Wake up my Heart!

Scripture of the Day: Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ  rule in your hearts, since as members of one body  you were called to peace.  And be thankful. As I get ready for a week of babysitting I found myself yearning for an easy, peaceful week, yet was certain that this is impossible! But this morning, thanks to a peaceful heart and the awesome words of Sarah Young, " I designed you to dwell in Peace all day, every day," I feel pretty good! God's goal for us is peace. His peace, which is all consuming and takes over in all the places that the world tells us we should worry. His peace takes over the parenting woes and the financial struggles and the relationship confusion and, and, and!  The only way we have a shot at this peace is if we let it rule our hearts. To read about it and let it live in your head is not enough. To quote a line from frozen, "the head can be changed." The heart takes a little more work to divert once things get in there.  ...

Scripture of the Day: Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Had a rough "mommy" day yesterday...as this is by far the toughest stage we have through in terms of parenting. As I contemplate future decisions I was really praying for God to come through with something that would make me feel better - and he didn't disappoint! My shower "ah-ha" moment was thinking of the verse above.  Much along the lines of yesterdays post, you can choose to think about negative things, or think about positive things. God would like us to choose the positive. It is pretty impossible to think about only  good things, but when your head starts to make a list of good and bad about whatever situation (person), keep going until the good outweighs the bad. Obviously if it is a bad situation, ge...

Scripture of the Day: Proverbs 17:22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones I was attempting to write this post last night before bed, but I was feeling more like I had a crushed spirit (out of exhaustion) and couldn't find the words. The reason for my exhaustion is that while we are visiting family my son is sharing a bed with me and he moves and makes so many noises I just don't sleep well at all! I was dreading going to bed. But I woke up in the middle of the night and watched him for a while and felt so blessed! One day soon he won't want to share a bed with me, ever, and these precious moments I now get to witness will be over. During the wee hours of the morning my heart turned joyful and it was good medicine indeed.  Lesson learned: your heart can be joyful or your spirit crushed just by how you choose to view a situation. You can make a decision to have a negative view or a positive one and that choice can make all the differe...

Scripture of the Day: Matthew 6:25-27 25  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry  about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?   26  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not much more valuable than they?   27  Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Those verses are pretty much my life verses! Oh man...did I used to worry (and my husband will tell you I still worry to much, but it really has gotten better)! And I still catch myself feeling like I should  worry about things that I really know God has under control. Remember yesterday I typed about trusting God more? Well, today I found out insurance has denied a claim from one of my hospital stays in January. I feel strangely calm about it (and have made the calls to both the hospital an...