A long time ago I cannot exactly pin point what age when we were asked what do you want to be when you grow up I wrote down a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and a Mom. Well one of those wasn’t really an option lol but the other one was always there. Even as I got older it was always to be a wife and a mom. Somewhere along the way in my journey as a Stay at home mom the pressure to be more than just a mom was there. Off handed comments were made and it dug at my self esteem. I now realize it had more to do with me than them. There was this pressure to always need to prove that I am more than just a stay at home mom because that title alone wasn’t successful enough, because I didn’t bring home a paycheck made me unworthy. I cannot tell you how many different things I tried selling that didn’t fit me at all, but I wanted to have just that one thing of my own. Only to leave me back where I started. Once we finally got…
Have you ever been in church and listened to the homily thinking about how it applies to you? Or you open your bible and you read book after book trying to make it be about how it can help you? I have been there and done that way more times than I would like to count. On a podcast once (I wish I could remember who it was), and they were talking about this same thing and the person told him, “You know, maybe you need to get up out of that church pew and serve more than yourself.” The truth of the matter is, the Bible isn’t about us and it was never meant to be. The Bible holds the truths that God has for us. It is the blueprint for our life if you will. It will give you the guidance and provide you with all the truth you need to live your life in accordance with God’s will. It is a story about the greatest love a Father could ever have for His Son. It’s about Jesus and his time here on earth. Everything that you hear in church…