Building An Ark in Singapore
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But he said to me, This week has been yet another trying week. Well, it is always more stressful when one is ill. Then to make matters more exciting, dh also fell ill. And then to push things up yet another notch, I woke up with a stiff and srpained back - the way you wake up with a stiff neck, I suppose?! I had nursed the baby lying down and obviously crashed out. By the time I woke up to move her back to her cot, I had this excruciating pain. I must have lain in an awkward position and my muscles kinda froze in it! OUCH! So I did my pity party thing and started to whine to God, "Why Lord? Why me? Why must I do this never- ending job of raising these children? I am very tired you know? I am sick you know? Why don't you just heal me, why don't you just give me perfect children? And why must I get a sprained back? I'm in PAIN! I can't do this, you know?" Grumble, whine, complain...... I was not a pleasant person to be with. In the midst of all that grumbling and mumbling, I heard God's voice speaking to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, My power is made perfect in weakness." Ah!!!! Light bulb moment! When I am weak, then He can be strong. If I were strong, why should I need God? No, I am not saying that God caused all these to happen to me so that He can show His powers, ok? Our God is not a perverse God! But isn't it true that when things are going well, we tend to ignore God and "Praise The Lord" just rolls off our tongues without any real thought? But only in a "crisis" mode, that we earnestly seek God? Remember the Israelites in the book of Judges, who did what was right in their own eyes and only when faced with extreme oppression that they would cry out to the Lord? Before that, it was every man for himself. No one bothered about God. But I digress. When I am weak, I turn to God, seek His face, walk closer to Him and discover the simple joy of resting in Him even in the midst of chaos and stress. Isn't it lovely that we have a God to look to anytime, anywhere? Indeed, "(His) grace is sufficient for me...when I am weak then I am strong." ************************************************************************************* Articles for the Christian SAHM can be found at : |
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Really bad. In fact he is still nursing a bad sore throat even with antibiotics for the past 4 days! And he still had to go to work and run rehearsals and briefings. So there was no one to help me in the home front. Both of us just plodded on, riding on the power and strength of the Holy Spirit. 
Even my oldest child commented, "Mom, I know you are in a bad mood!" and of course everyone avoided me like the plague - well, at least I got smart kids! Lol! 
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