Do you ever feel like your day is just a looong series of one hurdle after the other? When you get up in the morning, have you ever looked ahead to the next 14-16 hours (or more) and find them full of just one event after the other: like school runs, dentist appointments, piano lessons, grocery shopping, soccer practice, job stuff, laundry, cleaning toilets, dishes, cooking, etc.? Yikes! I’m sometimes exhausted before I even get out of bed in the morning. You? Sometimes, being a mom is like running a race everyday. We arise at the starting line and just take off at the sound of the alarm clock. Then throughout the day, I am jumping over hurdle after hurdle – running kids around, feeding family and friends, kissing boo-boos, until finally I hit the end of the day’s race for the final hurdle, bedtime. I got to thinking about how I approach my daily hurdle race. Here’s what I discovered: I’m not doing so “hott”. No. I must admit, the prospect of running another day all over town and … [Read more...]
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Life is hard. We go through a lot in this life...loss, betrayal, disappointments, financial struggles, and the list goes on and on and on. However, one thing that never changes is God's love for us. Yes, we may lose a loved one or a relationship. Yes, we may go through a major trial. Yes, we have to deal with the sadness and disappointments of life every day. Yet, through it all...We ARE Loved. Who am I to question why things happen? Just read Job 38:1 - 42:6 to find out how God feels about that! LOL! Seriously, He is here for us and loves us with a love that we cannot possibly fathom. Unfortunately, the sin in this world is what brings the chaos....NOT God. God is not to blame for our problems. God is God and it is to HIS discretion what He allows and does not allow. However, it is in no way "His fault" that we have issues. When I had a miscarriage several years back, I had the opportunity to blame God or accept it. It was very hard. I felt so incredibly empty and sad. It … [Read more...]
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