“Whatever you identify as the source of your stress, determines where you seek your peace.”- Steven Furtick This quote really resonated with me as I listened to this podcast. There has been a lot going on in my life lately, and I am completely guilty for letting the stress of all these things determine where I am seeking my peace. It’s easy to blame these stressors as the thieves of your peace, but in all reality it’s my choices that are robbing me of my peace. It’s our lack of patience in trusting in our creator that the peace that He chooses to bring to us is enough, even when what He brings isn’t what we would have chosen. It doesn’t mean that you have to be enduring extremely hard and painful trials on a path to finding peace, it can be mundane life things that disrupt your peace. For me some days it’s my children, trying to tame our crazy schedules, trying to juggle my marriage while trying to be the best mom I can be, trying to maintain my friendships, or working on making…
There is nothing like 2 full weeks of Christmas break to make you ready for the routine to kick back in. Lately I have been finding myself itching for something more. Searching for something for me again. After staying home for the past 8 years I reach times where I feel lost and lonely. I feel like the life has been sucked out of me. There will be times when I sit here and think, “Is this really all I have done with my life?” These girls are my pride and joy, but at times it feels like I just give and give until all the life has been sucked out of me. It is so hard to see other moms striving and thriving all while you feel like you are sitting still. This is one of the things that I hate about social media, because what you see isn’t always real life. Some people really aren’t thriving but they can portray so well. When I was listening to one of Rachel Hollis’ podcasts the other day she said, “Don’t compare your start to my middle.” This hit me…