Ribbit!

5 if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 (NKJV)

I try to always post uplifting, encouraging posts, sometimes however I find it difficult to do. When we look at our life we see our life play out in scenes and then, we see other peoples scenes playing.......admittedly sometimes we almost wish we had good things happen like they do but, what we do not think about is they may be wishing the same thing about us.

I want so desperately to be a good mom and wife yet, I seem to find myself lacking in tons of areas. I fail in so many ways, I make mistakes and I do not always make the best choices.....I see other moms and think I wish I was as good as her...What I do not see is her struggles. What can I say? I am human and I unfortunately think I break the 10th commandment as my children seem to break the 5th but, it is their choice and not mine to break the 5th but, it is all on me when I break the 10th. We will have our ummm difficulties and arguments and I get so frustrated and yes angry. The attitudes and disrespect of the current generation has hit home with us. I understand fully that they have frustrations, they fully experience them and I need to understand them and that is so hard to do.

As I stare at my screen and I am drinking my eggnog coffee (yes it is that time of year again only 88 days until Christmas) I am reminded that as people we make mistakes, we make choices that really must have God shaking His head at us, Yet He does not lose His patience with us. He stays calm and waits for us to realize what we are doing and ask for help...(my opinion here). This morning was rough and I have been reminded (I am sure by God Himself) that Wisdom is only a prayer away but, are we prepared for it? Will we accept it? and what will we do with it when it comes? When asking God for things we need to be prepared to FROG for it.

I am sure you are shaking your head and asking yourself FROG? I love frogs I have a family of stuffed frogs, Fa La La, Noel, Mistletoe, Ginger, Dasher, Tannenbaum and Snowflake but, little ribbts are not what I am talking about. We saw it on a Church Bill Board and loved it so, what does it mean???? How many can say I FROG? I will admit I struggle with it especially when all I can seem to see is negative things happen to my family. So FROG? do you Fully Rely On God?

So when asking God for ANYTHING Wisdom, Grace, Mercy, Forgiveness if we can learn to choose to wait and have patience (which I do not ask for) good things will happen we just need to FROG for it!!! I am tired and frustrated but, I know God gave me the job of raising my two kids. He must be confidant that I can do it so today I will FROG.......Ribbit!

That's my thought for the day,

Crazy for Christmas

Say WHAT????

In every part of life there will always be challenges, true statement oh so true. Challenge is not picky it will hit where ever it chooses, who ever it chooses, when ever it chooses. I can promise when ever it rears its ugly head things can get a tad sticky and not in the tasty treat kind of way. Communication that 13 letter word that can put distance between parents and their kids, tear friendships apart and destroy marriages ya THAT 13 letter word. I am guilty of not having good communication in my relationships and when that happens misunderstandings, hurt feelings and so much unpleasantness occurs and it is just plain awful. I can say that everyone deals with communication issues in different ways, everyone communicates in different ways and everyone deals with the lack of communication in different ways. I am dramatic I admit it, and with that I will say that I am at times the cause of that said drama. I stress uber easily and I wear my emotions, heart, feelings and so much more on my sleeve. I HATE conflict, I have NEVER dealt well with it. When in conflict my anxiety level goes through the roof and I shut down. I am however learning with the help of God to try to deal with it in better ways and sometimes......I end up acting more like a teenager and less like an adult maybe it is a defense tactic or just an excuse but what ever the reason it is a choice I make and it is my choice alone. I can not blame anyone but myself for the choices I make. When it comes to communication or the lack of it forgiveness is always important the Bible says to forgive 70X7 that is 490 times everyday that means we must always forgive continually and that in itself is hard to do. I am attempting to learn the lessons that comes my way and sometimes I have to relearn over and over and over again in the mean time I hope I do not upset the ones I love anymore then I already have in this thing we call life. Hey all we all make mistakes, we all need to forgive and be forgiven......

That's my thought for the day,

Crazy for Christmas