God's grace is sufficient.

God said to Paul that his grace was sufficient. God's grace is sufficient for us but I think sometimes we go outside of the boundaries of God's grace by doing things that we know we are not suppose to be doing. As a Stay-at-home mom I'm realizing there are certain boundaries that I must have in order to continue doing what I do. When I don't set and adhere to those boundaries I end up fustrated . You have to have a sense of the Holy Spirit's working in your life on a daily basis in order to discern what God has given you the grace to do for that particular day or for that particular hour. Don't force it, don't become upset because you are not living up to your own expectations. Just allow yourself to learn to flow with the Holy Spirit.

November 16, 2009

The bible says that we should take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake because when we are weak we are strong. God's strength is made perfect in weakness. So instead of complaining about our needs, weaknesses, and distresses lets wait for the power of Christ to come through
2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Struggling with routine

The beginings of a homemaker.

Zechariah 4:10 says who has despised the day of small things?

Ecclesiastes 5:11 say God has made everything beautiful in its time.

I think my biggest struggle in being a homemaker is the routine. It's the same thing everyday. However I believe I struggle with this because of how I grew up and what my life was like prior to receiving Christ as my Savior. I was sporatic. I lacked stability. I was inconsistant. I was not dependable. I was always looking for something new to excite me. I was spontaneous. But God is showing me a different way. I also see some of these negative patterns in the older women in my family. I see restlessness. I see the constant search for something new. I see the search for a change. I understand why I struggle with this. The Lord says to meditate on good things. I am unlearning some things so I can experience the abundant life Jesus died to give me. I am training myself to receive fulfillment from my routine from doing the same thing everyday. Come to realize this is the mature Christian life being lived out. This is the way to contentment. The world has shown me a different way to happiness and fulfillment and it is completely opposite of what God has shown me. He shows me to live a peaceful, quiet life. If I took 25 years training myself to enjoy the ways of the world. I can take 25 more years training myself to enjoy the ways of the Lord.

Turning over a new leaf

Lately, I've been meditating on the Hebrew women in the bible. The Godly examples that God lays out in His word. I've been comparing their view on childbearing to how we view it today. Do you ever wonder how or why they wanted so many children? Do you ever wonder how they managed? No doubt it was hard work. But women mostly worked in the home, keeping the home and taking care of children they did not have the burden of providing financially for the family by going to a 9 to 5 job. My thought have wondered more towards that fact that they treated their children differently then we treat our children today. Often times we create our own burdens when it comes to raising children. We assume they need more than they really do. We assume they need more toys, more attention, more stimulation, etc........................The Israelite women didn't do this. They didn't have time to be so "child centered". That's just not the way God structured the family to be. When we operate like that, of coarse it becomes a burden. I have been asking God to just open my eyes to the heart of the Hebrew women and how they operated in the Old Testament. I have a vision of babies who watch the women of the house going about doing this task and that task. I have a vision that they do this pretty much until they of age to begin to help. I don't imagine the Israelite women on the floor playing with babies. I imagine them loving and nurturing their babies and training them up, but that's it. I want to develop their mindset.