Good Morning Bloggy Friends~
I told you last week on one of our spring in the winter days~ I thought winter should just go ahead and get the show on the road. It has officially arrived. That arctic blast has us frozen like pop sickles here at Farming on Faith. It is only going to reach the 20's today. It has been a strange winter but in a good way. How is your weather today?
Miss Billie is in a tizzy because her Easter Lilly flowers have started to bloom and now with a hard freeze she has lost them this year. I have noticed many of your spring flowers are already blooming. Many things have started to peep through the ground a couple months early. I am holding my breathe to see how the rest of winter plays out. I think we may be doing the "rain dance" come summer. LOL
It is going to be a fabulous Friday~ I have a reason to celebrate. Our daughter Jessica is coming for supper and bringing the babies. I think this calls for homemade Valentine sugar cookies. This just puts a spring in my step~ even in the middle of winter.
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Keeping Our Focus
This morning in my devotion time I was reading about God's power. King David reminds us that we can not trust in our own puny attempts to get through this life. We need to rely on God's power~ it is from Him that our salvation comes. Not only to save our soul for eternity but to walk through this life without falling by the wayside.
Psalm 62:1
Truly my soul waiteth upon God:
from him cometh my salvation.
We need to realize that each one of us are a mess and we need God. Wearing a smile and hose to church does not make us a "good Christian girl." Walking in faith means placing our trust in Him alone. It means my complete dependence is on him for my provision, protection and providence.
When we place our energy on~ us doing it all and being in control it becomes like a hamster on that silly wheel going round and round and never getting anywhere but exhausted and worn out. We hop on that wheel trying to be holy and in control only to become desperate trying to keep up with the tyranny of "should of " and "need to" along with "false guilt."
As a mother one of the hardest things to do is let go~ trust that God does not need our assistance in running the Universe. There was a time when I ran our little "Shindorf Universe" but those days are quickly coming to an end. To tell you the truth~ I don't like it. The best times I had in life were when my children were all in their beds tucked in safe and sound. I felt in control because I could keep them safe when they were under my watchful eye. But God has pried open my fingers and I have had to let go. It is a hard thing for a woman to let go~ so very hard.
Trying to be in control when your world gets bigger and bigger leads us to want to say bad words and gobble down chocolate. Are you hearing me? I know you are if you are a mother~ wife~ grandmother~ daughter and all those other roles I listed yesterday. There is hope beyond cussing and chocolate. God wants us to give up our exhausting self efforts and come back to the security of His divine sovereignty.
We will once again get our wind when we take our eyes off of ourselves and focus on God's power.
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