With Love,
Jill and Leeanne
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Life is tough, but God is so faithful
Do you ever have days where you feel like nothing is going
right? Some days or weeks just
seem unbearable. Without Christ as
your source of strength it is. Recently I went
back to work full-time as a school teacher. This was after eight years off with my children and we are currently
still adjusting. A while back my
husband went away on a week-long business trip. The first couple days I was making it fine. By the third and fourth day it was
tough. And by the end of the week,
it seemed unbearable. Although, I
was excited for my husband to come home, it was hard to show any excitement
when he walked in the door. I was
burnt out from teaching, extra-curricular activities, preparing meals and
lunches for the next day, walking the dogs, getting the kids ready in the
morning and putting kids to bed at night.
You could have stuck a fork in me.
Several things came from this “tough” week for me. Each day I spent less time with the
Lord. By the end of the week He
got totally squeezed out. Instead of
girding myself up more with Him and His Word so I could handle the extra load,
I pretended that everything else was more important at the time by choosing other
things over Him. Prioritizing and
planning for a quality quiet time is so important. Secondly, because my spiritual guard was down and I began to
let Satan whisper lies that I was not a good mom, a good housekeeper and the
list went on. Yes, the week was
hard. But God is faithful to see
us through even the tough times.
He is our source of strength, but only if we choose to access His
strength. I can do ALL things
through Christ who gives me strength! (Phil. 4:13)
Next time, I will plan to sure-up so that He is my strength
within and can sustain me through even difficult circumstances.
Warmly, Jill
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