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While the crapstorm of American politics needs a serious dose of emotional management, I’ve got bigger salmon to sizzle in my mom world. If wearing my best Swiss army gear neutralizes familial discord and showers down blessings, then suit me up.
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I stopped sending Christmas cards eight years ago. Why? Because I dreaded the time-consuming process. Plus I figured negative energy gets trapped in envelopes. For me, sending cards with a resentful or empty attitude smells like scrooge more than not sending wishes at all.
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The battle for our children’s souls rages on in today’s culture. We can thank the cowardice and scathing shallowness of mainstream and social media “communication” for continuing to erode basic human decency and spiritual virtues.
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Raising kids has a way of stirring the pot of cellular unrest. Learning to see and acknowledge the clutter inside us takes hard work. Which is why God invented S.O.S. pads I guess. Clever guy. And his cleverness goes toe-to-toe with the wisdom instilled in his son. Jesus tells us, “You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right.”
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According to Jesus’ proposed Sermon on the Mount, my hunger pangs and emotional thirst often seek relief from the wrong food group. Turns out a spiritual feast wins the best recipe for satisfying the soul.
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“You are blessed when you are content with who you are – nothing more and nothing less. That’s when you find yourself the proud owner of everything that can’t be bought.” Matthew 5:5 (MSG)
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“You’re blessed when you feel you have lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.” Matthew 5:4 (MSG)
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According to God’s memo, the real reason my offspring survived my parenting over the past two decades has little to do with second-hand blessings. But rather with the less of me means more of God promise of the scripture.
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Do you know a woman who isn't holding her world together, like literally holding it all together?
That's what we do.
We were somehow born with these traits that enable us to do a million things at the same time, which is a wonderful gift and also a terrible burden because we don't know when to stop.
We don't know when to say, "I can't do it anymore."
We just keep saying, "Sure, yes, I can do that, and I can do this, and I can do that."
And then we're burned out.
We can barely function.
Then everything starts to fall apart because if we're not healthy, we can't hold it all together anymore. All the screws come out and we end up on the floor in pieces.
So, let's NOT do all the things. Let's be okay with letting some stuff slide. The world will still march forward and everything will be okay. It's more important that we take care of ourselves and love on one another like maniacs.
