Friday, April 5, 2013

After {Five Minute Friday}

Every Friday Lisa Jo Baker gives a prompt and many bloggers like myself take that prompt and write for just five minutes.  It is a wonderful community and if you blog I encourage you to try it.  Writing for five minutes is the perfect way for me to ease back into blogging after an very unexpected gap of three weeks.  In that three weeks much has happened, mostly illness, Easter, and company.  But also, my sweet sister-in-law started her own blog.  Anyway, today's prompt is After!  And here I go:

After
After illness.  After the exhaustion of caring for sick little ones.  After the whole house seems to be falling apart.  How do I pick up the pieces?  How do I care for us all better so one virus doesn't seem to make me lose three weeks. 

After Easter.  After my Lord Jesus died.  How did they pick up the pieces?  Life had changed forever, in a way so much more significantly than the illness at my house.  Jesus died for sins, rose from the dead, and sent the Holy Spirit.  And the early believers transitioned from Judaism to Christianity.

So how do I keep my eyes focused on Him who I cannot see? Instead of on earthly things like the messes and to dos?  And know when to quit doing when the work never ends?  I don't know.  Maybe we can figure it out together.

And my five minutes are up.

10 comments:

  1. Stopping by from FMF to say hello. Great post! Those are good questions and I sure wish we knew the answers, but perfection will only come when we're in Heaven. So glad He doesn't require it in us now! :-)

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    1. Praise God that He doesn't require perfection and did it for us, because I am SO far away and need Him daily.

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  2. Aww I can so relate, it is hard isn't, those pesky to do's and illiness and messiness, you are not alone. Together, hand in hand, heart to heart we can help each-other focus on Him. Because I too need the help.

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    1. I like that...together we can focus on Him!

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  3. Such good words to think upon and work towards

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  4. It is so important to find community - we were meant for relationships. And no, the work never ends, but it can feel less burdensome when we have compassionate people in our lives to share the load.

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    1. Thanks for visiting. I totally agree, relationships definitely help. I checked your blog and I will be back.

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  5. Caring for sick little ones is hard, and from reading your post, you seem to have found one way to focus on Him, and that is simply to remember what He has done for us on the cross...thanks for sharing your heart, Nataline, and I pray God will give you strength and peace...you are doing a great job :)

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  6. How do we pick up the pieces in the after ? All I can think is to pick one piece up at a time then hand it to God. Then allow Him to put it all together in a beautiful picture.

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