Word Wednesday

Today is officially “Word Wednesday” otherwise known as “Hump Day.” We’ve made it half way through yet another week on the wonderful, exciting and bumpy road of motherhood. Therefore, some of us are looking for some encouraging words to make it through the rest of the week with Joy and Peace. At night before my son goes to bed, in addition to reading bible stories, I read him a passage out of Prayers That Avail Much, First Blessings for Your Child by Germaine Copeland. Mommies we have to keep our children prayed up and constantly put Gods Word in their hearts.

Yesterday’s passage read, “This evening I thank God for His Word that will sustain us. He will never allow the (consistently) righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall or fail.) Our little child the Lord cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.” The scripture that was referenced for this particular prayer was Psalm 55:22, which reads as follows, “Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” In part, what I received from this passage is that we mustn’t dwell on our issues and problems, but we should cast them on the Lord. This seems to be a pretty simple and well known principle that so many of us fail to follow.

We allow ourselves to get stressed out and frustrated way too much. When we have issues that arise in life we should simply cast our cares on God and move on. Why is it so hard for us to do this? It seems that most children don’t have this problem. If you can remember back to your childhood you can probably recall many instances in which you were upset or bothered by something, but it didn’t seem to last long.

I remember a time when my best friend and I got into a fight in grade school. At the time I was very upset with her and all I could see was red. We both got into trouble for our behavior, but a couple of days later, we were back on the swings together at recess laughing and playing as though nothing ever happened. Our parents and teachers had encouraged us to move past what had happened in the same way that we should encourage our kids and ourselves. We shouldn’t hold grudges with others, what good does that do? You only end up hurting yourself in the end. It takes so much more energy to be angry and upset with someone. We must realize their faults, pray for them and simply move on.

Until our next appointed meeting time. Stay tuned for more words of encouragement and inspiration for M.O.M.’s near and far! Please share this blog with as many people as you know (www.savedmom.com), we have so many lives to touch. Feel free to post a comment and/or subscribe (if you are reading this from your inbox visit the site address referenced above to post a comment). If you would like to submit prayer requests send them to info@savedmom.com. Thanks for your continued support!

Mommie Blessings,

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