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The Time Will Pass Anyway

6/10/2022

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The summer has opened up to me and the time is so sweet. After the school year packed with activities and extra responsibilities with Jovani away, I want to soak up the extra space and at the same time, fill it up with every possible long-awaited dream. 

However, at the top of our list, is potty-training Micaela. 

It is time-intensive but going incredibly well. Still, I find myself growing impatient with her, wanting her to play less games and do more responsible tinkling on the toilet. Today, we got into an epic battle about the whole thing, mostly because it is laundry day and I am all "hurry, hurry, hurry." I feel God whisper into my soul with the some words a friend shared with me years ago, "The time will pass anyway." 

And it will. The time will pass at the same rate whether I relax or worry. The time will go on, oblivious to my plight. 

Surprisingly, this gives me so much peace. It reminds me that the only thing I have control over is the state of my heart as the summer days wax and wane. And, as I hold on to this reminder, I am at rest. I can trust God with these days and moments and everything will be as it should. 

So, you might ask, what am I up to? Well, I'm teaching Adela Spanish and some housekeeping skills, potty-training Micaela, taking the girls to swim lessons, taking them both on an experience once a week, gardening both vegetables and flowers, writing, podcasting, cooking for my happy husband, and reading to my heart's content. It's a lot, but it only becomes too much when I stop resting and trusting in God's perfect will. 

There is a quote by John Mark Comer that reads, "Hurry is a form of violence upon the soul." If that is true, then patience and rest is sure to heal this soul of mine that had been in great danger of running on empty and in desperate need of repair.

And, even if it will be a busy summer, I am still resting in Him. 
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5, ESV
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I love this photo of me. Adela took it. My little nine-year old will be ten in a just a few days.
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Micaela is one busy little girl, spending every day doing pretend play of all kinds.
What do you need to trust God with so that you can find peace in the passing time? 
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Marsha Stowe
6/10/2022 06:20:09 pm

Thanks, I so needed that with this message to not hurry and enjoy, with Joe's message last Sunday to not be anxious. If I can remember and listen to what I have heard and retain, retain, retain....
Loved, "Hurry is a form of violence upon the sole." That one I need to copy and paste where I see it often.

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Lora
6/10/2022 09:10:50 pm

Me, too, Marsha. Me, too.

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Becky Sparks
6/11/2022 09:32:57 pm

We were talking earlier how it might be very nice to live in a time when the fastest pace was that of a horse ... or simply walking ... our society (my own life) is driven by go, go, go, do, do, do ... to what purpose ...
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." Ecclesiastes 3.1

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