I've been hiding! I came in saw the date of the last post and thought, not good! Have you ever gone through one of those times, where it just seems like the world around you is drawing on more than you have to offer?
I've been there. It seems that with homeschooling, normal parenting, new pets, pregnancy, and church work, I've just been being pulled on! I was getting bummed out and just feeling like I couldn't keep up. God is just so gracious to us! He let's us try and work things out in our own strength, and then when we are at our end He's right there willing to step in and help. The crazy thing is He's always been right there, we were just not aware of Him or choosing to draw on Him. Instead of running to Him with all things I was just focusing on the 'things'. We can not loose focus of the source of our strength and expect that we can continue on strong.
Zechariah 4:6b - Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord of hosts.
It is easy in those times of working out of our own strength to become confused and start questioning things that we really shouldn't. The devil is a smart advisory, he often waits till we are weak and not functioning in the Spirit to attack us. The Bible compares him to a lion. A lion doesn't go after the strong, healthy prey, it looks for the young, the weak, the tired, or the hurt.
God's been working with me on re-focusing. Sometimes we go through a hard time and think its time to quit and just hide. But through this challenging time, God's been showing me that sometimes our responsibilities don't need to change its our attitude or perspective that needs to be adjusted. We can't always just quit a job cause its hard or quit parenting cause we are tired =) Sometimes its just a matter of rearranging the order of our priorities, in our hearts.
I can't change my responsibilities right now, nor do I think that is what God wants. But I did have to do some adjusting in my heart. In my heart I had let somethings get out of balance, and that is where I want to encourage you to look. Sometimes we have to just pause for a day or two and really seek God and regain His perspective on our lives.
Proverbs 4:23- Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it flows the issues of life.
We have to exercise diligence when it comes to the things of our heart. So we really have to take the time to evaluate and adjust the things going on in our heart. We can be doing the best of things, but have our priorities mixed up on the inside. God is clear about the order of things in our life and the need for that order. He doesn't want us rushing to church screaming at our kids so that we can be there early to serve! Now that doesn't mean you don't belong serving! But it does mean that we have to make the adjustments in our hearts and our lives to make that a smooth time for everyone involved. He'll lead us in ways to make even the most impossible task doable all we have to do is ask=)
Enjoy your week to the fullest! Don't let the responsibilities distract you from the joy that is found in even the smallest of things.
Matthew 11:30 - For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
I heard this quote this week, 'The matter of the heart is the heart of the matter.'
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