ever feel like......

ever feel like things are totally out of your control, and you actually know they are?

ever feel like the laundry is never done?

ever feel like you are never going to get the credit card paid off?

ever feel like you don't have enough arms or hands to help the little ones?

ever feel like you will never complete the tasks you have on your to do lists?

ever feel like you are being pulled in 10 different directions?

ever feel like if you don't get 10 quiet minutes to yourself, you might sit down and cry?

ever feel like you've heard the word or variation of the word "momma" 10,000 times in one day?

ever feel like you don't want to have to plan/cook another meal?

ever feel like you live in your car because you driving your kids everywhere or endlessly running errands?

ever feel like you are always sweeping chips, cheerios, lego guns, and polly pocket shoes off the floor, or out of the couch, or out of the car (or out the treadmill, k)?

ever feel like you are not making any headway in the child-training?

ever feel like you are not as good of a mom as "so and so"?

ever feel like will never lose those 10 lbs. you want to lose?

ever feel like you will never be finished with homeschooling your first grader?'

ever feel like it's too long until your next date night with your husband - or you can't remember the last date night you had with your husband?

well you are NOT alone.

we all feel like it whether you are a stay-at-home mom or whether you work outside the home.

you are in good company.

friends, i have these thoughts and feeling too. i am pretty sure that anyone you perceive to be a "supermom" has these thoughts and feeling too.

some people wonder why i write a blog. partly, it's for me. it's an outlet for me. it's a way i can express myself. for some reason i feel i can share things here. in addition, i read other people's blog like mrs. troop's, crazy daisy's, my cousin julie's and i get a reality check. it lets me know there are other people going through the same thing i do or feel the same way i do - knowing it's okay to be a little crazy sometime. sometimes a word of "hang in there" from someone else goes a long way when you've had a long day, or several weeks i should say.

i drove by the field by my house today. i can see that it's coming. every year i get so excited when i see it's coming.

i don't know why.

well, yes i do. it is my reminder that God is in control and He cares about me. sometimes it catches me by surprise. sometimes like this year i see it coming. it's slowly happening and i can see the progress.

there's a huge field by my house that lama-lama ding dongs graze upon. every year about this time the whole green field turns to bright yellow flowers. it's starting now. this year i am going to try my best to pull of the side of the road and take a picture of it. the picture i include in this post will show you what it will look like until i get a great picture of it to replace it.

i can't remember if i've posted this before on this particular blog site. if you've already read something similar to this, sorry.

anyhow, the verse i always think of when i see this vast field of yellow flowers is:

Matthew 6:28-34

.... see how the lilies of the field grow. they do not labor or spin. yet i tell you that not even solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. if that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not so much more clothe you, O you of little faith. so do not worry, saying "what shall we eat?" or "what shall we drink?" or "what shall we wear?" for the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you as well. therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. each day has enough trouble of its own.