Trying to Find the Balance

...between doing things for others and doing things for myself so that I have the strength to give to others

...between "being all here" (from Jim Elliot quote, "Wherever you are, be all there") and praying to seek God if there are reasons behind the dreams He gives me

...between trusting God fully in finances and being humanly wise in financial decisions

...between "selling belts to the tradesmen" and "looking over the affairs of my household" (see Proverbs 31)

...between getting a few more things done so that my family can rest easier and getting more sleep myself so that my family can have more of me

...between being a wife that follows quietly in submission and being the woman of passions (and words!) that I am

...between sharing too many words with people and not sharing enough words

...between being all that God created me to be and realizing that some of that "all" might just have to wait for a different time in my life

...between accepting myself for who I am (and who I am not!) and striving to be better and more complete in Him

....between sacrificial service and holding personal boundaries

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Life is full of contrast...one side pulls in one direction...the other side pulls the opposite way.  And here we are, in the middle, praying every tiny step of the way that we can balance and that we don't step too hard in either direction and thus fall off the path set before us.

Comments

[Mel]

I just a happened to check your great blog today...and this was the post I was greeted with. Your words really spoke to me today and I needed it. Just thought you should know! Thank you!

[tami]

So many of your words hit home for me. Each of these things is "good" but which is God's plan for this moment? Thank you for sharing your thoughts.