Good morning! We have reached Day 7. Woo hoo!!! It is the first of our many milestones together. :) This week has been supernaturally wonderful and exponentially challenging. Many of you read my earlier posts regarding the attacks in my life this week: computer virus, my youngest son having an acute asthma attack, my oldest son getting stranded in DC, and me and my hubby squabbling under stress. Yesterday, I found out that my 3rd son was cursed at by a peer for the first time (hes 6 and didnt even know that he was cursed at until he explained it to his older brother), and my 2nd son, AKA the football star, broke his thumb during practice and is out for the season. But my God is awesome. My sons asthma attack was caught just in time, I was at the hospital in DC so I was close enough to scoop up my child, we were at the Childrens hospital anyway so my sons thumb was examined and treated by pediatric experts, and we use the cursing incident as a learning moment. I sold my first item ever in my Etsy shop after being open less than a week, found an awesome branding partner, created 3 different partnerships to bring you all fabulous events, and am communicating to my husband in a different way. I write all of this to say that you can truly choose to act/react in LOVE (growth, opportunity, hope, faith, trust, rest, honesty, forgiveness, openness, happiness, joy) instead of in FEAR (anger, shame, regret, abuse, guilt, worry, doubt, panic, withdrawal, suppression, blame, depression). Now I didnt react in love in every situation---I had to make a choice to transform my thinking and rearrange my emotions/behavior---but I actively and consciously made the decision to choose love over fear. As you all get to know me better, you will see that I love to smile and laugh. I have to find the joy in EVERY situation. I may vent---but I eventually return to laughter and mirth. I have decided to not only pick a daily scripture, but in light of the events this week, I am picking a weekly scripture. The theme of this week is JOY. The weekly scripture is: James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. And I persevere this week, I will laugh. And maybe cry a little bit---but then return to joy. And light. And love. Have an awesomely blessed week on purpose!!! How was your week? I would love to hear about it!!
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 10:48:15 +0000
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