Dog Dung!!!

So, today was a tough day for me as a mom and wife. I was hoping for a "normal" Monday (whatever that is). You know, with bills to pay, house to clean, children to teach and play with. But, as the day went along I realized that leading into my "normal" Monday, I have been pretty hyped up over the upcoming holidays, stressed with finances, on a emotional and spiritual roller coaster these past few weeks, saddened by my failures and sin, along with it's effects on others, angry at Satan for his prowling and schemes, while yet JOYFUL and Humbled by the Lord's hand in healing and forgiveness, mercy and grace.

So, that brings me to NOW....

What to do with it?
Well, self contempt and pity are always an option, right? So, I let that go on for awhile until I was so angry and frustrated that I couldn't even find a way to pray. I texted my sweet husband to let him know about the glitter that spilled all over the bed and how I was thoroughly ticked with how my day was falling apart minute by minute. I told him by text I needed to pray and would call him after.

I just couldn't get calm enough to pray! It had become second nature to me for the last 3 weeks to pray about things I would buy at the grocery store, so WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM!!!

ME!

It's NOT about ME!

And what is IMPORTANT???

Well, back to that amazing husband of mine...he sent me an email and called to check in on me (assuming my prayer was over...since it had been almost an hour). Once he realized I still hadn't prayed, he told me that he had already prayed for me and I needed to check my email.

So I did.

It included precious and sweet words from him, along with this passage he found on someone's Facebook Status:

Philippians 3:8 - The Message

"Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I've dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him."

Yep! That was a definite Word from the Lord for me! So, I looked up the NIV version and added a few verses to include:

Philippians 3:7-11 - NIV

" 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead."

Thank you Jesus for reminding me what is important in life. No more time for self focus today. Time to worship my Creator and Master!