Don’t you sometimes wish that being a parent came with an owner’s manual? I have so many times just wished I could look into a book and it would tell me exactly what I needed to do. Being a parent is one of the hardest things in the world; it tests everything physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. If you saw us in mass last night with our youngest I was completely worn down of all four of those things. The whole parenting realm is a big trial and error process and some trials are harder than others. Right now we are experiencing a couple of those trials with our girls now and it has been hard. We have had our days but I will not lose sight of our purpose as their parents. Expect progress not perfection. The Better Mom Devotional. Ruth Schwenk. Zondervan, 2018. Parenting is definitely a constant state of progression because just when you think you have it all figured out something will throw you into a tail spin and you are back to square one. Recently I started a devotional called The Better Mom Devotional by Ruth Schwenk. It has been so…
Recently I was listening to a podcast and they were talking about time. I feel like when I turned 30 it all of sudden hit me out of nowhere that I am getting older. Maybe because when I was younger I remember when people turned 30 I thought they were so old and now I was one of them. It could also be that your baby just turned 3 and it just feels like yesterday when we celebrated her first birthday. Do not even ask me where 30 went and now I am almost half way through year 31. It’s weird how suddenly our view of time changes. I feel like time is going so fast I can’t hold on to it fast enough. How fraile is humanity? How short is life, and how full of trouble! Like a flower, we blossom for a moment and then wither. Like a shadow of a passing cloud, we quickly disappear. Job 14:1-2 Life Application Study Bible. Tyndale House Publishers;1996. The clock dictates our days, and most days for me there is not enough time in the day to get everything accomplished. How many times do…