The past week I have been reflecting on the past 12 months and all the changes & growth our family has encountered.
It went by so quickly!!
The changes in my children physically (which is the most obvious) but also mentally & spiritually is such a wonderous thing to sit back & appreciate. Jacob is finishing up "4th" grade this year. Didn't we just start Kindergarten like two months ago?
This year I began to take note of & appreciate the shortness of time I will have with my children in this stage of life. I'm beginning to really appreciate it.
Last week I took note of some heart issues I was dealing with. I was trying in my own strength to meet unrealistic expectations I was placing on myself. I was losing the joy I was to feel in my role as a wife & mother because I didnt feel like I was matching up to others. I repented of those prideful thoughts, acknowledged them for what they were and who they were coming from:
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
A friend posted a wonderful article which summed up my issue. My children don't care about me being the "coolest" mom who does all the neat outings or projects. My husband doesn't need me to stress out about the house being perfect, or eating gormet meals every night. My wonderful grace-filled family just wants me to be the wife & mom they need me to be. The one that God created me to be.
We had BLT's for dinner last night and Egg salad tonight. My husband was thankful. He also said that he is fine with us having low key meals to keep our lives simple.
He understands that we are in a season of life where it is complex and busy. We have 4 little ones and our focus needs to be growing together as a family in our knowledge and our appreciation of God. Laying down the foundations of our traditions which will be passed onto future generations of our childrens childrens children. Having a multi-generation vision of faithfulness. It can be done over Egg salad sandwiches.
Proverbs is a book I try to read everyday. The amount of wisdom and application I can hold onto in that book is such a gift. Here are some that I am dedicated to mediate on this week. I pray that it blesses whomever reads my little blog :)
Proverbs 14:1 The wisest of women builds her house,
but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Psalm 128:3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
Proverbs 31:10-12 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are evil,
But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
It went by so quickly!!
The changes in my children physically (which is the most obvious) but also mentally & spiritually is such a wonderous thing to sit back & appreciate. Jacob is finishing up "4th" grade this year. Didn't we just start Kindergarten like two months ago?
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| Jake & Josh with Mike's mom in 2007. |
Last week I took note of some heart issues I was dealing with. I was trying in my own strength to meet unrealistic expectations I was placing on myself. I was losing the joy I was to feel in my role as a wife & mother because I didnt feel like I was matching up to others. I repented of those prideful thoughts, acknowledged them for what they were and who they were coming from:
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
A friend posted a wonderful article which summed up my issue. My children don't care about me being the "coolest" mom who does all the neat outings or projects. My husband doesn't need me to stress out about the house being perfect, or eating gormet meals every night. My wonderful grace-filled family just wants me to be the wife & mom they need me to be. The one that God created me to be.
We had BLT's for dinner last night and Egg salad tonight. My husband was thankful. He also said that he is fine with us having low key meals to keep our lives simple.
He understands that we are in a season of life where it is complex and busy. We have 4 little ones and our focus needs to be growing together as a family in our knowledge and our appreciation of God. Laying down the foundations of our traditions which will be passed onto future generations of our childrens childrens children. Having a multi-generation vision of faithfulness. It can be done over Egg salad sandwiches.
Proverbs is a book I try to read everyday. The amount of wisdom and application I can hold onto in that book is such a gift. Here are some that I am dedicated to mediate on this week. I pray that it blesses whomever reads my little blog :)
Proverbs 14:1 The wisest of women builds her house,
but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Psalm 128:3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
Proverbs 31:10-12 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are evil,
But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
