Don't Give Up

Whenever I am about to go through a specific season in my life, not the ordinary day to day stuff, God prepares me with a specific scripture or song. The song or scripture will start to resonate in my Spirit for about a week or so and then boom, the blessing or the test will follow. He has encouraged me in this way for many years and it has become comforting to me whether it is a blessing or a test, because it is a reminder of how much my God loves me.  I remember when my husband was hit by a car, riding his motorcycle, I had been singing “In Christ Alone” for about a month. I could not get that song out of my head. I bought the CD and played it over and over and over again. After his accident, I continued to play it, sing it, embrace its message and I was strengthened daily by it. God used that song to get me through one of the most difficult seasons of my life. This has been happening for so long now, that when a particular song or scripture begins to penetrate my heart, I go...

Balance used to be my favorite word. I use to live by that word. Everything, well almost everything, in my life was balanced. I spent time with my family, I spent time with my friends, I had some me time and I worked. I kept a very nice calendar of all of my activities and it kept me straight. I still have the calendar, but my hubby upgraded us to the family Google calendar that my two teenage sons also have access to, and now my life is crazy. It’s like if it gets put on the calendar it is acceptable. I have not only lost my balance, my side of the teeter totter is stuck on the ground. It’s so heavy I’m looking at my hubby and three kids on the other end and all of them together can’t get me back up and going. I have gone through busy seasons in my life before, hence, the need for balance, but this go round I’m ramped up and in over drive. I went through a super busy season a few months ago where I was combining some tasks and that was working well but now that is falling apart. I...