I can hear it now! The Saintly sighs, the holier than thou huff's! Why 'Proverbs 31 Flunky?!' She has to be kidding? She's makin' us 'good' Christians look bad!
DON'T WORRY! That's NOT what I'm here for!
I Love Proverbs 31 in the bible, but it is a BIG task for this feeble minded woman, and everyday I either feel like I made strides in that direction ~ or failed miserably! Never Acing that course, though!
So, as a wife, mommy,daughter, sister, friend, get your 'laugh on' with me as we face some of these days together! Maybe not so much learning about what we failed on for the day - but what God has graced us on for the day!
I guess I got to this 'drop -out, flunky' thing after really dwelling on what it means to be a real proverbs 31 woman. I examined my life:
1.Am I self controlled?
If your name is 'chocolate' I will gobble you up...
So, answer would be 'NO!"
2.Can I do it all?
Why does the Lord keep putting friends in my life that are perfectionist? Seriously?! Is that a joke?!
Is it just so I can see how little I get done everyday?
3. Do I take care of others? Help those in need?
By 'others' do you mean, 'me!' I'm really good at putting me first!
4. Am I perfect, like the proverbs 31 woman seems to be?
Perfectly saved by GRACE! And Thank goodness for it, because, this girl is farrrrr from perfect.
*Gasp!* I know! To admit that publicly, as a woman, in this day and age, when people could see I'm strugglin' with loads of laundry, sassy kids and folks, don't judge me, but I listen to LMFAO when the kids aren't in the car. SO un~baptist of me, but that's what I'm sayin' ...
GRACE!
It's one word that can change your world.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Monday, March 14, 2011
I have a (glue) gun & I will USE it!
Ah, crafts.
I just love em'! I used to be a beast with my trusty old glue gun. Even the scorching hot glue that would occasionally drip onto my fingers became just a part of the game. It stops hurting when you have literally burnt the first layer of skin off from so many crafts.
For lack of space & time, crafts have been more absent than I would like in my life. I probably use to be able to glue gun the rims on a car, or the siding on a house- but those days are long gone. I have retired my 'gluegun' crown and taken on the new season of life...motherhood. That does Not come with a crown, but rather a more respectable glow, such as crusty boogers stuck to your clothes and sticky sucker remnants in your hair. Although, I personally think hot gluing hair pieces into my daughters hair MIGHT keep them from losing them...but, that might be punishable in the Court of Law ;)
Today I made hair bows with 'ol trusty ( glue gun) and as I picked up that mini guy and started gluing away, I felt I could tackle any distress in our house!
Tooth loose? Hot glue!
Whinie mouth...hot glue;)
Broken chair leg...hot glue!
Hang up a picture....eh, why not! Lets glue it to the wall!
As this odd sense of empowerment wielded over me ( I know you're thinking it...odd...yes! I know!) and I became e a Hot Gluein' momma, I thought about God's word in Ephesians and how we are too put on the full armour of God.
How powerful would I feel if I yielded my Belt of Truth buckled around my waist & my breast plate of righteousness? If my feet where fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace? If I took up my shield of faith the extinguish the fiery arrows of the evil one? And to top it off with my helmet of salvation ( Awesome that God made a helmet for that!) and my sword of the spirit, which is his word!
I'm thinking in comparison, my glue gun looks W i M pY !!
What makes you feel powerful? Baking? PTA? Shopping? Cleaning ( I wish!) ? Organizing? Alcohol? Drugs? Sex? Food?
Try Ephesians 6:10-17 on for a little empowerment & see just how fast you get ready to rock this world for Jesus!
I just love em'! I used to be a beast with my trusty old glue gun. Even the scorching hot glue that would occasionally drip onto my fingers became just a part of the game. It stops hurting when you have literally burnt the first layer of skin off from so many crafts.
For lack of space & time, crafts have been more absent than I would like in my life. I probably use to be able to glue gun the rims on a car, or the siding on a house- but those days are long gone. I have retired my 'gluegun' crown and taken on the new season of life...motherhood. That does Not come with a crown, but rather a more respectable glow, such as crusty boogers stuck to your clothes and sticky sucker remnants in your hair. Although, I personally think hot gluing hair pieces into my daughters hair MIGHT keep them from losing them...but, that might be punishable in the Court of Law ;)
Today I made hair bows with 'ol trusty ( glue gun) and as I picked up that mini guy and started gluing away, I felt I could tackle any distress in our house!
Tooth loose? Hot glue!
Whinie mouth...hot glue;)
Broken chair leg...hot glue!
Hang up a picture....eh, why not! Lets glue it to the wall!
As this odd sense of empowerment wielded over me ( I know you're thinking it...odd...yes! I know!) and I became e a Hot Gluein' momma, I thought about God's word in Ephesians and how we are too put on the full armour of God.
How powerful would I feel if I yielded my Belt of Truth buckled around my waist & my breast plate of righteousness? If my feet where fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace? If I took up my shield of faith the extinguish the fiery arrows of the evil one? And to top it off with my helmet of salvation ( Awesome that God made a helmet for that!) and my sword of the spirit, which is his word!
I'm thinking in comparison, my glue gun looks W i M pY !!
What makes you feel powerful? Baking? PTA? Shopping? Cleaning ( I wish!) ? Organizing? Alcohol? Drugs? Sex? Food?
Try Ephesians 6:10-17 on for a little empowerment & see just how fast you get ready to rock this world for Jesus!
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