Being Real

I have been posting for a little over a month now and have some thoughts....

I need to remember that whenever I read somebody else's blog that I am only seeing what they have put out there for me to see.  I don't see the hard days, the messes, the sin, the ugliness that happens in life sometimes, the REALITY. 

I need to not compare my life to their life.  This has to do with being content with my life, my children, my circumstances.  God gave me my life, my home, my children, my marriage, my body etc. and I need to be content! When I start doubting the choices I make, or the abilities of my children or comparing myself to others, I am doomed!  I only need to compare to God's standard for my life and God's truth...nothing else.   But it is definitely a  struggle! 

So....what you see on MY blog is only what I want you to see.... you don't see the mess, the yuk, the majority of days when my toddler says "No, Mommy, No" when I pull out tot school stuff,  when the only art my kids have done in a year is 2 paintings, when we are all wallowing in sinful disrespect, disobedience and selfishness and when my biscuits turn out like hockey pucks!  I don't have all the answers, I'm not super mom, I don't have a clean house every day, I don't have perfect kids or a perfect husband  (well, he is pretty darn close to perfect :)  )....  I am struggling right along with everyone else, just trying to follow Jesus as closely as I can and seeking His guidance, because I trust HIM and love HIM and know that HE has all the answers, so I have faith in HIM, not myself.

Each day is one step at a time....I am thankful for my crazy, busy, imperfect life! I am thankful for my friends and family and mostly thankful for Jesus, for saving my ugly, sinful self and for creating a new Pam, better than before, and growing!