After about a week of some warmer weather, getting outside, planting grass, having better electricity, and just getting excited about spring coming, another several days of snow, cold weather and weak electricity have hit. After sharing in our pr time on Monday morning from Jn. 4 and Is. 58 about our Father's promise of springs living water in us, even in dry places, I have felt a very difficult battle going on in my mind, wanting to just give in to discouragement, self-pity, and frustrated critical thoughts.
Yesterday was an especially difficult day with Alia with a lot of clashes between us of her not wanting to obey and me, feeling discouraged already, not having much patience. At the breakfast table, after a spanking for disobeying, she said to me, "Mommy, can you pray for me." So I prayed for her, that Jesus would help her to obey even when she did not want to and that God would help her to be able to be happy again. She looked up and said, "but I'm still sad. Can you pray for me again." So I prayed for her again. She looked up again and said, "But I'm still sad." There was some worship music playing and she sat there for a moment and then said, "Is God in the music?" "Yes, the music is singing about worshipping God." I said. She thought again, "Is Jesus in the music?" "Yes." I said again. It touched me to see her trying to comprehend how God could help her through low times too.
Today we woke up to a very cold house again and no electricity. I was struggling again to find some joy in Him and have a kind attitude. At lunch time, the kitchen was warm since I had been cooking in there, and our family/dining room was 55 degrees, so I told Alia that if she would sit well on her little stool, we could have a special lunch together at her little play table in the kitchen. So these pictures are of us having our special lunch together in the warm kitchen. We sat down and Alia prayed, "Thank you, God, for a warm place." :-) After we said, Amen, she says, "So, how was your day?" . . . like she was getting into us having a special girls' lunch together. :-)
Surprise, Daddy, joined us for lunch a little later, so a pic of him with us in the kitchen too. And then Anna woke up so we brought her chair into the kitchen with us too. Somehow, I feel the Father lifting my head today and filling me with His spring, even with special little moments like these.
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