Resting In Him

Tonight, God spoke and taught me an important lesson. Being a mom I usually get overwhelmed by how much I have to do day to day. And even when my hubby offers to help I usually turn him down and opt to do it myself. The over-protective, controlling side of me many times takes over situations. I also have the bad habit of over-booking myself. In one day I wanna work, pick up the kids, cook, exercise, shower and go to church. And because church is the last one on the list, I usually go to bed after my shower, leaving church as my last priority. Over the last couple of weeks Ive been beating myself up about it, and constantly asking God to forgive my inattentiveness. All this added more to what was already piled up on my day. But I never stopped to think why was I so worked up? As the preacher talked tonight he quoted 1Peter 5:7 where it says "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." And that's EXACTLY what I wasn't doing. I had the key to it all but wasn't using it. All my life I was brought up to trust in God and I did, but I forgot to trust and leave all my weight in his hands, so that I wouldn't have to carry it. God told me leave everything that is stopping you from continuing to do my will and I will handle it. If I had only thought of that before, I wouldn't have had to go through the trouble of trying to do it on my own. WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS PATH. GOD IS WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! So why are we wasting our time stressing about balancing the little things, when our God is the Lord Almighty? Sometimes we forget to sit back and relax a remember that God is on control. Mathew 11:28 says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Let's take advantage of the powerful and merciful God we have and leave everything in his hands. Having faith that he has everything in control is the first step, and he'll handle the rest.

Live What You Preach

Last night I was talking to my hubby about music. We're so passionate about it that we sometimes end up competing in who is right or wrong. The topic about different artist came up and I was quickly to point out how "diabolical" some are. This is always a topic that goes on for hours. It goes from diabolical, to Illuminati, to deranged. Then my husband said something that impacted me; "You talk about Rhianna being diabolical, but you sing that stupid song! And If it comes from inside, then you're feeling the same thing she is, which is diabolical. So that would make you diabolical." Although we where both cracking up and just playing around, its something that stuck to me. Now, the stupid song he's referring to is "What's My Name". My son Alejandro came home from school one day singing, Ohh Na Na Whats My Name! And ever since then its been crazy stuck in my head (talk about subliminal!). Even though I wasn't intentionally jamming to the song with him, I would sing along. Anything that will keep Alejandro happy is a MUST! But I didn't realize that by singing her song I was contradicting what I was preaching. Thus, as my husband said, the same as I claimed Rhianna to be, diabolical. The good thing is it wasn't intentional wrong doing, so it didn't come from within. But what if it did? What if I just went around doing the same exact thing I said (or preached) not to do? I wasn't really keeping my word, infact I was showing my family that it was okay to do. After I had said that it wasn't.
Sometimes as Moms and as Christians, we have to remember to do as we say (or preach) and not as others do. Otherwise we would just be following the current. The bible says plainly in James 4:4 that friendship with worldly things is enmity with God. So we have to set our boundaries to what we accept into our lives.