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Dear Weary Mom,
It is 10 minutes to 8 here on the East Coast. I know where each one of my four not so perfect babes are……are they in bed? Unfortunately NO! They are watching a video in the next room. But for some of you exhausted mamas you are waging a battle, a battle I sometimes too have to wage. It is something some have mastered. I thought I had, until our 5 year old started not being able to sleep!

The battle is bed time. I know you are thinking oh no here she goes….she’s gonna tell me her fail proof method that works great for her kids but will inevitably fail with mine. Nope not gonna do it. I know as we wage this battle with our special needs son God has brought it to my attention that nothing works for everyone! Matter of fact what we do doesn’t work for our five year old!

Oh dear mama i know that people have opinions about everything, from co-sleeping to strict bed times to no bed time at all. And a lot of it is unsolicited and let’s be honest that most of it makes us feel as though we have failed!

Well i’m not here to judge, condemn or suggest. I’m here to remind!

To remind you that God sees you choking back the tears as you hold a child who is fighting sleep and you are just so weary, you don’t know how you have the strength to hold yourself up let alone them. And He makes your arms strong.

To remind you that God loves you, even though you feel alone as you struggle to keep wiggling bodies in their beds as you chase one or two or three more down the hall. And He speaks truth to your heart…”i will never leave”

To remind you God hears those prayers you feel are bouncing off the ceiling as you watch a struggling child. Whether it’s in health, or friendships, or their way in life. And He answers.

To remind you that God has written the big picture. He knows everything that is going to happen and is surprised by nothing! He knows the emotions you will feel before you feel it. His heart aches in your sadness. He smiles at your joy. He understands your frustration. After all He is our Father watching us go through similar growing pains

But most of all Dear Weary mama, I am here to pray for you! Yes even in my very own weariness (ahem i mean i struggle with everything i just mentioned…i needed to hear it too) I want to pray for you! When I take my eyes off myself and see those around me who are struggling as well I become a warrior despite my weakness!

Dear Heavenly Father,
I pray for all the mamas out there who are struggling with this crazy thing called bedtime. Some mamas have it easy Lord and thank you for that blessing and Lord there are those mamas out there that for whatever reason has a child or children who have struggles sleeping, which then makes those poor mamas even more weary. Lord I pray that those mamas might be able to get their sweet children down to bed and have the best night’s rest. And Lord for those who won’t get that tonight I pray that they would find perfect rest in you. That in their weariness they would seek you!
Thank you for all the weary mamas out there
In Jesus’ name Amen

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Hi all, i know this is a few days late but i wanted to touch on the questions at the end of Fridays post! This book club has been challenging. If refreshes me and yet challenges me in things I already knew and yet have slipped through my fingers asI have become a weary mom. I have come to realize that being a weary mom is the best place for me to be, because I keep my eyes on Jesus!

This weeks chapter was a great reminder of the power of music!
The song that ran through my head all week……grace, grace, God’s grace. Grace that is greater than all my sin. This song was comforting me in two ways. It reminded me that I’m not perfect and yet I’m covered. Grace takes care of my imperfection! Secondly it’s a great reminder that those who hurt me whether my kids, hubby, or others around me need grace. I need to extend the same grace to them as Christ did to me! Does that mean I am to be a doormat? Nope! Sometimes I need to take a stand and always God will fight for those who are upright. So my character needs to be blameless!

My steps to focus on Jesus, has been beefed up since starting this study! God totally lured my heart here. I played catch up and have been impacted immensely. So this book club has played a big part in that! Secondly MUSIC! And thirdly and definitely the biggest is God’s word. Sometimes it seems so textbook, but it never returns void! No matter how many times i’ve read certain book chapters or verses there is always something new for me to dwell on!

Praying on my knees is certainly a struggle both physically, and emotionally! First off I have been super hard my my knees but that has not stopped me. I don’t pray on my knees as often as I should BUT when I do, and I humble myself to kneel before my creator, my heart refreshes as I pour out my deepest concerns! I want to make this a more common practice but in the same respect I don’t want to become flippant either!

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WEEK 4-
From the fall of 2010 until December of 2011 was what I had come to refer to as the year of death. NO JOKE! Within a month both an aunt and an uncle on my dad’s side of the family passed away. About two months later two friend within a week of each other lost their battles with cancer. Then a friend from my husbands childhood committed suicide. Then another aunt. (Same side as before). A friend lost the baby she was carrying to a devastating disease. Another friend lost her battle with cancer and then…..a week later my grandmother was diagnosed with advanced cancer, and was gone a little more than a month later….the week before Christmas!

That was one tough year and i would definitely say I was in the same place as the author…..wondering what was going to happen next. There were other major trials that year too. It was all in all a very emotional year as we prayed for family and friends health and time and again it just was not what God had planned! It’s hard to stomach God’s plans sometimes, especially when they don’t match my perfect plans ( note heavy sarcasm). My plans are selfish! They are centered on what’s better for me!

Just as post two talked about this week as well we sometimes have to mourn the loss of our ideals and dreams when something happens to a child. As we embark on this journey of Aspergers with our 5 year old son, I had to say goodbye to some of the normal things our other kids have experienced. I am not by any means saying my son can’t grow to live a normal life as an adult ,but it will be a very long taxing road until then. It will take far more work, and since he is a runner, we have to be on our guard 24/7!

We never struggle the same way…..so i didn’t struggle the same as others, but it was definitely a dark time, but God rescued me just like He will rescue you!

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