Missed a few

So I have missed a few days but that doesn't mean that I haven't been looking for the positive in life.

School is starting in two days to my brain is going twenty different directions! So instead of doing school stuff I thought I would let some creative juices out and make my display boards for my bows. I was pretty impressed with how they turned out and the price. Here is how they turned out.

Here is a close up.

and all I paid was $16!

Joys:
*Jenna running up to me and hugging me and saying I love you Mommy!

*Chris being home

*School starting

Day 3

Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

So today is a little harder to find the positive but I know I can still!

Joys
* Lizzy running to meet my car when I picked them up from daycare

* Jenna saying she wanted to come home with me and not stay with Grandma and Papa

* Sharon telling me what a great helper Skylar was today

* being able to study the Word with my fellow teachers

Still a rough day but amazing how there is always good in our day and it makes me smile even to think about those 4 things above.

Day 2 - Positive

"Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this:" Pslam 37:5

That commit thing is part of this new me! It is amazing that in just one day of turning things over and looking at things from a different perspective that things could be so different. The girls and I had a great day! We were able to go to church and they sat and did their thing while I was able to listen, we got to hang out with my parents and their new puppy, and we cleaned the house before bed, everyone is still in their own bed. I was calm most of the day too! I feel like things are going to be better if I have the right attitude. They feed off of me and that is completely obvious to me now! I love my girls and love to be with them. I want them to look back and not see an angry yelling mommy! I think we are on the road to change that! Oh yeah, one more joy: the cool temps!!

New Perspective

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord . . .

What a comforting thought this is to know that I am not in charge of what is going to happen and that there is a plan and purpose for my life that has been set out since before I was born! Now I don't always like that I can't see what the plan is but I am starting to realize that I need to enjoy where I am in life because that is exactly where I am supposed to be to make me the person He wants me to be.

This is the start of some intentional journalling about the positive that is happening in my life. I have gotten into a rut of focusing on the negative. In a book that I just finished it talked about the scarcity mentality and that is where I have been. Focusing on why I can't do something, excuses, excuses. I have made the decision to have an abundancy outlook. I can't expect other people's lives to be mine because I am not them. So let's start!
Joys:
my three girls and the amount that I love them and they love me unconditionally!

my parents and their willingness to help me whenever I need it, even if I don't realize I need it!

my faith, it has made leaps this summer and has led me to this new outlook about my life and what I have been given.

It was a good night! The girls helped clean the house and didn't fight to go to bed! We sat and read a story. Just the 4 of us on the couch. No TV. No other noise. Just them listening to me read a story and when I stopped, they begged me to keep going. What a great night.

I love me girls!!