Whew! Made it through day one!
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I had to bridle my tongue quite a few times yesterday, but I caught it lol. Had to take a deep breath, and set my mind on things above. The day was actually very peaceful and went extremely well. Biggest challenges? Husband and spouse. I was tempted to get all huffy when hubby wouldn't pay attention to me (sorry LOA fans....OPPOSITES ATTRACT!
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I'm a talker and he's not...well not true, he we talk forever about certain topics, but doen't do chit chat like me lol) but I stopped, took a deep breath, and set my mind to how much God has blessed me with a godly husband who loves the Lord, me and the children, and is not afraid as so many men are to take his rightful place as the head, and works 60 hours a week to provide for us...all of a sudden...that "I don't like you" bratty spirit
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left and I felt really happy! This is fun
Next...the girls. They are straight up daddy's girls (oooh I can't wait until I have my son....God has given me vengence in this area!
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) and sincerely just respect their dad more than me. I think it's a positive thing (I grew up without a father and never learned a thing about respecting a man, and due to that, molestation as a child, and being beaten, raped, cheated on, and abandoned by my ex, as well as used by many men afterward prior to truly getting saved and turning my life over to God, so needless to say God had to do some major MAJOR deliverance on me in the "wives reverence your husbands" area
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) as it'll make life easier on their husbands when they get married (Angel already done told me she's never getting married, having kids or moving out lol but I suspect she'll change up later) it kind of makes me a little...
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....cuz they tend to give me the blow off.
Well of course I still discipline my kids, but at the same time, instead of getting fired up that they do not like to obey me, I just chose to stop, take a deep breath and focus on the blessing that they are. God has given me extreme favor with my children that I know I don't deserve. They've never been sick outside of a little fever that was gone with a tylenol, they're heathy, they don't have any mental or behavioral problems at all, and every where we go people tell us how well behaved our children are. As a matter of fact we had an appointment at an attorney's office yesterday, and he was blown away by how well behaved they were. He has boys and said his sons would've been climbing on the walls!
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I wish people with sons would stop telling me this stuff
But yesterday was so wonderful and I really realized how much God has given to me, and in return for what? For my short jot of a life, for my past, for my sin. He traded me that for this
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My daughter's are so much like me it's crazy! They totally have inheirited my personality....poor Joshua
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A house with 3 yapping women!
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Kayla moreso than Angel. Angel is super talkative, creative, artistic, loving, sweet. Kayla is the same but she's a bit more ambitious, driven, she's definately the leader while Angel is the supporter type. They both have these minds that blow me away (Kayla yesterday with her toy cell phone talking to Grandpa
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Priceless.) I get overwhelmed so often that God has put them in my charge, but trust Him that He has equiped me on how to train them up. Anyway, here's the Joshua version of this story: Day went well.
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