Times, They are a Changing

So, clearly I have lost the "30 Day Writing Challenge". No excuses. We make time for what is important and there are family issues that far outweighed my need to write.

Still, if I worked for a traditional employer I would likely not haven taken off whole days for the circumstances so I am making changes that will clearly mark my writing time and business. Not an easy thing for a "work from home" professional. Especially when that professional is a woman, and a mom. Not that men who work from home don't face the same dilemmas of time management, but it seems most women feel more of a pull to make sure the house and the children are in order. Maybe it is just me though; I have been told I'm a bit of an odd duck. 



Now that my children are, for the most part grown, I feel that the season of "mommy hood" is coming to a close and I can focus more on my career and the parts of me that I put on hold in order to nurture and raise up my children. That was a choice I willingly made with my husband for our family a long time ago, but much has changed and I'm ready, even excited to raise the level of priority that I give to my writing passion and business.



Do you have any suggestions? What has worked for you? Please share all tips, tricks, and ideas that may be helpful to me or any other reader. We would all appreciate it. Thanks y'all. 

Peace from TheWritingMommy

Hard Times...

Sometimes we go through things, hard, nearly unbearable things and we don’t know why. We may never know why. This is when faith is most important. This is when you have to choose, on purpose what you will believe without physical proof, what you will declare regardless of circumstances, and what you will hold onto even when your strength is gone.

Right now, some of you may be going though something really hard too. I want to encourage you with a phrase that keeps me going in times like this….

“This too shall pass.”

It isn’t in the bible and it isn’t attributed to anyone in particular but it has reminded me often that hard times come and go and it troubles come to the just and the unjust alike. While god is just, life isn’t fair and that remains truer than ever. I count on God’s grace always, but especially in these times.

What do I do during the hard times? Well, The Bible says “be still and know I am God.” Psalm 46:10. It further says that we should resist the enemy and when we have done all we can we should continue to stand firm. But guess what? Standing, just simply being still is so terribly hard for us humans. We want to say something, do something, make a plan, get busy…. And on and on. But that rarely works. And it wears us out quickly and then we are more vulnerable and less able to even resist and stand.

So, here I am, writing because that is how I process things. I’m horribly distracted by the circumstances that I simply cannot control and I really don’t like it but since I have “done all” that I can do, I will stand in faith in my God and Father who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all I can think or imagine.

Peace to you all friends.

TheWritingMommy

PS:

Here are some verses to give you help and hope if you too are going through something hard right now.

Psalm 120:1 ~ In my distress I call on The Lord and He answers me.

Psalm 118:14-16

Psalm 16:8

Proverbs 18:10

Isaiah 41:10

John 14:27

John 16:33