting me to lay my burdens down on him, for he cares for me and he desires for my soul to find rest in Him alone. "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." Come to me. Learn from me.
I had a friend recently remind me to enjoy exercising and not see it as a burden. God's word in a very similar way, reminds my heart today that my relationship with Christ is not to be a burden. "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." That my reliance on God, through Christ, is to be my hearts delight. And even if I'm not 'feeling it' that's ok, do it anyway. My heart needs to be grounded in God's word, strengthened by His promises and renewed by His Spirit.
I will fail, I will falter, but my God will remain steadfast and secure. "The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward."
"And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
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