Many days, well, usually 4 days a week (because one day a week my hubby takes me out for lunch) I sit in front of my computer while I eat my lunch and catch up on my emails or check out what's happening on News Cow or see what kind of gossip I can find on Yahoo!. The other day I thought, as I was reading the headlines on Yahoo! and not finding much I was interested in, "you know, this time could be used for something much more productive than reading gossip on Yahoo! I need to find a devotional book and spend this time with Jesus" Well, I didn't think a book would work very well because I couldn't leave it at work because 1. what if I wanted to read it at home and 2. things seem to be disappearing around my work place (like my bag of Scentsy samples, my brand new bottle of Advil and my pretty new pen). But I'm also not very good at remembering things in the morning. I'm doing well to get my 6 year old and myself out the front door no later than 7:25 with breakfast, backpacks, dance clothes, purse, phone..........you get the picture. So, I looked online and found Manna for Moms....*sigh* <3 It's amazing! There are tons of different devotions online that I can just pull up and read right there. Not only are they all online but next to the title of the devotion it says Read this if you are feeling......... so I can find a devotion that fits my need that day.
Today I read about "Do-Overs" It talked about how when a child is growing and learning they often mess up, but they don't sit there and think about it and dwell in guilt because they couldn't walk across the room the first time. They fall down and get back up and keep trying...no matter how many times they fall, they keep walking. Wow....how much we can learn from our children! I dwell and dwell and dwell in guilt....for years I've been dwelling in guilt. But I shouldn't be...I've asked my God, my Wonderful Awesome Amazing God, to forgive my sins....ALL of them...and He HAS! This of course doesn't mean that we don't need to be careful, watch what we say and do. When we snap at our children, we don't know how that will effect their precious spirit but, when it happens we need only to ask God for his forgiveness and we have it...then we need to MOVE ON.
Thank you Jesus for you everlasting love and forgiveness.
1 John 1:9—If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to purify us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 8:1—Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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