Reasoning

A friend facebooked me today and asked me why I was slacking on my blog. 

I had to laugh because this friend and I go way back...and I love her.

But the truth is, I am exhausted.  Life has been so crazy this week.  I am not complaining...I am simply stating the truth.

And sometimes, I have to take a few days away from writing to be still...and hear what it is He is trying to tell me.  He puts things on my heart to write about.  And when there is nothing, I have to be obedient and know that when the time is right, He'll put something else there that needs to be talked about. 

My previous post was a little heavy, so I decided to add a bit of happiness to the blog.  Relationships with God are like that.  You have ups and downs.  Life brings both...you don't just get to be happy, funny, crazy, Mom of three boys all of the time.  Sometimes you get to be tired, sick, cranky, Mommy on the verge of a meltdown. 

With that, I thought it might be time for another version of It's Ok...

So here you go.

It's Ok to sit down on the couch when you have a full sink of dishes and a dryer full of clothes.

It's Ok to forget your child at youth group one time.  (Twice and I think I might get him kicked out)

It's Ok to try to get in someone else's van at the grocery store that looks EXACTLY like yours...twice.

It's Ok to have absolutely no short term memory left to remind you that you've already tried to get in someone else's van.

It's Ok to say you are going to start a diet on Monday morning and blow it by mid Monday morning.

It's Ok to rock out to 90's hair band music on the elliptical machine at the gym wearing a black shirt and navy blue shorts because you thought they were both black.

It's Ok to go without a microwave for an entire month.

It's Ok to overbook, overwork, and over do it, if the cause is worth the time.

It's Ok to cry at least once a week...or even once a day.  I do.

It's Ok to eat chocolate cookie dough for a snack as you tell your kids they can't because it has raw eggs in it and it might hurt them.  (It might...you don't know.  I have built up a tolerance to it...I am sure)

It's Ok to cry as your Big brings home his 6th grade picture because he is starting to look more like a man than a child.  And then lay it out with all of his pictures since preschool, eat 6 portions of cookie dough and cry some more.

And finally...It's Ok to take a blogging hiatus when your heart isn't in the right place...because giving yourself the time to be alone with God is just what the Dr. ordered.  (Love you Amy Staggs ;)

Happy Friday Tomorrow friends!
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