Stability

I took this from the website http://www.ipresson.com/ it was written by Claudia Barba. I really enjoy this lady and what she has to say. This is something I need to work on and I wanted to share it with all of you!
Always the Same

The conversation lasted only 15 seconds, but I have never forgotten it. I greeted a pastor friend at a ministry conference and asked about his wife. “She’s fine,” he answered. Then he paused, and a grin spread across his face. “She’s the same every single day!”



What unexpected, unusual praise! I wondered at it all through the service that followed. Of all the things a man in ministry might praise about his wife (beauty, hospitality, hard work) he chose her constancy. “The same every single day”—why would he set such value on that? Why did that compliment come so quickly to his mind?



Maybe because it’s so rare. A woman, after all, is seldom the same two minutes in row. Our spirits tend to sway with our circumstances. They are flattened by small criticisms or sent soaring by the tiniest bits of praise. Since the ministry is a roller-coaster sort of life, a ministry wife has plenty of opportunities (and every excuse she could ever want) for her feelings to move up and down with it. Add in the stresses of home and children, not to mention those pesky hormones, and . . . pity her poor husband.




When he comes through the door at the end of his day, wearied by the minutiae of management, mind-numbed by hours of study, or drained by a day of circling wandering sheep, there’s nothing he longs for more than the steady companionship of the sweet wife he kissed goodbye in the morning. But sometimes--right there in his very own kitchen--he encounters the Wicked Witch of the West instead. He is bewildered by his quick-change artist of a wife, and surely he sometimes wishes she were more stable.




She can be, but not by herself. Stability is not innate or effortless for most of us female-type humans. Only in Christ is “no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” He is the solid, immutable Rock of Ages, and He can keep you stable. When your earth quakes, anchor your thoughts to His unchanging promises. When storms roll in, hide in His shadow. When you’re too tired to handle the demands of the day, let Him be the Rock of your strength. When your heart is unsatisfied, let the sweet water flowing from the Rock quench your thirst. Whenever any scary or upsetting thing happens, just run straight to the Rock. Climb on, settle down, and stay there. Your emotions will stabilize, your inner witch will melt away, and you (to your husband’s delight) will become more and more like your Savior--the same every single day.


“For who is God, save the LORD? And who is a rock, save our God?” (2 Samuel 22:32).

CHAOS!!!

  I have made up my mind...NO MORE CHAOS!!! My house has just been out of control, dirty/clean laundry everywhere, toys all over, dirty dishes miles high, clutter clutter clutter, and we can never see our kitchen table!!! Well my friends I say "bye-bye clutter", "bye- bye piles of laundry", and "hello clean and peaceful house"! I started following Flylady (check it out flylady.net) so now I'm taking baby step to a clean house and a happier family. For the most part this week our kitchen and livingroom have stayed pretty clean and not so cluttered. I'm really bad at being a pack-rat, it runs in my family, but I'm stopping it here! I'm teaching my girls to stay de-cluttered and keep a clean home.

  Sophia has her small chores she does like, putting the silverware away and matching our shoes and putting them by the door. She really loves doing her chores. The minute I open the dishwasher Sophia runs right over to help, even if I'm loading it. I'm glad that I can teach my girls to take care of the house and stuff God gave us.

  I use to think the more stuff I had in my house the more it would look like a home. But then it just got stuffy in our house, we didn't have anywhere to live!! Since I started tossing stuff we didn't need, cleaning has been so much easier and not overwhelming. I quickly pick up toys and dishes before bed and when I wake up in the morning I'm faced with a clean downstairs.....aaaahhhhh what a nice feeling. I actually get up earlier now because I'm not staying in bed dreading going downstairs to chaos :)

  Goals for the rest of this week:
finish laundry
clean bedrooms
pack for trip

update on the girls

Sophia is 2 years old now and we are potty training...uuuuggghhhh I know she will get it soon but it would be nice if she was already potty trained haha. Today so far she has wet herself two times but she has also used the potty two times :) we have never made it twice to the potty in one day so that made me happy. Sophia also told me, "no pee-pee in undies" and when I asked where we pee-pee she said, "the potty" this is really big because before when I would ask her if we go pee-pee in our undies she would say, "ok". So for her to tell me no pee-pee in undies is a really big deal. We also started a sticker chart for her potty, which she really likes, and it is great!! She loves putting her sticker on when she goes :) Sophia also is learning to count. I got her sparkly craft fuzzy balls and we count them. She can count to 12 but she always misses 8. She can also count to 8 in spanish. Each day Sophia amazes me more and more. She is getting so smart and I'm very proud of her. She also loves to sing, it is the cutest thing ever to listen to.

Olivia is 5 months now and growing like a weed!!! She crawls everywhere and loves playing with the cat. Her first tooth popped up this week, that explains why she has been so crabby. I started Olivia on rice cereal (I know they say wait til 6 months but I didn't with Sophia either) Olivia really likes eating from a spoon, and she is getting really good at it. When she isn't crabby from teething she is such a happy girl always giving the biggest smile :)  Olivia is also a thumb sucker....oh no... haha

I love my girls so much and I'm so blessed by God to have them to raise.