Sabbatical Reflection: Day 14

Day 14

We get halfway and think we can take our guard down or we are “good” now and can quit, when actually that is the time we must work even harder and tougher.

I have to take every thought captive and underestimate NOTHING!

I Serve Notice to the Enemy!

Today I serve a notice to  myself more than any external entity that something has to change. The emergency oxygen masks have fallen from the over head panels several times, yet, I continue to offer them to other survivors. Well, this time is different. The one who's response will be shocked first, will be my own! And I CANT WAIT!!!

Tonight's reflection: I took a swing

 

The sacrifice is worth it. It's like chopping down a tree. When I put the axe down, whether the tree fell or not, I know I gave each chop my best effort. Often times, we get caught up on if the tree fell, how hard it fell, which direction it fell or even when it will fall. We forget to celebrate the fact that we were brave enough to even pick up the axe and take a swing at something that stands 10 times our height, aka our limitations. Today, I took a swing.

Go after it

Each day

 

Being so close to my breakthrough is simultaneously a relief and a burden. I am excited about closing a chapter that I have sweated and cried through. I have also begun to work and sow seeds for my next season. But the burden of entering a new season can make me heavy as well.

 

Either way, I'm going after it!

Look who's watching

Our children are always our understudies. What r you teaching? "More caught than taught"

Trouble?

http://bible.us/111/PRO19.23.NIV The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble. Bible.com/app

Just help!

 
This morning, the girls and I were having our morning prayer.
Kennedy(7 year old daughter): And God I ask that we have no stress today...
Me: Kennedy? What is stress (mid-prayer halt)?
Kennedy: I don’t know, I just hear people saying they don’t want to have any all the time.
 
*Proof that we don’t have to know all the details to begin helping people. Meet needs, not standards.