Sister left a comment on my FB this morning about how this "prayer thing" must really work -- ya think so? :P I have really been trying to pray a lot lately and it has filled me with so much PEACE and contentment that it is even amazing the people around me a little bit. Just this morning, middle sis did something that I normally would have gotten very irritated about but I just laughed it off and made jokes about it while I was telling my mom, and she said, "Wow, you're taking this really well!" I guess it's the little things that I can tell God is working on with me. Life is too short to really dwell on silly things when they just aren't that important in the big picture.
I have been praying the Liturgy of the Hours for the past week now and it has REALLY helped. If you surround yourself with prayer and the knowledge that God is always with you, walking you through the day, you don't have a lot of time to spend worrying about things that are beyond your control. The kids have been good about giving me the 10-15 minutes that I need throughout the day to say the prayers, so that has been a big help.
I just wish that all people could see how generous God is when they truly believe and pray for Him to provide for what they need. I have no doubt that all of the things happening in the past couple of days have been blessings from God and not just mere coincidence.
God is good all the time; all the time, God is good! :o)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Doing Too Much
It's been a long week thus far and I'm still trying to just muddle through without having a breakdown. :o) In all seriousness, my main issues this week have been just the constant feeling of being let down, of feeling overwhelmed and taken for granted. I don't hardly ever get any "me" time to recuperate from babysitting all hours of the day and night, seven days a week. It's very taxing on the mind and body as well because by the time I get to bed, I'm so exhausted that I can't sleep (if that makes any sense). Then I get up early the following morning and start all over. The work week never ends. If someone has a day off during the week, I'm still watching a different child that day, so I don't get that day off. Weekends I'm almost always working. Five more weeks and I can make a change. I won't be babysitting during the school year and I won't volunteer my babysitting services next summer because I'd like one summer where I'm not having to stay home. It's my own fault, I made committments thinking that I'd be able to get out and do fun stuff with the kids but because of money or other circumstances, we can't do it.
I made a "Give It To God" box today to help me stay focused and remember who is in control. Every time something worries me, I write it down and put it in the box. I pray on it and then let God do with it what He will. There's no point in me keeping it all inside and dwelling over it, especially if I've done all I can and cannot change anything else in the situation. I have to give it to God, and sometimes I forget that. I want to try and do everything on my own, and I can't, and it makes me frustrated. I'm hoping that by putting the box in a prominent place in the apartment and explaining its use, that the kiddos will feel free to use it as well. At the end of the week, I take all of the pieces of paper out (without reading them of course!) and toss them and start over on Sunday. Hopefully, it'll help me to remember to pray on things more and to be thankful as well! I believe that God hears all of our prayers, all of the time, and He DOES answer them. The answer may not always be the one we want, and sometimes we may not even notice that our prayers have been answered because we're so focused on what WE want that we overlook what God has blessed us with instead. I've found that when I leave it up to Him, He blesses me with far more than I asked for and the end result is infinitely better than what I would have thought of! :o)
God is good all the time; all the time, God is good!
I made a "Give It To God" box today to help me stay focused and remember who is in control. Every time something worries me, I write it down and put it in the box. I pray on it and then let God do with it what He will. There's no point in me keeping it all inside and dwelling over it, especially if I've done all I can and cannot change anything else in the situation. I have to give it to God, and sometimes I forget that. I want to try and do everything on my own, and I can't, and it makes me frustrated. I'm hoping that by putting the box in a prominent place in the apartment and explaining its use, that the kiddos will feel free to use it as well. At the end of the week, I take all of the pieces of paper out (without reading them of course!) and toss them and start over on Sunday. Hopefully, it'll help me to remember to pray on things more and to be thankful as well! I believe that God hears all of our prayers, all of the time, and He DOES answer them. The answer may not always be the one we want, and sometimes we may not even notice that our prayers have been answered because we're so focused on what WE want that we overlook what God has blessed us with instead. I've found that when I leave it up to Him, He blesses me with far more than I asked for and the end result is infinitely better than what I would have thought of! :o)
God is good all the time; all the time, God is good!
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Prayer Really Works
Sister left a comment on my FB this morning about how this "prayer thing" must really work -- ya think so? :P I have really been trying to pray a lot lately and it has filled me with so much PEACE and contentment that it is even amazing the people around me a little bit. Just this morning, middle sis did something that I normally would have gotten very irritated about but I just laughed it off and made jokes about it while I was telling my mom, and she said, "Wow, you're taking this really well!" I guess it's the little things that I can tell God is working on with me. Life is too short to really dwell on silly things when they just aren't that important in the big picture.
I have been praying the Liturgy of the Hours for the past week now and it has REALLY helped. If you surround yourself with prayer and the knowledge that God is always with you, walking you through the day, you don't have a lot of time to spend worrying about things that are beyond your control. The kids have been good about giving me the 10-15 minutes that I need throughout the day to say the prayers, so that has been a big help.
I just wish that all people could see how generous God is when they truly believe and pray for Him to provide for what they need. I have no doubt that all of the things happening in the past couple of days have been blessings from God and not just mere coincidence.
God is good all the time; all the time, God is good! :o)
I have been praying the Liturgy of the Hours for the past week now and it has REALLY helped. If you surround yourself with prayer and the knowledge that God is always with you, walking you through the day, you don't have a lot of time to spend worrying about things that are beyond your control. The kids have been good about giving me the 10-15 minutes that I need throughout the day to say the prayers, so that has been a big help.
I just wish that all people could see how generous God is when they truly believe and pray for Him to provide for what they need. I have no doubt that all of the things happening in the past couple of days have been blessings from God and not just mere coincidence.
God is good all the time; all the time, God is good! :o)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Doing Too Much
It's been a long week thus far and I'm still trying to just muddle through without having a breakdown. :o) In all seriousness, my main issues this week have been just the constant feeling of being let down, of feeling overwhelmed and taken for granted. I don't hardly ever get any "me" time to recuperate from babysitting all hours of the day and night, seven days a week. It's very taxing on the mind and body as well because by the time I get to bed, I'm so exhausted that I can't sleep (if that makes any sense). Then I get up early the following morning and start all over. The work week never ends. If someone has a day off during the week, I'm still watching a different child that day, so I don't get that day off. Weekends I'm almost always working. Five more weeks and I can make a change. I won't be babysitting during the school year and I won't volunteer my babysitting services next summer because I'd like one summer where I'm not having to stay home. It's my own fault, I made committments thinking that I'd be able to get out and do fun stuff with the kids but because of money or other circumstances, we can't do it.
I made a "Give It To God" box today to help me stay focused and remember who is in control. Every time something worries me, I write it down and put it in the box. I pray on it and then let God do with it what He will. There's no point in me keeping it all inside and dwelling over it, especially if I've done all I can and cannot change anything else in the situation. I have to give it to God, and sometimes I forget that. I want to try and do everything on my own, and I can't, and it makes me frustrated. I'm hoping that by putting the box in a prominent place in the apartment and explaining its use, that the kiddos will feel free to use it as well. At the end of the week, I take all of the pieces of paper out (without reading them of course!) and toss them and start over on Sunday. Hopefully, it'll help me to remember to pray on things more and to be thankful as well! I believe that God hears all of our prayers, all of the time, and He DOES answer them. The answer may not always be the one we want, and sometimes we may not even notice that our prayers have been answered because we're so focused on what WE want that we overlook what God has blessed us with instead. I've found that when I leave it up to Him, He blesses me with far more than I asked for and the end result is infinitely better than what I would have thought of! :o)
God is good all the time; all the time, God is good!
I made a "Give It To God" box today to help me stay focused and remember who is in control. Every time something worries me, I write it down and put it in the box. I pray on it and then let God do with it what He will. There's no point in me keeping it all inside and dwelling over it, especially if I've done all I can and cannot change anything else in the situation. I have to give it to God, and sometimes I forget that. I want to try and do everything on my own, and I can't, and it makes me frustrated. I'm hoping that by putting the box in a prominent place in the apartment and explaining its use, that the kiddos will feel free to use it as well. At the end of the week, I take all of the pieces of paper out (without reading them of course!) and toss them and start over on Sunday. Hopefully, it'll help me to remember to pray on things more and to be thankful as well! I believe that God hears all of our prayers, all of the time, and He DOES answer them. The answer may not always be the one we want, and sometimes we may not even notice that our prayers have been answered because we're so focused on what WE want that we overlook what God has blessed us with instead. I've found that when I leave it up to Him, He blesses me with far more than I asked for and the end result is infinitely better than what I would have thought of! :o)
God is good all the time; all the time, God is good!
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