"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may sing to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever!" Psalm 30:11-12

Thursday, March 11, 2010

So I've just been praising God for numerous things. One which I am very eager about is that we have been blessed with a remarkable home that we will be renting for a pretty remarkable price. Living with people had advantages. Well living with grandma and grandpa had advantages! Like, leaving the kids while Zack and I went out and enjoyed time with each other. Not to mention they got to catch up on the missed years they lost with our kids. But there have been tough moments as any experience living with others. I have learned things while sharing a roof like, cooking for a bigger crowd, organizing things better, blessing others by taking the burden of washing dishes and cleaning off their shoulders. On the other hand there have been a few things I have yet to learn. Like how to handle my frustrations when those who are sick come over and contaminate the healthy. This has been a complete pet peeve for me since having kids. And maybe a mother protecting her kids isn't what the big fuss is about. It was my attitude and bitterness that had me unpleasant in eyes of my GOD. I wasn't making JESUS look very good through my attitude and that's never a good thing when you lose your witness opportunity. I don't know, it never is too late to change. Its been hard going through the things that bother you most. I shouldn't lose sight though. I should keep the bigger picture in mind and that is that GOD is a GOD of peace and love and if I want to be Christ-like I must "put on Christ". I very much appreciate the prayers of those whom I, on a regular basis, fussed and complained to in my situations. I definitely thank the LORD for his abounding grace and mercy.

1 comment:

  1. Yes living with people causes some serious growth. It's frustrating, but ALWAYS good for the character... unless the people your living with have HORRIBLE character and you become like them... anyways...
    I am glad you went through (and are currently still going through) that experience. I defenetly have some learning to do too. It's an endless thing ;)

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