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Well it's been a tuff 5 months or so. I started working outside the home from 2-6 monday thru friday. It's really hard to keep up with everything at home including homeschool. Even cooking and shopping has been hard. We don't live really close to everything so going out takes extra time. When it even comes to cooking dinner I just couldn't think of anything. We haven't been eating well since I started working. I know I'm spending more on groceries. Also when we leave the house we spend more on food and extras. I finally joined Weight Watchers just to get a handle on recipes and loosing weight as I was not eating well. We don't get as much time for school either. It's really hard to get it all done. So hopefully I will be able to quit in a couple of days or so. It's hard to give up the money for extras. Our house is still for sale so that adds to the cleaning everyday. I have really been leaning on the Lord and listening to some really great Joyce Meyer cd's on the way to work each day. My daughter is 18.5 now and always on the go with friends. Really found a great book called "Praying the Scriptures for your Teens" by Jodie Berndt. It really helps. Life has a way of throwing curve balls at you and God uses them to grow us. I've really had to grow lately. Our house hasn't sold and has been for sale for about 2 years, my daughter is growing up and need to be covered with a lot of prayer for right decisions, been working outside the home and really feel frazeled, trying to keep up with homeschooling, and need the courage to quit my job (which I hate btw). One of the lessons I have learned is not to be judgemental of certain ministries. It's really easy to get caught up in some of the ministries that put women in the home and limits their teaching of the Bible outside the home. Also only certain churches or church philosophies are exceptable. You know God is using men and women to help people. I have really had to let go and let God lately. My children have minds of their own and they don't always want to do it mom's way. I also have had to let go of the wrong thinking that things are worse than they are. It's a condition of negetivity from the way I grew up. Things usually aren't as bad as I think they are. My son attends two youth groups. This is something I wasn't really interested in. But you know we've had some really good discussions out of it. I have been letting God do His will in their lives. I have to either try to go crazy making sure they don't do anything wrong or trust God. I will admit it has been really hard. But I am learning. Yes I have shed a lot of tears. Sometimes growth is hard. I am pretty sure I have quit worrying somewhat. I know if I worry then I am not trusting. God has also used this time to grow my husband. We have started to pray together every morning. We have had to lean on each other for support as our children become young adults. We have had to pray through situations we don't really agree with and ask God to change hearts. I have seen God answer my prayers for keeping the wrong people and places away from my children. Sometimes God has put them there anyway to show them how wrong it is. It's hard to let them learn a few things on their own. I pray my children would have the mind of Christ and a heart for God. Trust God and pray, pray, pray! Blessings, Deb
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