I started this blog just for myself. This is a place I can ramble on about who knows what. As a single mother I need a place to vent and I think my friends my be a little tired of me using them. :)
I have noticed something about myself. I tend to run to my friends and family before I run to God with a problem. Case in point, my sweet baby girl is struggling with her weight. She is underweight and is having test after test to determine the cause. Granted she looks like a healthy but very small little girl. As a mother, I tend to go between having ultimate faith in God and freaking out. All day Monday, I was telling my friends and family how I felt about this whole ordeal. Surprisingly, none of their answers could satisfy me. I didn't want to hear that she was just going to be small or that there could be something really wrong with her. It took all day for me to realize that I had done it again. I was trying to gain support from the wrong places. If I had first turned to God with my struggles and concerns then the words from my friends and family probably would have been a comfort and not an annoyance.
Does anyone else struggle with this??
3 comments:
This comment is from Charity:
eriously I'm your first comment? How cool.
I think we all do that so sit back relax and know your normal.
For me, seven years ago I went through the hardest most lonely season of my life.
During that time I really heard from Jesus in a real way.
Hearing HIS voice becaume a daily have to just to si mply make it! It changed my life. Other peoples wisdom couldn't touch ( it often complimented) but couldn't compare with actually hearing my Father's voice. I still hear His voice and it always changes my life.
Hearing God's voice, turned the tables for me. Now I have something "to bring to the table" and share with others. I love seeing how my faith and relationship has matured since that time. And that is chapter one.
:-)"
Yes! I definitely battle with this too. I think it's called being human. Please don't be hard on yourself. Because you are ultimately, each time, running to God! Yes, he desires for us to seek Him first - and I think in time (for me as well) it will be an automatic first response! I would pray Jeremiah 29:11 over your precious Caitlin... I will be praying that verse for her!
It's nice to meet you!!!!
I do when it comes to my husband. I may be having a hard day, I'll call him for comfort and at times I'll hang up more frustrated.
I think its because Im calling him with the expectation that he has to say a certain thing or give me what I need to hear.
In all honesty, I should be calling God first. Did you know God has a phone number? Its 333 :Jeremiah 33:3
'Call to me and I will answer you. I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.'
God says we can pray to Him anytime or anywhere and He will answer, and better yet, He can fullfill every need!
Can I get a AMEN?!?
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