Fear seems to be what fuels the world now days. Everyone is so afraid of one another. Even here in the U.S. where we spout rights. We cling to our rights but we don't want to give any one else theirs. How will we ever learn from each other when our fear gives way to hate to quickly to allow us the chance to learn. We don't take even a moment to listen yet we all seek to be accepted and understood?
"The lord doesn't give us a spirit of fear but of LOVE, power, and a sound mind." Even those of the same mind set as mine (Christians), can't seem to set aside judgement and remember foremost we are to love one another. "Come let us reason together". It's no wonder when so many churches preach condemnation rather than compassion. I don't believe our father is one of condemnation. If I tell my child to look both ways before she crosses the street and she doesn't does this mean I should then condemn her to a pit of fire for not following my commandment. We make rules for our children to protect them. We understand cause and effect and as parents we will keep our babies from being flattened by oncoming traffic if possible.
We take time to memorize the commandments, we put them on the walls of our homes, bracelets, on our desks at work. Can you see our kids with bracelets and plaques that read: take out the trash, don't stick objects into light sockets, and if you keep making that face it's gonna get stuck like that lol? I'm not saying it's not important to heed the commandments, parables, etc... I'm just saying there is far more to God than the obvious rules that keep us alive and of course... keep our souls from eroding to blackness. But I am saying that we certainly need to take the focus off of condemnation and shame. According to his word the Lord doesn't give us a spirit of fear yet that is what we preach, no wonder there is so much anger toward the church. We scare people away. There are churches that will ask a member not to return because of an unsavory lifestyle or issue. Only those who know Christ and who are able to live as perfect examples should be able to attend a church? The church according to the word is the people not a building and I think it's time to come out of the church and start sharing the lord with the people of the world.
I suppose I'm ranting a bit here but I have been exhausted by the political news and the debates of people around me regarding political issues, not to mention extended family holiday tension and I just don't get the intolerance. The holidays tend to highlight this. You know the typical nightmare family thanksgiving horrors you hear about. The adults forget that more than anyone the holidays are about the kids. I think we can all come together and not just show tolerance but genuine affection regardless of how you might clash on personal issues for one day. This has happened recently to me so I understand it all to well. Unfortunately not everyone can set things aside long enough to celebrate our blessings. I'm sure the families of those that were lost over the holidays would be happy to let them take our place in celebrating with loved ones if we can't seem to appreciate it....
Okay... at least I have that off my chest and can focus on making this new year the best of my life to date. Time to work on that new years resolution list. At least I have #1: I resolve to be more tolerant of those who practice intolerance ;)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
What's Next?
I'm beginning this blog as a form of therapy. In other words as any woman dealing with a man or children I'm slowly losing my mind.
A little about me.... I'm a 37 yr old mother of 5, 3 boys ages 19,16, and 11 and 2 girls 13 and 11. I also have a 2 yr old granddaughter and another grandchild on the way. I'm engaged to be remarried Oct. 9th 2010 to my best friend of 4 yrs. I come from a large christian family and have 5 siblings of which I am the 2nd eldest.
About 3 yrs ago I let my fiance talk me into this crazy idea to move our family from Indiana to Minnesota. I was born and raised much of my life in Tampa, Florida so I don't know what possessed me to think living in the frozen tundra was a good idea but we did it! It's been an adventure and my kids love it but of course we all miss home and do plan to move back eventually.
After 8 long years of on call and overtime I have been enjoying working a mindless job. My dream is to move to the middle of no where surrounded by forest and never emerge except for the occasional shopping trip. My fiance shares this dream.
I'm excited to see my pregnant daughter in law Lilly and my granddaughter Lizzy. They are flying in this morning from Indiana. It's been 3 months since they lived with me and oh how I miss the sound of Lizzy clumsily clomping across the hardwood floors and banging on my bedroom door in the morning yelling meeeeemaaaaaaaaa.....meeeeeeemaaaaaaa. She so sassy (like her me maw) you just want to eat her little baby head.
It is going to be tough on us with 9 mouths to feed and soon to be 10 but I wouldn't have it any other way.
You never know what's going to happen next around here. Yesterday morning my fiance woke me up to let me know Corrine (my 11 yr old girl) threw up all over her bed. Later that day I have 3 kids complaining that Irish (my 13yr old girl) is in a bad mood and driving everyone crazy. The trash man didn't pick up because I forgot to pay the bill (now it will pile up for another week). My 16 yr old son Joseph was looking at inappropriate things on the internet (imagine that!). We ran out of TP, of course, just as I needed to go, and lord knows what's in store for me tomorrow.
I spent a good part of the night looking up Disney World vacation packages. Everything looked so exciting. I can't wait to see my kids do something they will remember for the rest of their lives. I was exhausted by it and can't imagine how I'm going to feel doing all of that with them. I need to start working out to prepare! I think tomorrow I will look at some romantic getaways. I can't imagine a healthy parent who would even want to look at their kids after spending a few days at Disney with them ;) I'll probably need to have some Prozac prescribed to get me through it and surely we will deserve a nice trip away from the kids afterward but of course by then we will be broke!!!
A little about me.... I'm a 37 yr old mother of 5, 3 boys ages 19,16, and 11 and 2 girls 13 and 11. I also have a 2 yr old granddaughter and another grandchild on the way. I'm engaged to be remarried Oct. 9th 2010 to my best friend of 4 yrs. I come from a large christian family and have 5 siblings of which I am the 2nd eldest.
About 3 yrs ago I let my fiance talk me into this crazy idea to move our family from Indiana to Minnesota. I was born and raised much of my life in Tampa, Florida so I don't know what possessed me to think living in the frozen tundra was a good idea but we did it! It's been an adventure and my kids love it but of course we all miss home and do plan to move back eventually.
After 8 long years of on call and overtime I have been enjoying working a mindless job. My dream is to move to the middle of no where surrounded by forest and never emerge except for the occasional shopping trip. My fiance shares this dream.
I'm excited to see my pregnant daughter in law Lilly and my granddaughter Lizzy. They are flying in this morning from Indiana. It's been 3 months since they lived with me and oh how I miss the sound of Lizzy clumsily clomping across the hardwood floors and banging on my bedroom door in the morning yelling meeeeemaaaaaaaaa.....meeeeeeemaaaaaaa. She so sassy (like her me maw) you just want to eat her little baby head.
It is going to be tough on us with 9 mouths to feed and soon to be 10 but I wouldn't have it any other way.
You never know what's going to happen next around here. Yesterday morning my fiance woke me up to let me know Corrine (my 11 yr old girl) threw up all over her bed. Later that day I have 3 kids complaining that Irish (my 13yr old girl) is in a bad mood and driving everyone crazy. The trash man didn't pick up because I forgot to pay the bill (now it will pile up for another week). My 16 yr old son Joseph was looking at inappropriate things on the internet (imagine that!). We ran out of TP, of course, just as I needed to go, and lord knows what's in store for me tomorrow.
I spent a good part of the night looking up Disney World vacation packages. Everything looked so exciting. I can't wait to see my kids do something they will remember for the rest of their lives. I was exhausted by it and can't imagine how I'm going to feel doing all of that with them. I need to start working out to prepare! I think tomorrow I will look at some romantic getaways. I can't imagine a healthy parent who would even want to look at their kids after spending a few days at Disney with them ;) I'll probably need to have some Prozac prescribed to get me through it and surely we will deserve a nice trip away from the kids afterward but of course by then we will be broke!!!
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