Well it's been a while. We have had a whirlwind of fun and adventure as we journied to Utah and then back to North Carolina. Just as we were about to aproach normalcy with school starting and schedules working we got sick. Derek ended up with pnumonia, I had a cold, Michael and Elizabeth contracted hand, foot, and mouth disease, and Michael also ended up with ear infections in both ears. Needless to say things have not been normal.
But things are so good. Derek has a great job that he can take sick days with, the kids are getting back into the swing of school, I am trying to get into a work out rhythm, we were blessed to have my sister come down and take care of all of us this weekend. It made getting back to normal so much easier.
Michael is getting better, we are having such a blast seeing him get well and returning to the cute boy he is. Yesterday, as I was showing my sister some of my favorite crochet patterns on Pintrest, Michael said, "me see, me see," I showed him the picture of an afghan and he said, "So cute!! So Cute!!" He is what is so cute.
I am reading and listening to books to try to learn more about anxiety and how to help my daughter. One of the books I am reading entitled, 21 Ways to Finding Peace and Happiness, by Joyce Meyer. She says:
"We always want God to change our circumstance, but He's more interested in changing us than He is our situation. A lot of peole have faith to ask God for deliverance from something, but they don't have enough faith to take them through anything."
When I read that I realized how much I am always asking for deliverance and not asking to help me through. As I have grown older and older, studied more and more, and learned again and again, I have come to realize that instead of expecting the Lord to always make it easy for me I instead have to ask for strength to meet the challenge. I am grateful for this lesson and know that as I continue throughout life I will learn more and more about it.
But things are so good. Derek has a great job that he can take sick days with, the kids are getting back into the swing of school, I am trying to get into a work out rhythm, we were blessed to have my sister come down and take care of all of us this weekend. It made getting back to normal so much easier.
Michael is getting better, we are having such a blast seeing him get well and returning to the cute boy he is. Yesterday, as I was showing my sister some of my favorite crochet patterns on Pintrest, Michael said, "me see, me see," I showed him the picture of an afghan and he said, "So cute!! So Cute!!" He is what is so cute.
I am reading and listening to books to try to learn more about anxiety and how to help my daughter. One of the books I am reading entitled, 21 Ways to Finding Peace and Happiness, by Joyce Meyer. She says:
"We always want God to change our circumstance, but He's more interested in changing us than He is our situation. A lot of peole have faith to ask God for deliverance from something, but they don't have enough faith to take them through anything."
When I read that I realized how much I am always asking for deliverance and not asking to help me through. As I have grown older and older, studied more and more, and learned again and again, I have come to realize that instead of expecting the Lord to always make it easy for me I instead have to ask for strength to meet the challenge. I am grateful for this lesson and know that as I continue throughout life I will learn more and more about it.
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