Do you ever have weeks where life seems to have been thrown off course? Weeks when the distractions and disappointments pile up so high you can’t see over them? Such has been the last several weeks for me. I am not used to having a regular routine. Having a fire fighter for a husband and six children has kept me flexible. Unfortunately lately my flexibility feels stretched to the limit.
Some of the stretching has been great! What a joy and blessing it has been to gather in an upper room and study the Psalms of Ascent with a group of ladies. To pray and ponder the Scriptures with them has filled my cup.
To watch my darling daughter grow and become heavy with child is another blessing. We are entering those countdown weeks. Hopefully sometime before the new year (actually before Christmas) a little baby boy will enter our lives, healthy, whole, and safely delivered for his mother.
Parts of the stretching where I grow weary – sibling rivalry. Our desire as parents has always been for a loving, close family. Sadly the squabbling among my children, the selfish sin natures, have left many hurt and wounded. Have left mom and dad disappointed, struggling with a sense of failure.
Other areas where the stretching brings fatigue - disappointments about a job, uncertainty in our future (truly aren’t all our futures uncertain), decisions to be made (some made for us – seeming to not benefitting us at all). And yet, I trust in these words…
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8
God,
all grace,
at all times,
all that I need!
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I am taking a break from the book of John thoughts as I stop and listen to the Lord. Receiving all His grace for this moment.
(Oh, sensitive son is not literally running a marathon above. It was only a two mile run/walk.)
4 comments:
I can relate to flexibility being stretched to the limit. That's the way I've felt for the last two years!
What a blessing to watch your daughter grow as your grandbaby grows.
I understand that feeling of failure and disappointment when siblings don't get along. And then I remember we all struggle with sin and all need grace. Parents, children. All.
Nancy, praying with you, for you, in this hard stretch. Might that grace you're receiving be more than you know what to do with!
Love to you, friend.
All that stretching...like the little one stretches mama's womb...
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