Crazy May

Yawn. :0...It's 5am on Friday and I have so much to do today. May is always a crazy busy month when you have kids in school. It rivals December as the busiest mommy month. Here's what we've had going on: soccer practices, soccer games, soccer party, volleyball practice, creative writing practice, making/shopping for gifts for teacher appreciation week, Blue Sky night, selling Wonderland tickets... and here's what we've got coming up: school swim party at WT, UIL creative writing competition, Wonderland night, volleyball practices, volleyball games, school volunteer luncheon, PTA board luncheon, MDO registration... and I've only got ONE in school! I don't know how families with 3 or 4 do it. Anyway, now that I've wasted precious time venting about not having enough time...

Last night I did manage to keep my eyes open long enough to do some studying in 1 Samuel.

1 Samuel 8:6-7

⁶ But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. ⁷ And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.

Our pastor spoke about this passage being a message to encourage us when we share Christ with someone and are rejected. I have always been the kind of person that avoids rejection like the plague. I won't even offer someone a piece of gum if I think they will say no. (Silly. I know. We're working on it.) So the thought of sharing something so precious as the love of Jesus with someone and being rejected makes me shudder. Even sharing in this blog is taking me way out of my comfort zone, but at least if I'm being rejected, it's not happening to my face. I'm sure one day I will feel the prompting of the Holy Spirit to share with someone in person and when that day comes and I am rejected, I will find comfort in the words God spoke to Samuel.

1 Samuel 16:7

⁷ But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

Of course, the message here is to not judge a book by it's cover. If we've heard it once, we've heard it a hundred times, but I know I am still guilty of this way too often...something else to work on.

1 Samuel 17:37

³⁷ The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."
Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."

More encouragement for scaredy cats... I need all I can get.

I better go get busy.