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When You Need To Encourage Yourself

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I’m sitting in a messy playroom trying to work on some blogginess while Lydia, Asa and my husband clean up dinner downstairs and get ready for bed. And I’m feeling a little crunched up inside.

It started with showing up at a gymnastics class we weren’t supposed to be at, arguing in the car, disobedience and my son running around outside with shorts and no shoes on. All little stuff that means nothing but for some reason got me all grumpy and short-fused.

When I sat down just now, I checked my email, facebook and twitter first. (Why do I do that? Remind me not to do that again! I need to remember, “Create before you consume.”– Tsh Oxenreider) In my clicking I found a video of Psy and MC Hammer.

I watched it.

And I didn’t brighten my day or improve my mood. Clearly. Why are we surprised?

Then I remembered a post from my friend Erin about her trick when she comes “unglued”: listening to kids’ music especially Seeds Family Worship. I’m a big fan of Seeds because their lyrics are directly taken from Scripture. So, I dragged my heavy finger to click on the newest Seeds album, The Character of God.

Oh, what a balm.

I know. It sounds trite.

But it’s true. It healed my grumpy heart. It’s like I can’t make my own mouth say or do the right thing, but surrounding myself with this Scripture causes my spirit to sing. It changes me inside.

This new Seeds album focuses on who God is. And there’s something about reminding yourself who God is in the middle of your yuckiness. How He is so big and amazing and still loves us so deeply and cares for us so intimately.

If you do nothing else for your kids, surround them with Scripture through music, art and stories. Hearing my children sing God’s Word is such a treasure. Knowing that the seed of God’s Word is planted in their hearts is priceless.

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Comments

  1. Sarah says

    We love Seeds here at our house! I was on the phone the other day telling my husband how anxious I was feeling, and my 2.5 year old little boy (whom I was feeling anxious about, thanks to the joys of 2 year old mood swings ;)), heard me and said “do not be anxious, mommy”, and proceeded to sing Phil. 4:6-7! Beautiful moment where God, once again, humbled me and showed Himself to me through my precious child.

    • oh amanda says

      I LOVE IT. And even if we are actively trying to memorize Scripture with our kids, there’s something about setting it to music that makes it more accessible to our brains! 🙂

      a

  2. Amanda Allen says

    Maybe I am crazy but I tweeted and cannot figure out how to download for the life of me… haha… same thing happened on another blog that was like to download… nothing… :/ help? haha

  4. sheila says

    I don’t have a twitter account either. I just clicked on TWEET, when that window opened I decided not to sign up for an account and closed the window. When I closed that window, the download button turned green and I clicked that. Follow the instructions from there and you should be able to download!
    ((Thanks you Amanda!!))

  5. sheila says

    I don’t have a twitter account either. I just clicked on TWEET – when that window opened, I decided not to sign up for a twitter account and closed the window. When I closed that window, the download button turned green and I clicked that.
    Follow the instructions from there and you should be able to download!
    ((Thanks you Amanda!!))

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