I am praying for strength, energy and patience.
Strength - there is SO MUCH TO DO... and it's so hard to get it all done. Toddlers, oddly, don't make tasks quicker or easier to complete. Go figure.
Energy - sleep is elusive these days - and after a night of tossing, turning, and getting up to waddle to the bathroom... the Nut awoke at the lovely hour of 4:45am. Yeah. That's what I said.
Patience - Sleep-deprived toddlers are clingy, whiny, easily frustrated and tough to distract. Sleep-deprived mamas are crabby, whiny, easily frustrated and tough to be around. The two of us are quite the pair today, let me tell you.
And so, I pray.
Lord, give me strength to be who I need to be today. Fill me with Your energy and purpose - and allow me the insight to realize what is important and what can wait. Help me choose love and patience over selfishness and exhaustion. And above all, remind me continuously that Your grace is enough for me - enough for today, enough for my daughter, enough for us all to come to the end and still be smiling. You are enough. Praise for that!!
- Katie
- A Few of My Favorite Things ~ Shady spots on sunny days ~ Knowing people well and and loving them well ~ Yarn, fabric... pretty much anything crafty ~ My incredible husband who knows I'm crazy and loves me anyway ~ Our daughters Hazel, Meriel and Ruby, who have thrown our lives into the most precious tailspin imaginable ~ Above all else - the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus
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If I were in town I would come over and bring you dinner and clean your bathroom. I thank God for answering the prayers of his people. God is good and blesses us with energy that comes in creative ways.
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