Feeling Fragile? This One's For You

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Feeling Fragile? This One's For You

I love how sometimes God just plops a verse in my head and says, “Here. Think on this for a while.”

Lately, the verse I’ve been pondering is 2 Corinthians 4:7-9:

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”

I don’t know about you, but as 2020 continues, I’m feeling as fragile as a clay jar—one wrong move and I’m shattered. Crumbled into a thousand pieces.

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When You’re Faced With Impossible Decisions

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When You’re Faced With Impossible Decisions

Oh mama. I see you.

I see the exhaustion in your eyes. I see the way you grip the steering wheel, white-knuckled, just willing yourself to push through the next few hours. I see the confusion, the anxiety, the stress in your eyes. I see the overwhelm of the decisions you need to make, not just on your face, or in your eyes, but in the way you carry yourself, as if you’ve got the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Because you do.

The decisions facing parents today really ARE overwhelming—what do I do about school this fall? What if I make the wrong decision? What if my friends choose something different than I do? What if I’m not cut out for homeschooling? What if I WANT my kid to go to school—will I be judged?

Impossible decisions.

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