"You can't get a harvest without sewing a seed"

I can't believe how long it has been since I have written a blog. Life gets the best of us sometimes. Which brings me right to today's post!

I have been struggling lately with how people treat me. I let my personal problems get the best of me and I often forget to trust in God. FULLY TRUST. Because I could half ass it any day, which is usually what I do. Something hit me today, hard. When I am having personal problems, the best thing I can do is trust in God and go be a blessing to someone else.

"You can't get a harvest without sewing a seed" I need to get out of my head. Get MYSELF off of my mind, get my needs and problems off of my mind, and go be a blessing. Lord, let me delight myself in you! Go help the needy, go volunteer at church, donate to the hungry...there are so many ways.

Sometimes, it's hard for me to let go and let God, especially when I am not seeing results. Then, I look back at my progress and realize how far I have come. I have learned the practice of grace and true forgiveness. The beauty of moving on, holding on, and staying calm. You can't change anyone - only God can do that. Stop spinning your wheels. He's got this!

Anger. Anger is something I struggle with...big time. I have absolutely no shame in admitting it. When I clear my head and really think about the anger I let take place, I think about this. What did it accomplish? I just look like an ass, every time. Kill em with kindness. We often think killing people with kindness won't be "fair" and won't make us feel any better. Stop believing that. Do it and you will be proven wrong. Every time - you will feel GOOD. You will feel new. I know this because I always do. When I am angry and I react instead of respond and when I think for at least 5 seconds before I speak and respond with a positive approach, it works.

All of these burdens I carry- I often forget to just ...pray, speak to God and give it all to Him.

Psalm...oh how I love thee
God says this: "Don't be concerned when others mistreat you. I'll take care of it!"
1. Don't fret!
2. Trust God and do good!
3. Commit your way to Him, and He will bring it to pass.

Psalm 37: 5
"Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will help you."

Time has been FLYING here lately. I blinked. My son is 9 months and I'll be planning his 1st birthday party soon. My Hal will be FOUR in 5 months. Before I say "how unfair." Let me say "how awesome." We often tend to look at time as a burden. But What if I hadn't been blessed with these months and years. The years, months, minutes and seconds that have flown by have been so good. I am so lucky to be able to stay home with my kids and teach, nurture, and love them. I am happy. And I am thankful. (:


COMING UP: Thankful Thursdays! I'm starting a new series every Thursday to dedicate a post to what I am thankful for. All the small & big things I sometimes forget could be taken away in a spit second! God is good all the time and all the time God is good.