7.28.13 Super woman!

Bountiful Blessings

July 28, 2013

Good morning. How are you? Im blessed, totally blessed. And maybe just a tad stressed. Just trying to juggle a few things and well, dropping more than I am catching. There was a movie with Sarah Jessica Parker about this “super” woman who had her career, her children, her home life. I don’t even know why I brought it up. I haven’t even seen the movie. Sigh. I am a strange one, I know. So where was I? Oh yea. The juggler. Haha. Or the clumsy juggler. J

I try. I try really hard. I try to keep a clean house, pay my bills on time, cook dinner, help out with my parents, help my daughter, excel at work and at school, participate in my extracurricular groups…. But sometimes I am just tired. And I feel like I am disappointing everyone. I can’t seem to get it all done. Something falls through the cracks. I make “to do” lists. I cross off items and add others. I make new lists. I never see the end and well, sometimes I feel a tad bit inadequate. I wonder how other people “do it”. Well, not that it makes me feel better to see others falter, that would be so wrong. But it does comfort me to know that I am not failing at something everyone else has a handle on. But I believe that we set our standards for ourselves a little too high. We are not perfect. We cannot handle the weight of the world. Only one person was perfect. Only he can do it all.

For you young mothers, there is - getting kids out of bed, taking them to school, picking them up, baseball and ballet, homework, groceries, dinner, picking up around the house, work, bathtime, and finally falling into bed, and for everyone in their prime, retirement does not mean that you have nothing to do – there are doctors visits, paperwork, volunteer work, part time work, extracurricular groups, drug store, more paperwork, groceries, keeping house, cooking, grandchildren, children, exercise, and finally falling into bed. Whew, wears you out just thinking about it, doesn’t it? You tackle it. You do the best you can. And then you worry about what you didn’t get done. My car needs an oil change. My kid needs new baseball cleats. Where did I lay that Medicare paperwork? Quit worrying about it. I promise you that the world will not end. The car will make it another day. The house will not collapse under the weight of a layer of dust. McDonalds has healthier options. Its all good.

So this week, relax a little. No, I am not giving you a free pass to let it all go. I am giving you a free pass to release the worry and stress. Turn it over to God. He can handle anything you throw at him. He has a perfect batting average of 1.00. Impressive? Oh absolutely. His abilities are beyond mere words.

Bible Verse for the week:
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”  Romans 12:2

Quote for the week:

“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls...are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.”

 James Patterson in Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas

Bible Fun for the week:

Trivia –

·         Name the four horsemen of the Apocalypse

·         Name the ten plagues in Exodus

·         Name the books in the Bible contributed to Paul

·         What is the smallest book in the Bible?

·         What is the largest book in the Bible?