So, i'm trouble staying in a good mood. The twins are continually yelling from getting multiple teeth at one time. Its like tag team, when one stops yelling the other starts ... and then Halle can only take so much of that as well. She hears them yelling and sees us give them attention to get them to stop yelling so halle eventually starts yelling or acting up because she wants attention too. I'm good till about 2 or 3pm and then i start sinking and can NOT get out of my grump state. I'm exhausted, tired, and get headaches almost daily now. I need a cleanse, a way to release. I have been doing my crafting things. (i made my first quilt in 4 days, quite the accomplishment) It does relieve some stress but then when i mess something up the stress almost triples and i get even more grumpy. I work myself to death at night time some nights because it takes my mind of off my stressful day. But i need a new approach. I should be enjoying life, my kids, my crafts, my husband. Can anyone recommend a great book for finding inner peace amongst all the stress? Dealing with the dealing ups and downs and staying level headed. A lot of people will tell me i just need God, and i know this, but i also need to work on myself and teach myself something, i don't need to expect God to fix me, i have/need to make an efffort. So any suggestions ... ?
I agree that we have our part to play in finding "inner peace amongst all of the stress," but I believe its a part that most of us neglect or its a role that we are simply not used to playing. This is the role of 'receiving'. Especially for us moms, we get so used to give, give, give that we tend to neglect our own needs, which can seem a heroic at times but in the end, leaves us frazzled and frail.
ReplyDeleteIn Romans 5:17 it says that those who receive abundance of grace will reign in life through Jesus Christ. What I have found is that grace is so much more than forgiveness, I have found that it is actually empowerment to help us be "super woman" when needed.
God's grace is an unlimited resource of supernatural energy, motivation, and strength because it is channeled from God himself. We do not have this capability within ourselves to handle all that comes our way and stay not just sane but at peace. And for me I am constantly renewing my mind to this truth. I know that whenever I become stressed and am feeling overwhelmed I have misplaced my reliance in my own ability and not in God's grace.
Abraham did this when he knew God's plan was for him to have many heirs but Sarah was barren - so he slept with Sarah's maidservant and tried to make God's plan work when that was never how God intended to bring this about. So then this was a work of the flesh - an effort of Abraham, himself, not God. But when his body and Sarah's were both too old to bear any children then God had something to work with! Because Abraham could not rely on himself any longer to bring about God's plan for Isaac. Then he had to have faith in God's grace to bring about the promise and thus was born the nation of Israel and Jesus Himself through what was an impossible situation.
God loves the impossible - it allows Him to show off and gives us more confidence in Him when we let go because we realize we can't do it on our own.
Hebrews 4:16
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
So FYI, in case you didn't know I am an Amplified version of the Bible...lol. Hope this was encouraging, I know I have needed God's grace so much and it would be impossible for me to do anything without it. I thank Him for it everyday - it literally changed my life.