Daily Wrestling
It's been a couple of weeks of fighting guilt for me. I should spend more time with the kids, I should have the house more organized and clean. I should spend more time with my mom. The list is endless. Can anyone relate?
I admit I'm at some kind of max when it comes to what I have on my plate at the moment.
So how do we deal with those thoughts that creep up and make us as women feel like we're not measuring up? Well as a bumpersticker I read said "You don't have to believe everything you think". If I think I'm not measuring up I don't need to believe it!
Not only have I been battling guilt thoughts I'm battling selfish actions. I deserve this extra desert or I deserve to buy this or I deserve _____ fill in the blank.
It's tough. Here's some questions that I answered. Feel free to answer them for yourself.
Can I do all that I think I need to get done? No.
Is it required of me? Not all of it.
Why am I feeling like I deserve _________?
A close friend of mine said when you get adequate rest, exercise, nutrition and are being poured into by two people a week what seem like problems with decrease by 50%.
So have I had adequate rest this week? Have I done my exercises? Have I eaten well? Have I been poured into by two people?
I think you see what I mean. I'm going to head to bed after this!
A friend of mine described herself as a "Carb-ivor" (she loves carb foods).
After I heard that, I read John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."
As women, we often turn to ___________to fill that void that we feel.
God wants to be our all. To fill us and complete us. ask Him to fill that void. To be our completer.
Wrestling along with you.
Alanne.
I admit I'm at some kind of max when it comes to what I have on my plate at the moment.
So how do we deal with those thoughts that creep up and make us as women feel like we're not measuring up? Well as a bumpersticker I read said "You don't have to believe everything you think". If I think I'm not measuring up I don't need to believe it!
Not only have I been battling guilt thoughts I'm battling selfish actions. I deserve this extra desert or I deserve to buy this or I deserve _____ fill in the blank.
It's tough. Here's some questions that I answered. Feel free to answer them for yourself.
Can I do all that I think I need to get done? No.
Is it required of me? Not all of it.
Why am I feeling like I deserve _________?
A close friend of mine said when you get adequate rest, exercise, nutrition and are being poured into by two people a week what seem like problems with decrease by 50%.
So have I had adequate rest this week? Have I done my exercises? Have I eaten well? Have I been poured into by two people?
I think you see what I mean. I'm going to head to bed after this!
A friend of mine described herself as a "Carb-ivor" (she loves carb foods).
After I heard that, I read John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."
As women, we often turn to ___________to fill that void that we feel.
God wants to be our all. To fill us and complete us. ask Him to fill that void. To be our completer.
Wrestling along with you.
Alanne.
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