Between the Storms: February 2010

^{My friend, Becky Glenn, shared these verses with me and they are awesome so I am passing them on to you. Wonderful truths here and such encouragement.}

God's loyal love couldn't have run out,
   his merciful love couldn't have dried up.
They're created new every morning.
   How great your faithfulness!
I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over).
   He's all I've got left.

God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits,
   to the woman who diligently seeks.
It's a good thing to quietly hope,
   quietly hope for help from God.
It's a good thing when you're young
   to stick it out through the hard times.

When life is heavy and hard to take,
go off by yourself. Enter the silence.
Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions:
Wait for hope to appear.

Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face.
The "worst" is never the worst.

Why? Because the Master won't ever
walk out and fail to return.
If he works severely, he also works tenderly.
His stockpiles of loyal love are immense.
He takes no pleasure in making life hard,

in throwing roadblocks in the way...

Lamentations 3:22-33 (The Message)

Great is His faithfulness indeed!

I don't know how many times I've declared my life is out of balance, my priorities are off. I've also heard many other women say the same thing but you know what? I've never once heard a man say that. I wonder why?

Maybe because we, as women, have more plates spinning at the same time than men. They are more task oriented. They pigeon hole their jobs and then leave them when done.

It's not like you can leave a screaming baby while you finish your Bible reading in the morning. You combine a telephone call while making supper, and at the same time you solve childish arguments and try to disengage little hands pulling at your sweat pants before those said pants bunch at your knees. Many women also add to that a job out of the home, preparing children for childcare, getting lunches ready... Wow! No wonder we feel out of balance. How do we twirl all those plates so they don't fall down and shatter?

Well, I don't have an answer. In fact, I don't have all those responsibilities anymore, only having a 16-year-old left at home, and I still fall off the tightrope and break lots of plates. I'm so thankful God isn't interested in my works but He's interested in my heart and my worship.

Everything we do, we need to do it like we're doing it for the Lord. Include Him in your life. Talk to Him continually. Break out in song, even if you make up words, because sometimes that can be the very best worship. Include your little kids in a dance across the kitchen, twirling them high in the air. When we love on those around us, it's loving on God.