Dearest Friends,
This has been a tough month, or two, or longer...
Honestly, there have been so many adjustments to our regular-but-not-exactly-normal lives I am struggling to keep up. Some are easy while others are challenging and still more are quite simply over-the-top overwhelming. Is there such a thing as just "whelming"? I could do "whelming".
Our oldest graduated from college - Easy
She has been trying to find a full-time job - Challenging
She struggles with direction, purpose, significance, and relationships - Overwhelming
All of our younger kids are in school every day, full-time - Easy
They have homework, chores, and after-school responsibilities to be disciplined in - Challenging
They are little individuals with strong personalities yet are sometimes influenced by the world we live in and I can't always be there to shelter them - Overwhelming
The hubby continues to be a well-respected and valued asset to his workplace, which always involves extra responsibilities and time commitments away from home, once in awhile - Easy
He has started his Master's program in ministry - Challenging
He is undergoing surgery to have a pacemaker/defibrillator "installed" - Overwhelming
Never before have I been more directly confronted by the awesome faithfulness and sovereignty of God, more acutely aware of my agonizing and desperate need of His mercy and grace, and more humbled and thankful for His love and provisions.
So I'm choosing to respond in prayer, and praise, and worship in all things. "It is well with my soul..."
With deep love and appreciation,
Glory
Monday, September 30, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Look of Love
"Turn your eyes away for they overpower me..." Song of Solomon 6:5a
I love my husband's eyes. Most of the day they are behind little expensive portholes. He needs corrective lenses, though, and I understand since mine are soft contact lenses that I wear almost every day. I rarely see his eyes without glasses, but I love them and the way they look at me. Most of the time, anyway.
I've wasted so much time trying to make him see things the way I do, but I can't. Not exactly. It is during those times that I insist that I see things better than him that I get myself into the most trouble. This communicates disrespect and distrust which makes my love blurry and hard to see. It's like I got his glasses dirty. When I apologize sincerely and with humility, and there is forgiveness, then the careless smears get wiped clean away and he is able to see my love in my words.
Lord, help me to recognize the look of love in my husband's eyes, and to recognize my mistakes in showing him my point of view without consideration of his. I thank you that his eyes see me with so much grace, patience, and beauty, no matter how I think I appear. May we both always look through lenses of clear and pure love.
~ Glory
I love my husband's eyes. Most of the day they are behind little expensive portholes. He needs corrective lenses, though, and I understand since mine are soft contact lenses that I wear almost every day. I rarely see his eyes without glasses, but I love them and the way they look at me. Most of the time, anyway.
I've wasted so much time trying to make him see things the way I do, but I can't. Not exactly. It is during those times that I insist that I see things better than him that I get myself into the most trouble. This communicates disrespect and distrust which makes my love blurry and hard to see. It's like I got his glasses dirty. When I apologize sincerely and with humility, and there is forgiveness, then the careless smears get wiped clean away and he is able to see my love in my words.
Lord, help me to recognize the look of love in my husband's eyes, and to recognize my mistakes in showing him my point of view without consideration of his. I thank you that his eyes see me with so much grace, patience, and beauty, no matter how I think I appear. May we both always look through lenses of clear and pure love.
~ Glory
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