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Stress Relief

This week stayed considerably nice for this late in November, staying in the 50's and 60's. I'll take everyday I can get with the sun still shinning. This week school has been a bit of a struggle. It seems to be the same routine each day, we are up starting at 8:30. All are in a good mood. Slowly the boys begin to lose steam, get bored, get tired, unmotivated, bug each other, and get distracted. They get up and search for the cat which is always the start of conflict. Then they begin to distract and pester one another and soon a quarrel breaks out. Jake is good at wasting a tremendous amount of his time doing a whole lot of nothing, tinkering with things on his desk, making random snack and bathroom breaks, and drawing on his papers. Anything but what he needs to be doing. I then lose my patience and things spiral into a lot of grumpy people. It isn't pretty and I am not happy about it.
Today I went to a Womens' seminar on "stress" at Cornerstone. My kids are really stressing me out right now and it starts to make me feel like I am failing. I get pretty stressed out about it all. I know that my being there at Cornerstone this morning was part of God's plan. It was not a coincidence that I saw the email and signed up. It was no coincidence I sat next to a lady that I was later paired up with to pray together that just happened to homeschooled for 20 years. She knew what I was going through, she knew exactly where I was. She could relate and she could give me some simple advice and encouragement. She prayed with me and for me. She reminded me that it is not my job to teach my kids everything that they will ever need to know in their lives. It is my job to teach, but not to get bent out of shape focusing on the little things. She pointed out to focus on my kids heart issues, their character qualities and find out what is going on that is creating the problems that arise. She was so encouraging and helpful. I felt better just hearing her words and then to have her pray over me was so moving. In my time at Cornerstone we talked about fear, anxiety and stress. We all have our own stresses that we must face. Sarah S. pointed us to the word, quoting a lot of the Psalms and reminding us that God is with us through it all. She also stressed how important it is for us to be in the word. It is so easy to put it off, to get distracted, to find something more enjoyable. It is terrible and I am all of those. I find it hard to make the time to sit and read God's word. I easily find excuses. Being in God's word is so very important to have a relationship and walk with God. Today we talked about who GOd is, and who we are in him. Sometimes I just need to look at the big picture, this is where God has me and I am thankful to be teaching my kids and I need to find the joy in it.


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