Seriously! Can anyone relate to the feeling like the whole world is crashing in on them...and all at once.  Do you ever say to yourself..."Hey!!! This is SO NOT what I signed up for!!!"  Well if you can then welcome brother, sister, friend...because I feel your pain! 

It never ceases to amaze me how God promises that He will not give us more than we can bear(with His help of course) but that He will allow us to get to the utmost limit of the bearable load...to the place where if just one more piece of lint or speck of dust were to be placed on us we would fall to the ground and be crushed beneath its weight.  Of course we do realize that 9 times out of 10 this is wholly our fault for over loading ourselves and our already maxed out schedules...but there are also those times when life just happens and we are dumbfounded at its ability to be completely...well...unfair. 

It is during these times when life is so complicated or busy or scary or overwhelming or unfair or whatever it is that attacks you with such a lack of mercy that it is appauling...that we can climb into the lap of our Father and find rest, peace, comfort, justice and even joy right in the middle of crisis and chaos.  

We can know beyond the shadow of a doubt that He is our good and loving shepherd and that not only does He lead us beside still waters and prepare a table for us in the midst of our enemies but that He is always faithful.  That indeed He will not give us more than we can bear and that He Himself will never leave us or forsake us...and when it comes down to it...He truly is all we need.

I love to have my thoughts be far more tangible than just rattling around in my head, to pen them on paper, or in this case to type them on screen.  However, the problem, is that I don't have the opportunity to do it very often.  So, we will see how this goes. 

I am afraid that once I get into this, I won't find anything about my life that is blog-worthy and of any interest to any one else.LOL   I'm sure that won't be the case though.  I mean, there is a wealth of unusual happenings in each day and even the "regular" stuff is not all that normal...whatever that is!   And if nothing else there is always my wonderful ability to ramble.  So, I shouldn't have that much trouble coming up with something to share.

I guess for my first entry, I will start with a little about myself and my family.  I am a 32 year young single(not by my choice) mother of one beautiful 8 year old girl, who is a wonderful blessing.  She has some sensory, and other issues as well, which make it impossible for her to handle a classroom setting and still be able to learn anything.  So, I choose to home school her.  Thankfully, God has gone before me and made a way for me, as a single parent,  to be able to make that choice.  

Though honestly, some days, I wonder if I can pull it off without losing my salvation:-).  I can of course, but only by the grace of God and by His Spirit which is at work in me(but it doesn't always feel that way).  I am sure that some of you can relate.  

Still, I wouldn't have it any other way.  As difficult as some days may be, I treasure our time together and school is our favorite and most special  time of the day.