No School, even a few months ago these words made me cringe, how on earth am I going to get through a day of fighting and boredom? In one breath I set myself up for failure. The enemy set me up to be an irritated mom with no hope in having fun with her children. This school year that all changed. I made a plan for days off (yes, even those pending snow days that we all hope don't happen.) Routine has always worked with my children, that is why school is fun for them, its predictable and they know what is next. Today we have sung songs, talked about the fruit of the Spirit and gone over our Literacy and Math workbooks. I am not going to be consumed by fearing days off anymore, I am going to embrace them. There has been talk about walking to the library but at the current moment they are playing with kool aide play dough (and have been for the past hour!) and talking about random ideas that come to mind. I am blessed.
I look and see I haven't written since August...wow. I really, really miss pouring my heart out in a safe place. This is a public space though, not safe at all but I want to say a little. I pray that something I say might spark that worn down mom to press on. My days are terribly hard sometimes, trying to help my daughter with a learning disability grasp simple concepts, chasing after a Kindergarten who wants to know everything and a toddler that just wants to be with me learning and growing. All while often missing my son who we never got to experience life with. My life isn't a movie where some seven foot guy is going to gush words of wisdom over me...though it would be nice...:) I CAN do this WE can do this! God and I.
So how can I pray for your day today? I want to pray for you as I clean play dough off the floor, do another load of wash or in my quite time with Jesus. Leave a note on Facebook or a comment here. Reach out if you can relate. Weather you want to be able to relate or not.
"God brings you to places, among people and into certain conditions to accomplish a definite purpose through the intercession of the Spirit on you. Never put yourself in front of your circumstances and say "I am going to be my own providence from here, I will watch this closely, or protect myself from that."
My Utmost for His Highest
