**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
In
times of transition we want to grasp desperately onto anything that is
consistent, dependable. We desire security, knowing what the future will hold.
We want to be settled when life is incredibly unsettling. Our reality has been
rocked and we are unsure what reality will be. Times of transition offer us
very few “knowns” and in our desperation we try to create “knowns” (or at least
pretend they are there in order to comfort ourselves). We want some semblance
of “normal”, and transition offers us nothing.
In the midst of the gray and the fog we have an unmovable, unchanging, always
dependable God. We have a God who desires for us to draw near in relationship
with Him. He desires to hear our concerns, worries, our hearts and our minds.
He desires for us to bring our whole selves to Him and to settle there, to
settle in relationship with Him. We settle into relationship rather than
circumstance and we settle into a personal God rather than an answer.
Are you in transition? How will you be real with God and bring your whole self
to Him?
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Monday, October 1, 2012
Mommy Identities
**Before you begin reading, sit
down, breathe normally and be quiet for 1 minute.**
Many have us have worked so hard forming our identities. Career identities, marital identities, individual identities. Our identities are constantly forming. Many times our identities form most solidly when we feel like we're in a pressure cooker. These are the times when God is forging who we are. These times of forging are painful, frustrating and sometimes not all that pretty. Transitioning from being a full time working mom to being a full time stay at home mom has been a bit rocky. This transition has been my pressure cooker of identity formation. God uses various times to form us not just in our identities as Moms but as His daughters. He ultimately is forming our identities to become more like Christ's. May God grant you peace, patience and trust during these trying yet crucial times of identity formation.
**Sit quietly again for as much time as is available to you.**
Many have us have worked so hard forming our identities. Career identities, marital identities, individual identities. Our identities are constantly forming. Many times our identities form most solidly when we feel like we're in a pressure cooker. These are the times when God is forging who we are. These times of forging are painful, frustrating and sometimes not all that pretty. Transitioning from being a full time working mom to being a full time stay at home mom has been a bit rocky. This transition has been my pressure cooker of identity formation. God uses various times to form us not just in our identities as Moms but as His daughters. He ultimately is forming our identities to become more like Christ's. May God grant you peace, patience and trust during these trying yet crucial times of identity formation.
**Sit quietly again for as much time as is available to you.**
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