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Where’s The Owner’s Manual

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…

Rattled

Have you ever heard the saying that God will not give you more than you can handle? I have heard it most of my life. But here lately after listening to a couple podcasts, the most recent is Girls Night with Stephanie May Wilson, they made me question it and realize that is not necessarily true. They talk about how it doesn’t specifically say that anywhere in the Bible and there are many times and seasons that we are in that it is more than we can handle but we have Him to get us through. This gave me a whole new perspective. I have had a lot on the plate and juggling it all has been hard, but lately with my first flight in twelve years upon me my anxiety and fears have been at an all time high. For some of you its worse things and you are facing fears of cancer, death of a family member, loss of a job, something that is way beyond what you can handle. In my situation I can feel my fears becoming more present than my faith and maybe for some of you that is what is happening as…