"Lord, give us enough hurts to keep us humane, enough failures to keep our hands clenched tightly in Yours, and enough of success to make them sure we walk with You throughout all of our life."

This is a snippet what I pray today. This is found in many prayers from weddings, to christenings’, to blessings of our homes and churches, for prayer over our family and friends and many more. I have embarked on a journey these last couple months and my journey is not done, I have many roads to cross, may obstacles to overcome and may roads blocks to back me up. But with that there are many goals I’ll accomplish, joyful moments, everlasting memories, hearts I’ll touch, tears of joy, and inspiration to receive and provide. I pray that God gives me the strength and understanding to make this journey complete and to do as he would want me to do. I realize that he has not brought me, neither you this far to leave us. Each and every situation and circumstance is for the glory of him. He will never give us more than we can bear. As said in my prayer, he needs to prepare us for his blessing and if that means we have to encounter hurts, failures, and successes to keep us in his plan to walk with Him throughout all of our life then so be it. I know that through all things, he is with me each and every step of the way.

Random.......

I've heard this song a few times on the radio and thought WOW! this is one of the sweetest forgive me/love songs I've heard in a while. It just goes to show that its possible to reconnect or love again within the same relationship. Listen.....

Patience IS a virtue

Definition of PATIENT


1: bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint
2: manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain
3: not hasty or impetuous
4: steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity
5a : able or willing to bear —used with of
5b : susceptible, admitting
 
I was told this past weekend how much patience I had (and I'm referring to with my children). Thank you God for one wonderful friend who was very observant of my doings over a span of hours. Before I go on, lets just say that with so much to do and so much going on in my life, people have seen the real me( which is exactly what you've seen in the past). I don't have time to to be extra anything (what you've seen is what you get). So what I'm getting at is how I act in front you people is how I act not in front of people.
 
Consistently recently I have asked for patience; patience on my job, patience with my friends and enemies, patience with family, patience with time, patience with obstacles and most importantly patience to deal with my children(the most impatient beings on earth(in my opinion)). So in my consist request, I thought I struggled more than average with this area of my life, but come to find out I am one of the best with having patience. So a friend of mine said to me WOW!, you have so much patience, with the many children your dealing with and the many situations, you can actually still speak in a tone that's comforting, your graceful, not appearing angry, its surreal what I've seen this evening. You have a lot of patience, its like you close out the noise from the screaming baby, from the mess of the evening and focus on whats important and necessary and its real. So I said to her, are you serious? you think I'm patient? She said yes, If I were you or any average person, there's no way it would be possible to deal with the situations of the evening and still carry on like a normal human being, its virtually impossible!
 
As I look further into the situation, I'm able to see that I am a calm, cool, and collective person and realize that I'm able to operate without constant complaint, I'm still manifesting regardless of obstacles and strain. I am not impulsive and violent. I can bear the situations that come my way despite adversity. Here a I am, one of the many patient moms and wives out there in this world who hadn't even realized that I finally got what I was asking for!
 
To close, some how some way before I had a chance to notice, my prayers were answered. God kind of just slide this blessing into my life for the sake of my children and My Dear I'm sure. So If you find an area of you life where you are lacking, don't give up on improving. Continue to request the change or improvement your searching for and reevaluate after time, you may already be experiencing the blessings you've asked for. Remember to take notice of how you are currently functioning and take credit for a job well done.