Life Lately
I typically share on a specific topic here, but sometimes it just seems fitting to share about life lately.
A friend sent a message in response to something I shared on my story last night - “You always make dinner look so beautiful!”
The reality - this was the first time I had cooked a full meal in far too long! I made sure to tell her this.
The truth is, life lately has been a lot.
A lot of good and a lot of work.
The reality of Zach and I both working can be slightly overwhelming at times.
He manages a brand new coffee shop owned by our beloved church, while continuing to help manage his dad’s Auto Body shop. These both combine to a hefty full time job and most weeks he’s working a full 6 days.
I run Rise + Thrive Co. while managing the home and homeschooling our boys.
Truth be told, one of the greatest struggles I think we face as a married couple is falling into victim mindsets that our load is heavier than the others.
It’s ugly and we often have honest conversations about it. Such growth we’ve seen!
The need to take every thought captive seems to become of such greater importance when you enter into marriage.
Our thought life becomes like termites, quietly destroying all of the good we have.
I’m challenged lately - to count up the good! There is always so very much of it! What do my eyes take first notice of? It’s a reflection of the true state of my heart.
We live a life that doesn’t work when we each run solo. Yet with both having so much to daily accomplish, it would be easy to fall into that frame of mind.
We daily must build intentional thought in our togetherness - communicating often, listening to each other’s heart.
I’m far from the wife I’d love to be, but oh, how good it is to have the one who transforms lives daily at my disposable.
We have a full life - a good, good life!
We go to bed tired every night. We live each day with purpose.
Life lately is overwhelming. I cry sometimes. I fall for lies, but I’m learning and asking my Jesus every day to renew my mind with the truth of His Word and to make me a daily display to my boys of what it is to live a given, purposeful life for the Kingdom.