We are nearly finished our school year!! I can hardly believe it! This year flew and it is evident why I have neglected this blog for sooooo long! Wow! Another school year coming to an end and I have to say this has been the best year yet!!! Yes, there WERE difficult days of NEEDING the sun to shine inside the walls of This Little House....HOLY COW....it FLEW!!!
Okay we are NOT officially done! We actually have 3 weeks to go!! BUT we have saved all our fun trips, experiments, AND projects for the last THREE WEEKS....so guess WHAT?! After tomorrow!!! It's FUN, FUN, FUN.....okay...probably not ALL fun....I have come to realize that when I expect fun....SOMETHING happens....but that is okay.....we won't be crying over any spilt milk.......We are finished with our books!!!
I came across a quote last week....actually I cannot remember where I saw it....when I do, I will be sure to post it....at any rate, I cannot take credit for what you about to read.
Don't tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big God is! Wow! What a profound statement. So I got to thinking, "What if, I went through life REALLY knowing just how BIG God really is?" Would I still doubt? Would I still stress? Would I still worry? Would I finally rest in peace, knowing beyond all doubt that HE is in control? Sometimes I wish that I would have a memory that would constantly remind me with unwavering faith, of JUST how big God really is.
This year, was crazy, funny, frustrating, refreshing, stretching and rewarding all wrapped into one 164 weeks of learning.... Not learning just about reading and math, history and science....but learning that I need to rely on Him. You see each week, I had a "tape" running in my mind. Each week had a new challenge....most of which had to do with my health or trouble shooting the circumstances that I was faced with....I kid you NOT....from week 1 till today, it has been one challenge after another.....
I will save you all the details of what went wrong but I will say that God lovingly taught me that each time I would think, "Okay, I can handle this but as long as I don't have to have surgery....or as long as I don't get sick for an entire week, or as long as I have 10 hours to prepare, God would then show me that EVEN if my worst case senario happened, He would NOT let my foot slip!!!! Even finding a lump in my left breast..... I remember standing in the shower 1/2 way through, laughing and pleading with God at the same time to please help me deal with my newest challenge. You know what? He did!!!! Week in and week out!!!
One more thing that I still get a chuckle out of......I didn't realize that I had been carrying these thoughts, but was holding onto, "As long as one of us don't get sick on a Tuesday (we have a group that meets on Tuesdays and I prepare a lot of material for our oldest children each week), you guessed it!!! One Tuesday morning......Laura awoke with a temp, sore throat and horrendous cough...I immediately knew, God was again teaching me that even my thoughts of what could be a stressful scenario.....were taken care of....and they were. I can honestly say that HE carried me through the most challenging yet rewarding school year I have ever had!
What are you holding onto....what are your, "As long as I can......?" God wants us to give it to Him!! He can handle it.
