This morning while sitting and reading my bible study (and enjoying the peace of the morning with my steaming mug of Heaven) I read something that spoke to my heart. You see I'm struggling right now. I have a senior in HS (many of us do), I have three busy kids (many of us do), I have work piled up to my ears ("same", I can hear you saying), my house is a DISASTER, we have no milk in the fridge for breakfast, the laundry is piled so high we should just go buy new clothes but budgets are tight, we have deadlines that have to be made, we have too much to do and not enough hours in the day or enough of us to do it. We are living in a continually state of hurry up and go and if we dare to sit and take a break our minds don't stop, we feel guilty, we are ALL running in some crazy rat race that quite frankly 1. I don't remember signing up for and B. I wish we could figure out a way to stop. But y'all, there isn't, I mean yes there is BUT the changes that would need to be made in our lives to jump off of the crazy train would take soooo incredibly much faith and trust in the Lord, not to mention some major guts! I keep saying I'm ready to do these things to JUMP, but I have other people to consider before I can't go all crazy mid life crisis on my family!
So here HERE are the words from Ephesians that spoke to my heart today dear friends.
'Put on the whole armor of God...' That is a beautiful image in my mind, of the paper thin pages of His word wrapped completely around my whole entire body. Literally COVERING me in His word...especially when I stand 'naked', baring my soul to y'all, admitting that I am failing, that I screw up A LOT, that as hard as I try to be all things to those I love I sometimes push them away with my harsh words or frustrations. (Sorry babe).
'And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayer and requests.' Y'all! That is an AWEsome image! To pray for literally EVERYTHING, even the small 'insignificant' things! God does not get tired of hearing our prayers. He does not say "Would you listen to that whiny baby Kimberly asking for stupid things again, SMH!" Can you imagine? He is so excited to hear us speak to him! Y'all, we can quote scripture all day long, but BUT if we are not praying than we aren't really doing anything. (Let me clarify though that sometimes when prayers won't come, when you are in such a dark place or you are simply at a loss repeating scripture TO Him IS praying!). He may not give us the answers we want, or in the timing we desire but we are called to believe in Him and His word with the innocent faith of a child, not asking why just believing in Him.
Y'all just pray today with perseverance (easy) and patience (mind numbingly difficult) for everything! For yourselves! For me! I'm praying for you too!
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