St. Theresa’s Prayer vs. Balance
Today I struggled with balance. I had a great day being a Mom, homeschooling, picking our own food to can in an effort to eat more natural healthy foods, taking kids to soccer, doctor appointments, dinner and now getting ready for bed. I like the phrase “I’m going to retire for the evening”, it gives me hope that one day I just might catch up. I want to retire and dabble . . . not exactly but I’m too young to retire but feeling to old to have two days like this in a row. But it was an awesome day–I’d rather go to bed exhausted with my kids smiling than anything else!
I had an incredible day but still felt like I should have done more! Today was non-stop. I know I’ve already said that but it was like crazy non-stop! (I’ll stop saying it now because I’m annoying myself) Then I found this prayer–in my old house I had it on the inside of the cupboard that I opened everyday–giving me many opportunities to stop and read . . . today I want to share it with you.
May today there be peace within. (Ok, I did not feel the peace today.)
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. (If God meant that I would be in my minivan–than I can trust that.)
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. (I did forget today–note to self work on that for tomorrow.)
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. (I totally did that today!!! Score 1 for me.)
May you be content knowing you are a child of God. (I did feel like a child today–which always makes me feel closer to God when I can break things down into the simplest terms.)
Let his presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing dance, praise and love. (I am so working with my soul lately . . . work in progress.)
It is there for each and every one of us. (I’m sharing–although I have had some envy issues the last couple of days–not proud of that . . .maybe another post. So I am sharing–but not with everyone–that does not make my soul sing . . . ugghhh–note to self–keep working.)
I’ll be linking this up to these wonderful blogs:
Works for Me Wednesday
Women in the Word Wednesday
Living Well Wednesday
Unwrapping His Promises
God Bumps and God-Incidences
Whatever Wednesday
Walk with Him Wednesdays
Thought Provoking Thursday
Thoughtful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
Proverbs 31 Thursday
Life in Bloom
Thrive at Home Thursday
Oh, my! Can you imagine going through some of the scriptures instruct how to act and believe. That would be one painful list to look at, and yet that’s exactly what i should be doing daily. Thank you! (Popping over from New Life Steward.)
I hopped on over from WID Wednesday Linkup as I posted right after you.
It is always good to stop and pray throughout our day but too often we get too busy and rush on through. Thank you for your insights.
I hear your heart in this. The prayer is most encouraging. I agree with you for it. Blessings on your day. I know the life of a homeschooling mama. It’s a high calling :) We all need His grace to get through.
Visiting from Scribing the Journey. Blessings.
Stopping in from Unwrapping… What a beautiful prayer! Hope your Thursday is wonderful!
This is one of my all time favorite prayers–each part speaks to me on a different day. Thanks for reading! Be Blessed.
Oh, if I went through a checklist it would be a total fail for today. Thank God His mercies are new every morning.
Thanks for stopping in! I try not to do a check list on my day but it does give me some sort of a reference point. Be Blessed.
So glad I clicked over from Thoughtful Thursday to read this! My favorite line was asking for peace to be within, something I’ve been asking for recently. I had a huge thing happen in my life, and I feel too often I’ve been dwelling on it and wallowing in it. I’ve been asking God to bring me peace about the situation to counteract my dwelling on something that I can’t fix.
I’m so glad that this prayer spoke to you. Honestly, each time I read it–it is like it is the first time. Sort of like the Ground Hog day of prayers! I hope that you will find peace. I did write another blog about “peace comes from within”–how powerful. I’m starting to get it now that peace comes from the soul. I’m a work in progress.
Be Blessed.
I almost forgot – I started a linky on my blog on Mondays to encourage others in their personal growth, along with focusing on healthy living. It’s called Motivation Mondays at http://alifeinbalance.net if you would like to link up.
I put it on my Monday link ups–see you then!
I agree that I’d rather go to be exhausted with happy kiddos! Thanks for sharing that prayer. I loved your personal commentary. Keep going girl!
Thanks for linking up with WIP!