The last two days have been overwhelming. Parenting has been exhausting. Some of what we've been dealing with I won't record on this blog because I don't want my children to have a record of what I believe, is temporary behavior.
And today as I was really trying to get through some Scripture readings and comprehend any of it, the only thought I could cling to was "To live is Christ." And I couldn't think why. This wasn't one of the verses I read today. It was just there. On a day when surviving became my only goal. (That and feeding the children.)
And then tonight when I escaped to the grocery store (at 8pm) for some "quiet time" I realized that somehow I have to rethink what that means. It was written by a single traveling missionary (male) who died a martyr, about as far removed from my life as possible. But it was meant for me too.
To live is Christ. Someday these hard days will seem like they flew by. And I'll face other varieties of hard days. And if I can remember that serving my children, parenting them, training them, loving them, feeding them is an act of loving Christ, of living in Christ, of living Christ, I'll be just fine.
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We've been singing this song at church the last few months, and it's made a huge impact... God is your God, even in this season of overwhelmedness.
"All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship"
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