Leaving A Legacy

Jan. 9, 2006

Tough days . . .

It's been a tough day. The baby is crabby and has another diaper rash (and I cannot figure out what it's being caused by--ugh!), I'm still not feeling well, and my eldest sons aren't in the mood to help today. They're always such great helpers and I appreciate them, though I worry sometimes about them helping *too* much. Today we did some P.E. which is an amazing thing (any moms out there want to say "amen" to that?!?!) so I felt good about that, but then worrying about the grammar and math I did NOT get to today can sortof wipe out my feelings of triumph. Never going to get to it all in this life, apparently.

This morning I read about how God is the one who "works in us to will and to do His good pleasure," and it made me wonder about how exactly that works. Does a person have a choice in the matter of IF he will do God's good pleasure? If I choose to do good, and someone else apparently chooses not to since they aren't doing that same "good thing," is it because of their own lack of willingness and/or work, or is it just because God hasn't worked it in them yet? Far greater minds have debated this and come to differing conclusions, I'm afraid. It just seems like it would be so helpful if it were clear, because my interactions with others and myself would be different if I knew where to place the blame, LOL. The thing that's getting me right now is that if I assume that some people aren't "doing good" because of their own choice not to, then it would seem to follow that I am "doing good" because I personally chose to do so MYSELF, which would indicate that I'm somehow better than that other person, which does not sound right to me! So I'm wondering if maybe God is the One I need to take it up with (yeah, right!) when I'm not happy with someone else's behavior. Or at least that I can let up on my own quiet frustration with others and myself in those areas where the mark is not quite being hit, or where it's being missed by a mile!

Lots to ponder, but I need to go add some vegetables to the dinner preparations . . .Did you ever see the book with that funny title? I think it was called Lord, I'm Trying to Sit at Your Feet, But Who's Going to Make Dinner? LOL

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Posted by drewsfamilytx

I'm sorry you're having such a rough day Misty! We're battling the diaper rash here as well...so we've switched our 1yo to soymilk for a while...and lots of rice, bananas, applesauce and pasta! And a big, giant slathering of Dr Smith's Ointment. :-)

Remember, tomorrow is another day. Praying for God to give you strength and grace to get it all done through HIM!

Love,
Marsha

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Jan. 9, 2006 - We're using goat milk!

Posted by MistyKrasawski

I found that when she had regular milk, she got a horrible rash. Good Start formula was fine, though. Well, that got expensive (and she was over a year), so then I switched to goat milk when I read that it was good for sensitive tummies! Soy kindof worries me because of some hormonal issues I've read about. Anyway, she does very well on it--actually she's been drinking regular evap milk for the past 24 hours because we ran out of "goat float" as daddy calls it, LOL--which might be the reason for her rash!
Off to the store for me.
Misty

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Misty Krasawski is the overly-blessed mom of seven children whom she homeschools in sunshine-y Florida. She has been clinging ferociously to the hand of her Lord since she was knee-high to a grasshopper, homeschooling for the past eleven years, and has eighteen more years ahead of her with the children who are glad she will have done most of her experimenting on those who went before. Her wonderful husband Rob has much treasure laid up for him in heaven for having been called to such a daunting task.