I’m taking a quick moment while it is actually quiet.  Babies are napping and I should be because i didn’t get sleep last night, but I needed to clear my head a bit. 

I talked to a friend this morning on the phone and as we talked I realized that life is constantly changing and seasons always change too.  Right now I’m in a season of life that I can’t get up and do an hour long Bible study and this is OK! I keep having to remind myself that it is OK to just get in a little bit of God’s Word each day.  I need Him in order to keep my tank full so that I can pour out to my family.  I’m not gonna stress about the amount of TIME and how I study and when I study.  I just need to dig in at some point when I have a moment to read His word and pray.  I don’t need to feel guilty for not being able to get up at 5:00 after having been up all night with one kid or another.  I don’t have to feel guilty for not having a little “space” to read and study and drink my coffee.  I can enjoy the life He blessed me with, and right now that is my little children (3 of them are 3 and under) that demand a lot from me this season. I’m also TRYING to learn (Brian still thinks I have a long way to go…) to LET THINGS GO in my house….. It’s OK if things are all perfectly clean and picked up all the time.  It’s OK if there are dishes in the sink.  It’s OK if laundry isn’t alway kept up.  …… and so on…… I’m just that kind of person and its hard to just let things go……. but I need to……..

As I pulled open a neat devotional this morning the verse was Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace”.  

That really hit me.  God is GOD and all powerful.  He can FILL ME up.  He can walk before me during the storms of life.  Storms can even be just a bad day (money worries, family issues, illness, friend problems, school etc…)  Jesus calmed the storm that time in the boat when the disciples were with him.  They panicked.  He did not.  He knew who was in CONTROL! God is in control and I just need to lay in his hands and rest.  God’s Word can calm the crazy in our lives.  When we fear and worry, he can take that from us.  We just have to lay it at his feet.

  Staying close to the Lord will bring peace.  I love that.  I love that I can rest in HIM.  He knows what He is doing.  

Love this part of a song I heard
“Now all I am
I lay at Your feet
I’m humbled by the wonder of Your majesty
One thing I know
I find all I need
In Your unending love
In Your unending love
Your love, Jesus”