Journeys of one mom

So, this morning, I woke up wondering what I should read... what direction is God wanting me to go this morning.... Psalm 29... Something greater! As I read these scriptures, I was kind of like, "Really God? What is it I need to see here..."  Then, the last verse caught me... "The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace." So... what makes this so significant today?  Well... just like my title... something greater!  Let me share with you what the rest of this passage says... The voice of the Lord is over the waters The God of glory thunders The Lord thunders over the mighty waters the voice of the Lord is powerful The voice of the Lord is majestic The Voice of the Lord breaks the cedars The  voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning The voice of the Lord shakes the desert The of the Lord twists the oak and strips the forests bare And in his temple we all cry GLORY! Reading all of this... Our G

Yesterday, while doing devotions with Abby, we read a story in the Bible that I haven't read for quite awhile.  It was a story of a woman who had hit rock bottom.  Ever been there?  Man, I sure have! This woman, many of us know her story, but I wonder how many of us have really stopped to ponder the details in her story?  This is the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years.  She was an outcast.  But also, she had spent everything she had trying to fix what was wrong with her and right in the scripture, it says, she only grew worse!  She had nothing left.  Nothing but a disease that continued to take her life away.  Then, one day, this sick woman heard Jesus was there!  The crowds had pressed in around him.  BUT!  This woman, she knew in her heart just who Jesus is and she believed with everything in her that if she could just touch... not talk to, not beg, not have his full attention, or even corner him alone... if she could simply TOUCH the hem of his garment, her illness...

Many times in life, things become too much in our lives.  I think each person has a different way of dealing it.  Me, I retreat often within but I am also a talker and when I can't talk through my emotions... well life gets a little... hmm... shall we say... ugly!?!? I've been in the ugly this week.  Life has thrown so much at us at one time.  We seem to be at a place in life that we feel we are learning a brand new normal, and that comes with an unwelcome tag!  But in those places, we have to remember something... we have to hold onto a truth... WE ARE NOT ALONE. I'm not talking about people.  I'm not talking about family.  I'm talking about that place with God.  The root of who we are and who we have always been.  YES, faith does waiver at times.  I know often we are told how strong we are and what a testimony our lives are.  But there are many days we waiver and many days we struggle to put that next foot forward trusting that God is there and God is in contr