I checked my email this morning to see that my Moms bestfriend Lori and left me a comment about my blog, and it got me thinking. As I re read Mondays post about Differently abled kids it hit me that the guilt I feel isn't from God. Now I rationally know that but this thought hit me in a new way. GUILT is NOT from GOD. In previous postings you have read about how satan was/is trying to get a foot hold on me and my family. Well this came back to me again. A few thoughts resonating in my mind right now.
1-Guilit is NOT from God
2-Satan will NOT get a foot hold on my family.
3-Satan is trying....he is using this guilt to make me feel like I am not adequate, that praising my able bodied child is wrong and celebrating her new discoveries is wrong.
4-The TRUTH is that I celebrate in EACH and EVERYONE of my children's new discoveries; I clap for Lexi when she made it down the slide and I cried tears of joy when Jackie reached for me for the first time. I hi five my older kids when they know they have made good decisions and hug them when they learn a tough lesson.
5- I must remember GOD is at work in my family, in myself and in the world. HE celebrates along with me, he cries with me, he comforts me he LOVES on me.
In your life... is there an area you need to trust in GOD more? Is there something you are struggling to release to him? Maybe you have given something to him and now you have taken it back?
This verse comes to mind:
Psalm 5:11 (New International Version)
11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
Also this passage
Hebrews 12
God Disciplines His Sons
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."[a]
7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13"Make level paths for your feet,"[b] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
Can I get an AMEN?!
What I want people to be able to take away from this is to be encouraged. Be encouraged that God Loves you and he has a plan for your life.
Thanks Lori for making me "deep think" however its a little early and even though I proof read this post I must put a disclaimer out their and here it is...
I am EXHAUSTED. Nuff said:)
Love,
Danielle
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