Faith, Love & Truth
Monday – Buffalo chicken lasagna and 7up biscuits
Tuesday – Tacos, quick and easy…plus its the littles fav meal
Wednesday – Tater tot casserole
Thursday – Chicken and waffles, complete comfort food
Friday – Pizza and movie night
Saturday – Last wedding of the year {aka…i don’t have to cook}
Sunday – Breakfast for dinner…pancakes and sausage
The day you wake up and instantly want to crawl back in bed.
The day you walk down the stairs and the first thing you see is the dog pooped in the house.
The day you realize your newly swept floor has clumps of grass tracked all over it.
The day you nearly tramp in a pile of cat vomit complete with fur ball.
The day your kitchen, that was clean yesterday, isn’t clean any more.
The day you get on pinterest, and every cute outfit is on a skinny girl.
The day you make a cup of coffee and 5 minutes later a fly dives into it.
The day everywhere you look, failure is written in big, bold letters.
What do you do with days like this?
Do you spend hours on end believing all the lies the world tells you? Do you allow satan to ruin your day by whispering untruths in your ear? Do you throw your hands in the air, give up and just walk away?
Or do you fight.
Do you allow God to replace those lies with His truth? Do you tell satan “oh no, not today buddy” and tell him to kick rocks? Do you run to God when all you want to do is walk away?
I realized this morning…the choice is mine.
Throughout our lives, we’ve all faced struggles. We’ve all had seasons of storms when it seems you can’t even see the shore. Whether your season comes in the form of dog poop or feeling like a failure, we all know what struggling feels like. Every single one of us. It’s not a good feeling. And normally, it’s not pretty. What makes the struggles a little easier to bear? Knowing we have someone to lean on. It’s so comforting to know that during those times, we are never ever truly alone.
We can take our problems, fears, failures, concerns and the worlds lies to Him through prayer and have Him grace us with strength, wisdom, patience and compassion. We need to allow our struggles to remind us to lean on Him when we are weak, tired, sad, broken and need to be nurtured. He will meet you right where you are. And He will gently lead you through it with His grace.
Life is often messy. God makes provision to help us move beyond our messes but often our first instinct is to hide, deny, ignore, or run from them. Yet it is in the middle of our mess where mercy shows up and offers a safe place to process our struggles, imperfections, doubts, and fears. Then with mercy by our side, we are able to move on and experience the grace and freedom God intended.
In Move On best-selling author Vicki Courtney helps readers come clean with their muddy messes, revealing the deeper issues they must face, including:
Christian snobbery
struggles and broken dreams
the past
shame
legalism
the need for approval
idols
fickle faith
Once we face our messes, God, with his sweet mercy, can help us to get real, deal, and truly move on.
This book is jam packed, from cover to cover, with just plain ole’ awesomeness. There are personal stories, excerpts from books and relevant Bible verses to showcase the message of mercy in every day life. Vicki is honest and straight forward, which I love. She shares her own stories honestly, even when they’re messy. Often, as Christians, we judge though we should not. Myself included y’all. Whether that judgement is in silence or aloud, we are guilty of doing so from time to time. How many times we don’t extend grace to those who need it the most. But yet, we expect grace to be given back to us. Vicki goes on to show that mercy is so freely given and to find the light in every darkness.
This was a great read and I would highly recommend this book to anyone, no matter your age or stage in life. But especially to those of us who feel as though we have some sort of shortcoming. This book will challenge you and, if you let it, this book will change you.
