Things are a changing

Well, I have applied for a job(have applied for several actually)  and may be working in the very near future.  This economy has guaranteed that many families can no longer survive on just one wage earner.  The prospects of working outside the home has never been high on my priority list. However, I realize that sometimes being that help meet to your husband means changing the way you do things.  Sometimes, it means letting go of some dreams you held on to with both fists so tight God couldn't get a new plan in, if He tried.  I don't relish the idea of working outside the home. However, the kids are secure and rooted and grounded in faith. They are strong and mighty little warriors for God.

It will change the way we do some things around here. It will change family time. However, I have hope, it will make things better. That my husband can maybe drop the part time job and we can both be home every night and every weekend. Perhaps we can have MORE family time if we can figure out how to rearrange schedules.

Family............it is the most important thing to nurture. However, sometimes due to no fault of our own that nurturing requires us to do so in a different way. I am releasing our future, our hopes, our dreams, our family, our finances every thing to God's hands I will not hold on so tight any longer. I let go.........I let God and we will walk in victory.

My God has a plan:

Jeremiah 29:11  For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

It doesn't matter how...it really doesn't matter when...what matters is that I obey God. He is asking me to step out in faith into a new world. A world of the working mom.  A world that is going to require new and challenging things from me. A world in which I will not stand alone.

In doing so, I will help my husband and my family. The Proverbs 31 woman did work. She sold and she bought and she did so much. She WAS a working mother, maybe not in the exact same way, Moms work today, but she helped bring things into her household to help the household run smoothly.

And this is the reason I choose to let go and let God:

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Because I walk by faith, not by sight and my God.........my God has never failed me. So this blog may change somewhat but I will still be striving to be that Proverbs 31 Mama.........even when the hard winds blow or life brings change.........I will strive to live as God called me to live.:

Micah 6:8  He has shown you, O man, what is good;

And what does the Lord require of you

But to do justly,

To love mercy,

And to walk humbly with your God?

Day 11 God's promises............

Psalm 4:8  

I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;

For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

His promises can be seen in the innocence of our children. They are our promise of the future our hope of tomorrow placed in their wee hearts.  A promise that His plans are good plans.  Their beauty a piece of His heart.  Their laugh, the sound of His joy, just of touch of His joy ringing out in the melody of a child's laughter. Their love, so true, so pure shows us a glimpse of the Father.  His promises never fail.

Day 10--Joy.....unspeakable

My son lives life with joy.  He sees life with the glass is half full aspect.  He finds joy in the journey and shares his joy with others. This is how we should live life...with joy unspeakable because it comes from within.

Day 9....2 Chronicles 7:14

Lord, I cry out to you for our world, our country, our city, our homes and our families. We NEED you, LORD.

Been Awol....on my blog

Because of illness, but hopefully I can get back in the swing of things.  It is funny, how we as Moms put off getting things checked out until we just have to be seen. If we'd check out that unending "allergy attack" sooner, then it would not turn into an infection of mass proportion.  We need to not only stop to smell the flowers.............we need to give our bodies a break every once in a while. We do not have to be Super Mom. After all, Super Mom is a myth.
So take time, smell a few flowers, enjoy the beauty of the fall or the simple pleasure of a late afternoon fall looking at the world around you. Take time to laugh a little, dance a little, and play a little.

The Master's Art Work........Day 8

He is the Creator and His handiwork is so beautiful. Each leaf so beautiful and unique, just like us. His handiwork declares His glory.  He takes care of the smallest sparrow and each and every part of nature. If I can just always remember on the hard days, how much more He cares for me. He is painting my heart, life and soul with the same tender care He has painted each leaf and my life is in His hands. I yield to His control so that my life can be a masterpiece of love. There are times He has to correct what I tried to do myself but He can take the flaws and turn them into beauty.

Day 7...This Old Barn

On our trip to the JBQ meet we saw some beautiful countryside. This old barn spoke to me, on how it doesn't matter how old we are or how worn out we feel, we are beautiful.  God uses us and He created us for a purpose. The purpose He has for us is unique to each of us.  We each have a specific plan for us. He uses us,  He equips us and He knows us to our very core.  He knows how to take what He put in us and use it for His glory.  God can use us, even when we don't feel like we have anything to offer.  All of us are important. All of us have something special to do for Him.  He never fails us or leaves us unequipped.  He can speak beauty through and old barn and so He can certainly sow beauty into someone else's life and heart through us and use someone else to do the same to us.