Yay! Progress!

If you read my last post you know things have been anything but business as usual around here the past few months. Today we celebrate progress...It took nearly four months to lose my mind!!!! :)

Seriously, this is amazing! Tuesday morning I was dealing with a sick, screaming 2 year old who wouldn't let me put him down, a whining 4 year old who was constantly needing me to solve one earth-shattering dilemma after another, a dog barking in the back yard as if he were going to eat anyone who dared come close, and all the while I had the refrigerator, which had decided to stop cooling, unplugged and pulled into the middle of the floor and was trying to transfer all the food to the basement fridge. Top it all off with exhaustion from Tim's nearly four months of traveling 5-7 days a week, and you can understand why I finally just stood in the middle of the kitchen, threw up my hands and said, "I'm losing my mind!" The beauty is that no sooner were the words out of my mouth that I began to laugh at myself and the absurdity of life right now (which is beyond counter to my Type A personality) as I felt the Lord say, "Awesome! It took four months! A year ago it would have taken less than four days!" Yay! Progress! :)

Never take lightly the little victories in life. The Lord is constantly working on us and sanctifying us. Each trial, a chance to grow. Each crazy, pull-your-hair-out day, an opportunity for remembering that apart from Him we can do nothing but with Him all things are possible!

If you are in the midst of annoyance, maybe not a tragedy or a fiery trial but rather just a circumstance that makes you want to scream, "I'm losing my mind!" just go on and tell the Lord. Trust me, He already knows! Go to Him and His Word. Let Him comfort and cheer you and renew your strength and perspective.

In the multitude of my anxious thoughts, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul!" Psalm 94:19 (AMP)

Side note: He also knows how to bless us when we need it most. I opened the front door on that same morning and found a package from a beautiful woman who had read my last post. She sent two Veggie Tales videos for the kids with a note saying she was thinking of me and thought these would give me a few moments to rest. Then that afternoon I was trying to speak a Facebook post. Of course what the voice recognition wrote was nowhere close! I was going to correct it when it accidently got posted! A few of you saw it and started responding immediately before I could delete it. I laughed so hard it brought tears to my eye...and blessed healing to my soul! Trust me mamas, God knows! :)