I remember receiving an email years ago that was filled with beautiful nature-type photographs and wise sayings. One of the captions caught my interest. It read: I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business. (Michael J. Fox) How often do you strive for perfection when you simply can not reach it? You become disappointed in yourself and others when you/they don’t meet lofty expectations. You wait for the perfect time, Continue Reading
Prayer for School Year
Lord Jesus, As our children start their school year there is an enormous amount of uncertainty. What will this year look like? What will it entail for our children? Will they succeed, struggle, fail? What is failure in their minds. So often they convince themselves that they have failed when, in truth, they have just stumbled onto something that may not work for them. As a mother, Lord, it's difficult. Because we can't be with them. We won't know their every struggle or even be able to Continue Reading