Personal Unglued Moment

It happened....it hasn't happened in a very long time, but it just happened!

 

I almost didn't blog about it, but I've just recently started following a bunch of different bloggers. I remember as I've read their stuff, I'm so thankful she is keeping it real & letting us know we're not alone in this journey I refer to sometimes as The Mommahood. So here I am, raw & real, telling you: you are not alone.

 

 

I had one of those head spinning Momma Moments.

 

I just came unglued at the girls....I literally went postal on them. I screamed at both of them. I haven't one this since I before I read the book Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst.

 

Awesome book if you haven't read it! I highly suggestion/recommend it!

After I scream & sent them both out of the room, I had a little Momma Meltdown (yes there were a few tears shed): Momma just needed 2 seconds alone  cause I have been dealing with 2 kids who have also not felt well all day --cause they aren't exactly angels when they don't feel well--  in the kitchen to fix the dinner I knew they weren't going to eat cause this flu has zapped their appetite.

 

I remembered that in the book, Lysa gave me an invitation to a beautiful thing: Imperfect Progress. Impefect Progress = imperfect changes that are slow steps of progress wrapped in grace.

 

So I took a deep breath, prayed, & reminded myself that we are all 3 sick, have cabin fever, & they just want to be close to their Momma.

 

 

Then I remembered that my job is obedience to God, so I did what is so hard to do with adults, much less my own children, I confessed to them I had been wrong & (even though they hadn't actually done wrong, I felt they had so I) forgave them as commanded in the Bible:

"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed" (James 5:16a).

"'This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.' Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father" (Genesis 50: 17a).

"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you" (Colossians 3:13).

 

 

And then, as hard as it was {I've had fever since Monday after all}, I shifted my attitude to gratitude. The Bible says "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18). I realized they just wanted to be close to me & help me with what I was doing. How fortunate I am to have this cause not every parent has their child around to experience this for one reason or another.

 

Afterall, "the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control" (Galatians 5:22-23). I want to be this an example not only to the world, but especially to my girls.

 

I must:

 

 

I'm not supposed to have this Mommahood down perfect, I'm just supposed to be working on making progress. I'm such a work in progress! And I'm BEYOND THANKFUL that God is still working on me!!!!

 

And as I'm finishing this, I'm trying my hardest to not come unglued again cause the dog is asking to go out for the umpteenth time in 45 minutes & Jamie is having trouble eating chocolate pudding & is making a crazy mess.

 

So I'm going to: