Burdens...

It is confession time. I am a worrier. People who know me well, know that about me! I am able to follow through with Galatians 6:2, "Bear one another's burdens." I can worry for you and worry for me. I am able to help others and pray for others! I find myself praying and worrying about people I hardly know. Do I think this is a fault... NO! It is who I am! I feel deep concern for others so much that I often dont take care of the deep concern of myself. I think that has caused me to come to the point that I am at now. I feel broken and I feel guilty about it. Should I feel the need to care for my own burdens? Do I express my own burdens? Do I pray for my own burdens or do I keep them bottled up and only care for the burdens of others?

I think for a long time I felt as though I was being selfish if I prayed for my personal emotional needs. I didnt mind praying for others who asked me to pray for them but I never asked God to help ME! I also never broke down and asked others to pray for me either. It has gotten me to the state of brokeness which is right where God needs me so that he can do His work in me.

I have been "blog stalking" this blog for some time! She is "hosting" PRAYING GOD's WORD ONE WEEK @ A TIME and it is just what I need in this season of my life! She is praying for herself, her husband, her children, her household, etc through scripture. I need to be broken down through my burdens so that I can be built back up! God is telling me it is OK to take care of me. It is OK to take care of others but I need to take care of me and pray for ME, too... I am joining her in week four. I will add in weeks 1-3 piece by piece. It is so good and will be an encouragement to me just when I need it most.

Today God gave us some snow, or mainly ice! The girls have played in it for a few minutes but the temperatures are in the teens. Miss Em was really worried about the animals. She wanted to warm Jasper (the horse) up with my hairdryer!) She found this really big icicle when she was outside. The girls all looked super cute in the Peru hats! I think they wore them more inside than they did outside. We sure enjoyed our day home from school though!

This weeks scriptures are all about the wife. How appropriate! I need to work on being a better wife to my wonderful, hard working husband.

Hebrews 10:24, "And let us consider how we may spur one another one toward love and good deeds."

Proverbs 21:9, "It's better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelson wife in a lovely home."

Join the journey if you wish or pray for me as I learn to pray for myself without the guilt of putting myself in the picture of my prayer life.