Frazzled
Ellie Jane insists on ‘helping’ me put all of our groceries on the belt in the checkout line. Today at Whole Foods, she helped one of those huge glass jugs of olive oil right onto the floor. It shattered into a gazillion pieces and left a gallon of oil for me to slip and slide my cart right on through.
John was up all night, so this incident happened on about 4 hours of sleep. It was really just the cherry on top of a long, tiring week.
So this week, I have acted “frazzled” more times than I’d like to admit. I keep coming back to this little article I read on Desiring God a few weeks ago…
“Frazzled mothers will act frazzled. When this happens, our own sinfulness does not detract from the power of the gospel, it illustrates why we need it.
Do not use your own mistakes as an excuse to wallow about what a bad mother you are. Repent, seek forgiveness, get it right, and move on. Believe. Be forgiven. Extend that forgiveness, that belief, that joy, to your children.
As you go about your daily transformations, set your heart on the truth. Mimic the gospel in what you do. Bring peace, bring order, bring joy, bring laughter. Bring it because it was brought to you.
Give, because it was given to you. The gospel is not too big to fit into little situations. It is too big not to.” - Rachel Jankovic
This was a gift for me today. Thank you…
Love this. Thanks for sharing.
good stuff lindsey!!!
my favorite part=Do not use your own mistakes as an excuse to wallow about what a bad mother you are. Repent, seek forgiveness, get it right, and move on. Believe. Be forgiven. Extend that forgiveness, that belief, that joy, to your children.