Embracing the struggle

pausing for some love with my true love


It seems to me that it is always easier to post on here the good things. The outings we attend, the amazing cookies we baked, the cute things our husband does for us. And these things are all well and good. But what about the hard stuff? What about the real stuff that life is sometimes made of? The struggle. None of us goes through life without it. None of us is exempt from our times in the desert. None of us has a get-out-of-trials free pass. The Bible reminds us that, (Matthew 5:45)

45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

There you have it. We will all experience rain in our lives and seasons of difficulty. No matter how good you are! Do we acknowledge these things, or simply pretend that they do not happen, and cover them up with our pictures of crafts, fun get togethers and adorable children? Last week for me was complete insanity. And although I realize that my life is an incredible blessing, and I am so fortunate in so many ways, I feel that sometimes life has just climbed on top of me and strangled the living daylights out of me. I cannot seem to be all things to all people, contrary to what I would like to be. I am a "yes" person and tend to say "yes" without thinking far too often. There seems to be an endless list of things to do, parties to plan, people to meet up with, food to prepare, cookies to bake, gifts to buy and the list goes on and on and on. Meanwhile, I have my normal life to carry on with, work Monday and Wed, tutoring on Tues, teaching college group on Thurs, music class with B on Friday, teaching Sunday school on Sunday YIKES! I find myself being burdened with these things, tied down and worrying about, well, pretty much everything. And for some reason, last week seemed to me to be the pinnacle of the struggle. I just simply ran out of time. Gone. And then suddenly, I was forced to do something extremely odd and contrary to my type A personality. I simply let go. I realized that it was necessary to my own health and mental sanity. Psalm 55:22 says,
"Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken"

We serve a real and living God. Love and I were talking about it over our Tues morning coffee together and devotion, and we both realized that God is preparing us for something big. He always is. But in the meantime, He doesn't want us to be so put together. He wants us to be reliant on Him. Hints the struggles. His purpose, His plan. Instead of fighting this struggle, we need to go with it. Allow it, count it as a blessing. This is Scott and my wish for you this Christmas season. No matter where you are in your journey, that you would cast your burden upon Him and embrace the struggle that you are in. It is His plan and His will for you, and really, you could not ask for a greater calling. God Bless you all this Christmas. xoxo-kk


pausing for some love with my bebe