FAITH + LOVE + MOTHERHOOD + LIFE
What does it {truly} feel like to rest? I find I ask myself this question quite often. I don't know if I even really know what it means to rest. I constantly feel like I am trying to get ahead.. do one more thing before bed.. just get things done. It's exhausting. Life is exhausting. We were never made to go, go, go. We all need that time to rest. Reset our minds. Re-charge our bodies. Rejuvenate our souls. That's the way God intended it.
So stop, mama... I beg you... please stop! Those life moments you see as you scroll are merely highlights -- the perfect highlights. The highlights she wants the world to see, not the ones she doesn't. Underneath it all, she's just like you and I: Scattered most days, unsure of how she'll make it through and a cup of coffee away from complete madness.
Then, one day, when I am old and gray. I'll remember the giggles I created. I'll remember tickling bellies and toes. Reading stories snuggled up on the couch. Having a dance party in the living room. Staying up past bedtime to sneak in a few more cookies and some milk. These are the things we will remember and cherish. But, I won't remember what I was scrolling through on social media or the post I though I just had to read.
This weekend we decided to venture out and take the girls to a local pumpkin patch to help us pick out some pumpkins to finish up the decorations on our porch and celebrate our 6 year anniversary.
There's just something about this time of year that I absolutely love... And, it's not just the pumpkin spice lattes {pumpkin flavored e v e r y t h i n g really}. No, it's more about truly taking some time to slow down and breathe everything in. The feels.. The smells.. The love.. Life.
You see, the second we start to look at the "inevitable" as "what's meant to be" our stress slowly starts to melt away. Because when it comes down to it, we can't control what's going to happen. We can only control how we react to it, and that's the most important part. Why? Because it ultimately sets the tone for how we conduct ourselves as a person.. a wife.. a mom... an employee. When you let these "inevitable things" get to you, they will. And, they will ruin you! It's a never-ending cycle really because these things will continue to happen.
Ok, so if you haven't had the chance to read my first blog about finding peace within yourself, take a look at it here! Some of the points I will hit on today will make a little more sense if you read "Part 1" first. Again, if you want to listen to Jimmy Evans's entire [...]
