June Bible Study Day 5

Hey all,

I'm so sorry I am so completely late for today.  I just now had a minute to type out my thoughts.  I read the study earlier with one of my friends and we both loved it. 

Today was "Give Thanks In Stress" and boy did I need that today.  I was picking up my oldest son from school and my middle one decided to fool around, fall and knock one of his teeth completely out and two more are loose.  To say the least it was a bit stressful.  The readings today were Luke 10:38-42, Isaiah 55:1-3, Matthew 11:28-30, and Psalm 23:1-3.

All of these passages are almost etched in my mind because I read them over and over and over while Zach was at bootcamp.  That was the first really stressful time during our entire marriage. I have always loved the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10.  Just think about have Jesus Christ as a guest in your home.  Do you think you would be stressing out over making everything perfect or do you think you would be sitting at our Savior's feet listening to him?  We have got to come to a point in our lives when we understand what matters the most.  Would you rather have your house perfect all the time or would you rather take those teachable moments for your kids and help them to learn more about the heart of God?

I was also thinking about how in Matthew 11:28 Jesus says 'come to him all who are heavy laden'.  Martha was heavy laden, but she didn't come to him to find rest, no she came to him to find help in someone else.  We need to come to Jesus simply for rest, not to ask for other people in this world to help us with our problems.

I loved how the author described her life as noise.  Isn't that the truth?? Sometimes that is all that I can hear. My kids screaming, laughing, fighting, singing, and then there are a million thoughts racing through my brain at the same time.   It is so noisy.  It's hard to break through those moments and say thank you.  I can't even think straight half the time to even utter the words.  But if I look around, calm my thoughts, I can see all the blessings in the noise.  Think about the people who would love to have noise in their house, but they are unable to bear.  What a blessing it is to have our lives full with noise.

Take a moment tomorrow when all you hear is noise and simply thank God for the noise in your life and for the courage to live through it.

Much Love,
Ashley