Negative thoughts...Negative comments...

You can't do it. You not good enough. Why are you participating in your children's lives? You can't. You won't.

Ever heard these before? From family members or from yourself perhaps. I am here to tell you not to listen to these. Whether they are from your family or they are from yourself, all of these come from one source...the devil. I mean would you really tell yourself any of these?

There are days that I hear these and I think, I really can't. I can see no possible way for any of this to happen, and then I remember, "I CAN do ALL things through CHRIST who gives me STRENGTH! I can, you can we all can!

I heard it when I got divorced. "Are you crazy?" "You can't raise four children on your own!" "You won't make it."

I heard it when I wanted to stay in Canada. "There is nothing for you there anymore." "You need to come home."

I hear it now when I want to do something that no one thinks I should do.

Guess what...I can do it. I will do it. The only one I need to accomplish it is God. God will show all of us the way, after all He is "the way, the truth and the life. Who is? God is. SO even if the task I am taking on seems overwhelming, I know that with God by my side I can do it and I can persevere.

Here is another truth, I am not a perfect mom, but I am a mom who loves her children and one whose idea of being a mom is to be there. Participating. Involved. I don't want to watch their lives from the sidelines, I want to be in the middle of it. I want to experience it, and I want them to know when they grow up, that they were wanted, they were loved and their mother was there for them no matter what.

I am not a perfect person, I make mistakes and I get grumpy...Lord knows I get grumpy. I don't always want to do the things I have chosen to do in my life. I don't always want to get up and start my day, but I always do. There are days I want to scream and pull all my hair out of my head.

I am not a perfect Christian. I have days when my faith falters. I have days I want to give up and go my own way. I don't always want to get up on Sunday morning and go to church. 9 am? Who wants to walk out the door at 9 am to go to church after a long week of parenting and living life? I do, because that is the service my children want to go to.

Listening to those voices, whether in your head or from others around you, will only cause you to stay where they want you...down and out. Depressed. Feeling useless. SO the next time someone tells you can't, tell them you can! YOU CAN!

I don't know about you, but I am living my life for God not for anyone else. I love aspects of my life and I am thankful for the things I am able to do. I am done listening to the negatives.

2 Corinthians 10:5 "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."

Remember that verse! I wrote it on an index card to tape it to my mirror. It is important to know, read and understand that if our thoughts are turned toward God, anything is possible.

Until the next Scribble....