Finding A Place

I am not gonna pretend; life is HARD. Marriage is HARDER. And parenting is downright CRAZY. It is not a pretty journey all the time, not even half the time. But when things go right, well, it's absolutely the best feeling in the world. So we all hang in there day after day holding onto hope, sometimes shreds of it, yet holding tight. This past year has been one of the toughest for our family. And in all of the mess we've trudged through, including mistrust, medical diagnoses, financial hardship, and job searches, I'm learning that you can feel out of place at any age. Truthfully, when things get SO hard that you can't even concentrate, there is a spiritual problem. And those kind of problems have no respect of person...doesn't matter where you're from, who raised you, or what kind of life you've built for yourself. I know I'm not the only one that's struggled to find their place in life. That's why I'm risking the transparency with you. We DON'T have it all together. We DON'T live the perfect life. And it's crazy to think that ANY family does because it's just not true.

Some of you might be thinking, oh here we go with all this spiritual bleh, bleh, bleh. Hold on for a minute please. The enemy of our soul LOVES to isolate us with thoughts of not feeling good enough, not being smart enough, not being anyone important enough. And so we work harder, grow more bitter, lose sleep, get more agitated with co-workers and friends, stop speaking to family, quit church, and nevermind about reading just one verse of the Bible, or worse, we read a few verses because we just KNOW its for that person we really love to hate. And there in a nutshell IS a spiritual problem.

Don't you want that to change? We do not have to resolve that this is the way it will be for us. No! I refuse to allow demonic influence to dictate the welfare of my family. You and I do not have to tolerate the spiritual forces that come against us. Stand up for yourself! Stand up for your family! Pick up your Bible. Read it for you. Not for others. Just for you. Speak it aloud like you once did. And believe it again.