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Being Sick Stinks!
We have all had this yucky crud for over a week. Chris has had an upper respiratory infection for over 2 weeks and just started his second round of antibiotics. I'm starting week 2 with my now full blown sinus infection. Margaret got sick this weekend with fever, cough, runny nose....Thatcher and Jack are both coughing...and you know what, BEING SICK STINKS!
All I want is a quick cure!!! The Dr. laughed at me when I said "I want to be better by tomorrow!" It's a total drag. Especially when you don't get the day or week off from being a mom and wife. You still have to get up and pour, wipe, or cook something!! Even more difficult to keep a sick baby happy and entertained when you feel just as bad!!
What I want to know is, why does one have to be weighed first thing at the Dr. when they already feel like DUMP! I left feeling worse just for stepping on the scale. I WAS still wearing tennis shoes and I'm sure they added a good 5-10-30 pounds to the overall weight...
The Holy Spirit is really good about turning my selfish thoughts around....even when I'm not ready.....and then I begin thinking of people who are chronicaly ill...or moms with fatal illnesses....how do they do it? Knowing there is no cure or relief this side of heaven. I guess the answer is to give what you have and let God cover the rest.
So, then the Holy Spirit slaps me on the back with an A-HA moment as I realize I should be living everyday like this. I know I'm not perfect, but there are times as a mom where I feel overwhelmed with responsibilites and wonder if I'm doing a good job....I get caught up in the "enough" syndrome...which is where I've been lately. Do we talk about God enough? Do we pray together enough? Are they disciplined enough? Do we play enough? Do we do ENOUGH?
and the answer is.........no...."But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. " 2 Corinthians 12:9
I love what God teaches me in my yuckiest moments. I don't LOVE the yucky moments, but sometimes they are so necessary for me to learn and grow. I still say being sick stinks, but luckily this sinus infection has temporarily robbed me of my sense of smell, so I can't smell the illness OR the dirty diapers!!!
All I want is a quick cure!!! The Dr. laughed at me when I said "I want to be better by tomorrow!" It's a total drag. Especially when you don't get the day or week off from being a mom and wife. You still have to get up and pour, wipe, or cook something!! Even more difficult to keep a sick baby happy and entertained when you feel just as bad!!
What I want to know is, why does one have to be weighed first thing at the Dr. when they already feel like DUMP! I left feeling worse just for stepping on the scale. I WAS still wearing tennis shoes and I'm sure they added a good 5-10-30 pounds to the overall weight...
The Holy Spirit is really good about turning my selfish thoughts around....even when I'm not ready.....and then I begin thinking of people who are chronicaly ill...or moms with fatal illnesses....how do they do it? Knowing there is no cure or relief this side of heaven. I guess the answer is to give what you have and let God cover the rest.
So, then the Holy Spirit slaps me on the back with an A-HA moment as I realize I should be living everyday like this. I know I'm not perfect, but there are times as a mom where I feel overwhelmed with responsibilites and wonder if I'm doing a good job....I get caught up in the "enough" syndrome...which is where I've been lately. Do we talk about God enough? Do we pray together enough? Are they disciplined enough? Do we play enough? Do we do ENOUGH?
and the answer is.........no...."But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. " 2 Corinthians 12:9
I love what God teaches me in my yuckiest moments. I don't LOVE the yucky moments, but sometimes they are so necessary for me to learn and grow. I still say being sick stinks, but luckily this sinus infection has temporarily robbed me of my sense of smell, so I can't smell the illness OR the dirty diapers!!!
Goosebump Moments....
I've always been a sucker for things done in unison. I often whisper the Pledge of Allegiance because I love to hear the rumble of voices all speaking a tribute to our country....it gives me goosebumps everytime. When the instruments drop out at church and it's simply a chorus of voices all singing together....another goosebump moment for me. There is something very powerful about words spoken or sung in unison.
We began a new year of Wednesday night activities at church. The boys are back in AWANA. A scripture memory based program that they love attending for different reasons than I have right now. They love the games. I love the fact as I've said many times before that they are learning the WORD! Yes, they memorize and move on, but I know God blesses that and His WORD remains hidden and written on their hearts!
While they are in AWANA, I attend a women's Pilates/Bible Study. We do Pilates for the first half, then the remainder of the time is spent going through a Bible Study. This semester we are reading Traveling Light, by Max Lucado. I was very excited about this study because I own almost every book he's written!
During our floor stretches, there is one in particular that brings us to what is referred to as a "child's pose." Imagine yourself on your knees, with your head on the floor and arms stretched out in front of you like a full bow to the King. Everytime we get to this stretch, our leader has us hold this pose while she stops to pray. It is a very humbling position to be in when talking to the Father. I have wiped away many tears during those moments. There are 26 of us in the class this time around and I'm telling you there is something very powerful about all of us kneeling in a child's pose before the Lord.
Last week, we all read the 23rd Psalm together outloud....in unison. Yet another goosebump moment for me. It was 26 voices of women speaking God's WORD! There is a definite POWER there. I wonder what it would be like if I sat with my husband and children and we all read a scripture together in unison. Would it make the stress of school and schedules fade for just a minute? Would it take the focus off of myself, my appearance, and my inadequacies for a moment....and what a powerful moment it would be.
Those unison moments remind me of the verse which He plainly states "For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." Matthew 18:20. He knows those times bring about more than just goosebumps.
We began a new year of Wednesday night activities at church. The boys are back in AWANA. A scripture memory based program that they love attending for different reasons than I have right now. They love the games. I love the fact as I've said many times before that they are learning the WORD! Yes, they memorize and move on, but I know God blesses that and His WORD remains hidden and written on their hearts!
While they are in AWANA, I attend a women's Pilates/Bible Study. We do Pilates for the first half, then the remainder of the time is spent going through a Bible Study. This semester we are reading Traveling Light, by Max Lucado. I was very excited about this study because I own almost every book he's written!
During our floor stretches, there is one in particular that brings us to what is referred to as a "child's pose." Imagine yourself on your knees, with your head on the floor and arms stretched out in front of you like a full bow to the King. Everytime we get to this stretch, our leader has us hold this pose while she stops to pray. It is a very humbling position to be in when talking to the Father. I have wiped away many tears during those moments. There are 26 of us in the class this time around and I'm telling you there is something very powerful about all of us kneeling in a child's pose before the Lord.
Last week, we all read the 23rd Psalm together outloud....in unison. Yet another goosebump moment for me. It was 26 voices of women speaking God's WORD! There is a definite POWER there. I wonder what it would be like if I sat with my husband and children and we all read a scripture together in unison. Would it make the stress of school and schedules fade for just a minute? Would it take the focus off of myself, my appearance, and my inadequacies for a moment....and what a powerful moment it would be.
Those unison moments remind me of the verse which He plainly states "For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." Matthew 18:20. He knows those times bring about more than just goosebumps.
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