Hello Friends…
Pardon me while I use this blog as an therapeutic outlet today…
I’m gonna use my little corner of the blogosphere just to talk about STUFF…
You know what I mean when I say STUFF?
It’s that STUFF that us women have to deal with…
Trying to do it all & be it all….
while trying to keep a smile on our face & act like
we have it all together….
Trying to be the perfect wife…
the perfect mother…
the perfect daughter…
Yeah…that STUFF!
I don’t know about all of you…but I am SO.SICK.OF.STUFF!
Please tell me I’m not the only one out there…
This week has been a doozey my friends…
The hubby & I haven’t been jiving at all…
My oldest has been defiant & getting in trouble at pre-k daily…
My youngest is teething & has been crying non-stop
for 3 days now…
And me?
I’m about to lose it!!!
Well, yesterday I was about to lose it…
today I’m feeling better 🙂
After many prayers, a couple of good ugly cries,
& a nice long conversation with the hubby…
my mood is finally turning around…
I don’t know about all of you, but when things are in
complete & utter disarray…
I start to feel inadequate & feel like I’m failing in all of my multiple roles as a woman!
Ever felt like that?
Being a Type A personality may have something to do with this…
We expect our worlds to be perfect at all times…
(Ha ha…yeah right! Just typing that made me laugh!)
(Who am I kidding?!?)
While taking some time this morning to sit back and reflect on yesterday I was reminded of that the book Captivating. (Remember that post I made telling you about how fantastic that book is!) I was reminded about Eve…the book describes her in a way that I never saw her before! We all know that Eve was made for Adam because God saw Adam alone & knew that it wasn’t good for man to be alone, so he made woman, right?
But, where was Eve in the order of the creation?
She was made last!
“She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish not with Adam, but with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.”
“Given the way creation unfolds, how it builds to ever higher and higher works of art, can there be any doubt that Eve is the crown of creation? Not an afterthought. Not a nice addition like an ornament on a tree. She is God’s final touch, his piece de resistance. She fills a place in the world nothing and no one else can fill.”
Wow…just WOW! That’s pretty profound!
I would have never seen it that way without reading this!
And I don’t know about all of you ladies…
but that makes me feel pretty darn good!
That no matter how bad things may be…
No matter how chaotic life gets…
The people around you, the people you love & who love you…
They can’t do it without you!!
We were made with a purpose…
A very important purpose!
So when you start to feel inadequate…
When you start to see yourself & your role as worthless…
Think about Eve & why she was created…
She yourself as God’s final touch…the crown of creation!
And when you start to get overwhelmed, think about these verses…
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)
For our light & momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
(2 Corinthians 4:17-18)
So I started this post with a little negativity, but I ended on a positive note!
I was hoping the pretty pics I took would help to brighten the mood as well!!
And for those of you who read the entire thing…
God bless you!
It was a little lengthy, but I hope you got something out of it!
Happy Friday Everyone…Have a great weekend!
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Encouraging Words Wednesday at Walking in His Grace
