Control Relinquished

Any readers out there remember why I started blogging and the reason behind my title choice? Back in February, I felt an urge to begin blogging as an outlet to de-clutter my mind and document a bit of what God teaches me in the day to day happenings of life. I was led to the name "Control Relinquished" since an area of my life that is hardest for me to surrender is the area of control. I felt that God was desiring my focus for 2014 to be in the area of giving up my control as a wife, mother, and woman of God. Seven months later and you would think (or hope) that I've become an expert at resisting this urge to control all aspects of life. But no, it's still a daily battle and one I fail often. In the last 2 weeks, my life has felt very random and 'out of control'. (Yes, a control freak's nightmare!) Life has been very busy with commitments, meetings, and typical responsibilities. In addition to my already busy days, I've had an emergency dentist ap...

Have you ever lost an item of importance and you had to decide to take the plunge into something undesirable in hopes of finding it? I certainly have had my fair share of dumpster diving! The first experience I can recall, took place in elementary school on an all-school field trip. Only after I had finished and thrown out my bagged lunch, did I realize that my retainer was not in my mouth. I forget who I told, but I remember my extreme embarrassment as my entire class dug through the entire trash can to help me find my expensive mouthpiece. Thankfully, we found it and that experience prevented it from ever happening again! Last week, I traded in some dumpster diving for new & exciting-- toilet diving! I had my husband's office keys in my back pocket. Of course you can probably guess what happened when I went to use the bathroom! I'm still confused how they fell in at the exact moment the toilet was flushed, but a set of keys sinks like lead. So, I found myself needing...

Have you ever had so many details floating through your head that you couldn't even think straight? Or a list so long, it was too overwhelming to look at? Or the muscles in your shoulders feel so tight from the weight of the world resting on them? That is how my week started out. I felt like I was constantly running against the clock and I couldn't get ahead. I'd be working on one task and then suddenly think of something more important and rush off to complete that. It was like Homemaker ADD. My rushing finally came to a breaking point. On my way home from giving piano lessons to a neighbor girl, I stopped to buy corn for dinner. Six ears into my husking, the threatening thunderstorm started to dump rain. I rushed to the front porch to finish. Due to the interruption, I finally finished at 5:45. We were supposed to leave in 6 to pick up our van from the garage so my husband could go to a meeting and I could run some errands. One look at his frazzled wife and mess of...