Family

It's so interesting, this thing called family- for lack of a better term- the yin and yang of hen pecked versus complete "freedom" of my children. (That syntax was horrible...)

Wanting so badly for my children to embrace school and love learning, but finding they end up fancying entertainment...but here I am writing a blog post...?

Wanting my children to encourage and love each other and then end up pondering my own lack of gentleness and patience.  Feel like I'm always correcting and fixing...never quite happy with them...

Wanting immediate and sweet obedience and then finding myself bucking the proddings of the Holy Spirit.

Wanting order and schedule but realizing some things have to give, and praying God can still bless in spite of the hazy outlook and circumstances. How can God possibly make this good when the ingredients are less than stellar? Maybe it's about Him making the good out of nothing. I guess if He can make the world out of nothing He can make good and lovely things out of insipidness.

Isaiah 66:1&2 "Thus saith The Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye built unto me? And where is the place of my rest?  For all those things have been, saith The Lord: but to this man will I look, *even to him that is poor and of contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word*."

God doesn't ask for me to be or create perfection. He asks me to be of a poor and contrite spirit, and to fear Him. Such shaking of logic Scripture does...