I read a book as a kid with this title and feel it pretty much sums up my attitude right now. (I could also write a book entitled the "Guilty Guppy" cause when I feel ungrateful and/or discontented I also feel guilty about feeling that way)...cause God is so good and faithful and has never let me down. why can't I just trust him and his timing? So frustrating!! (now we have a series, #3 the "Frustrated Frog")
I want to be content where I am right now, but it is no longer where I want to be, only this time it is not up to me to make the changes...one of the benefits to being a single parent is that all desicions are up to you, no considering someone elses opinion or sense of timing...you feel something is the right thing to do and you do it...consequences are also only on you but that is a pretty fair trade off I think....so here I sit struggling with myself. Lord keep me focused on you and living in the present.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Praise you in this storm
Sometimes I think that maybe God knows what is going to come into our lives and helps us prepare a bit....
I was having trouble settling down to sleep last night and was choosing a book to read, nothing was interesting me at all. I finally settled on a book that was given to me a number of months ago called "In his steps" it is a story of a group of christians who decide to commit to one year of making every decision in their life only after first asking the question "what would Jesus do if he were me in this situation" I know that the "wwjd" has been done to death and is not really taken seriously because of the whole commercial overuse but.... I found the book interesting, inspiring and challanging (enough so that I didn't want to sleep after one or two chapters and consequently was still awake when the phone rang at 11:30)
It was one of those calls that parents don't want to recieve (no one offering me a large sum of money or professing undying love for me!)
My first thought as I prepared to leave the house and go to the scence of the crime was "what would Jesus do? then as I got in the car the radio came on and the song that was playing was my favourite by Casting Crowns, "Praise you in this storm"(see previous posts). It was like God was saying, i'm here in this too, don't forget. I had such a peace it was strange and amazing.
Now, I'm no perfect parent, I still spent some sleepless hours and had my share of disparing thoughts today but my Papa knows me, knows my kids and loves us all the same. Pretty amazing!
I was having trouble settling down to sleep last night and was choosing a book to read, nothing was interesting me at all. I finally settled on a book that was given to me a number of months ago called "In his steps" it is a story of a group of christians who decide to commit to one year of making every decision in their life only after first asking the question "what would Jesus do if he were me in this situation" I know that the "wwjd" has been done to death and is not really taken seriously because of the whole commercial overuse but.... I found the book interesting, inspiring and challanging (enough so that I didn't want to sleep after one or two chapters and consequently was still awake when the phone rang at 11:30)
It was one of those calls that parents don't want to recieve (no one offering me a large sum of money or professing undying love for me!)
My first thought as I prepared to leave the house and go to the scence of the crime was "what would Jesus do? then as I got in the car the radio came on and the song that was playing was my favourite by Casting Crowns, "Praise you in this storm"(see previous posts). It was like God was saying, i'm here in this too, don't forget. I had such a peace it was strange and amazing.
Now, I'm no perfect parent, I still spent some sleepless hours and had my share of disparing thoughts today but my Papa knows me, knows my kids and loves us all the same. Pretty amazing!
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