STOP IT!

Wow, it has been so hard to STOP and write in this blog over the last four months.  Some of that has been totally unintentional and some of it has been intentional.  There have been a thousand things I feel I could have shared little amazing family moments, small lessons from God, and many moments I have all out LOST control!  But, I never stopped and did it!  I have so many things on my “to do” list and it officially NEVER gets done.  To someone who is run or controlled by that list this has been a life changing event for me.  I believe I was playing house with one baby and now have entered total chaos with two kids.  I am someone who likes to have it all “together” – you know have things picked up on the surface and below, bible study done, kids fed, dressed and happy, myself showered, dressed and happy, dinner ready!  You know all the wonderful things you see in the movies and something I accomplished well up until February and Angelina’s birth.  WELL, NOT ANYMORE!  So, today after almost 5 grueling and yet amazing months God has told me to STOP!

 Not only has He asked me to STOP chasing this perfect family dream, but most of my desires.  I have felt like asking him for the last few months to just STOP and leave me alone!  Just to let me have life my way and to relax on this whole journey thing…I’m not going anywhere and I was kinda fine with that while I gathered our lives together!  God didn’t agree, he loves me way to much to STOP.  So my thoughts today include this, GOD will not STOP life and will never stop persuing us even when we do as his children.  He has told me to STOP trying to live in this world and not be seperate from it.  The way we do life will be different especially in our priorities.  God has been working us over and stirring us up so much we have no idea what he is preparing us for, but he is definatly taking us to a deeper levels of trust.  It is painful!  ’Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; they tend to turn some of the weeds to the surface.  I was just unaware of how many weeds I had in my life!  

He remains faithful.  Please remember to STOP and take in life.  Our Savior will never STOP teaching us and removing the weeds and strongholds in our lives!  STOP and have coffee or pour into the life of someone else you will feel amazing and probably be more blessed than you can imagine…even if the laundry doesn’t get done until tomorrow!

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