Did you know that it takes 30 days to create a habit...but for a mom it takes more!!!! Big shocker....I am convinced that I am exempt from this and my brain just does not create habits!!!
So I have to share that after my post yesterday.. I got up this morning to get in the Word and pray with my husband, and after reading Colossians 2, we read an evangelical commentary, just to reach a clearer understanding and to delve deeper into God's word. God is so good and this was in my commentary which is one directed for women and written by two women.
Heart to Heart: Avoiding the Bondage of Legalism
In your attempts to be the "perfect" woman, whether as a wife, mother, church member,or employee, often you impose upon yourself a personal list of "regulations" and "human commands". Failing to achieve these super-human standards can become a source of much anxiety and grief. Although it is not easy, you as believers need to free yourselves from these bonds of legalism for, as Colossians 2:23 says, they are not of any value. If God's grace has given you eternal life, then why do you attempt to live that life by your rules? Having been saved by grace you must live by grace. Instead of looking to your own fabricated standards of "perfection" which no one on earth could attain, you must look to Christ. He has fulfilled all of God's laws on your behalf so that you do not have to meet the standards of the law and He lives eternally to empower you day by day with his grace and mercy.
Whew...boy did I need to hear that. He is so faithful to fill our needs. This I think is probably my biggest struggle. Living in my own self subjected world of "perfection" measuring myself against others instead of against the Word of God. Making sure to seek His mercy and know that I am enough only when I am in Him who is ALL!
Lord My Prayer Today: That you Lord would reassure me constantly, that I live in your grace and mercy. That I am enough in you!!! That when I try to hold my self up to my "LAW" I am taking away the POWER of your death on the cross for me! I Love you Lord, you are my God.
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