I check my emails and click on the daily devotional that gets sent straight to my account every day. Often it's full of encouragement but this morning it admonishes me to consider the fact that every person that ever amounted to anything in the kingdom of God spent hours, nay, even weeks on his knees. It's been days since i've spent any time worth counting in prayers and supplications on my knees. I've been praying on the run and it's clearly not working.
Even Christopher, who always wakes with a large sloppy grin, is full of tears and meanwhile, the younger crew charges around the house full of unharnessed energy. I'm still waiting on school books which brings its own set of worries. How will i manage 6 children in school? With two little ones chugging on behind and a kindergartner that is perfectly capable of passing up the two ahead of him? I'm not questioning that we are meant to homeschool, but i am questioning how it will all be done and i know in my inner of hearts that i'm not the only person questioning that. But i know the answer to that one and it's the same answer God has always given. Take that leap of faith and He always, always supplies.
Except my faith is hitting empty and all i want to do is hide out in a coffee shop, dropping tears into a latte, laden with sugar and caffeine and topped with mounds of whipped cream. I want to take that latte and head over to the library and lose myself in books or stare dreamily out the window. Even better would be for Marlin to go with me to that cafe and have him hold my hand while he listens sympathetically to all my woes and worries. Never mind that he has his own set of woes and worries.
I think of all the pain and hurt happening the world over and wonder how it can get much worse before Jesus says enough. The gray skies get even grayer as i think of families running for their lives from ISIS, and i heap a bit more of self condemnation on myself at how i even dare feel depressed and overwhelmed. Self condemnation always helps, right?
Because faith is most often a choice, is it not?
p.s. Did i just end this post with some well placed advice to myself? If so, i'll take it because i'm desperate.
Well spoken. All of it. Love you and sending a hug (((((God is able/faithful))))))
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Marcia
Bless you! I know what those kinds of days and weeks feel like! Thank you for sharing. Keep pressing on one step at a time, the sun does shine again - I'm so glad it does! Sending you hugs!
ReplyDeleteI think every mother everywhere can identify. I love this quote I read recently by Elizabeh Elliot - "There is no grace for our imagination." I have to confess that my imagination is often the cause of my greyest days.... Keep making the choice of Faith! The sun is shining behind those clouds.
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