“the thing about negative thoughts is that if you don’t hold them up to the Light and speak the truth to them, then you end up living out of them” this one got me good! Thank you for your perspective! Currently in a season where I’m working outside the home and it’s very tough to find joy within a level of exhaustion that feels impossible.
If only I could catch every negative thought before I live out of it. Might be a lifelong endeavor for me.🥹
And I know how you feel with working outside the home and feeling exhausted!! I always told God, “This situation just does not add up for me and my family, and I don’t know how I can sustain it. but I’m going to keep doing what’s in front of me and discerning with my husband as best we can, and trust in You until you change the circumstances.”
He could change everything tomorrow if he wanted to. At least that’s what I can say from my own testimony in multiple areas over the years.
Thank you for this, Erin. Especially for sharing this: “To have good mental health, I think you have to accept yourself as you really are, and you have to accept the actual people and situation that are right in front of you.”
It's something I have been sensing the Lord asking me to do. To look for the beauty unfolding right here in front of me. Like you, I battle with those thoughts of comparison. I'm working hard on choosing to be thankful.
I came into the Church in January 2025. Looking at other families doing life in the Church since their birth, I easily get discouraged. But looking for evidence of God at work in and through myself, my husband, our girls and in our life, I am filled with joy and thanksgiving.
Yesterday, it worked out for my girls to join me at mass. I get weepy thinking of it. As we knelt to pray together, my heart was full. As we sung Psalm 23 (that I have prayed over them at night for years) I marvelled at God's timing in the mass He chose for them to be able to come. As I saw a huge photo of Saint Therese de Lisieux on the wall of the church (we were visiting on our camping trip), I was in awe- she'z my patron saint.
Being surrounded by the tiniest of babies, by fathers keeping an eye on their toddlers running up and down the aisle, by students, by middle-aged and the elderly all present did my heart good: seeing the Church alive and active in every generation.
I will be carrying that morning in my heart for a long time. Yes, this is my life and I get to be thankful for these precious gifts God keeps giving me, even as I continue to long and pray and believe for a continuing conversion of all our hearts.
Thank you for refreshing my heart this morning. For letting me know of your struggle and extending me compassion in my own struggle. Grateful.
“the thing about negative thoughts is that if you don’t hold them up to the Light and speak the truth to them, then you end up living out of them” this one got me good! Thank you for your perspective! Currently in a season where I’m working outside the home and it’s very tough to find joy within a level of exhaustion that feels impossible.
If only I could catch every negative thought before I live out of it. Might be a lifelong endeavor for me.🥹
And I know how you feel with working outside the home and feeling exhausted!! I always told God, “This situation just does not add up for me and my family, and I don’t know how I can sustain it. but I’m going to keep doing what’s in front of me and discerning with my husband as best we can, and trust in You until you change the circumstances.”
He could change everything tomorrow if he wanted to. At least that’s what I can say from my own testimony in multiple areas over the years.
Blessings💜
This was thought-provoking, funny, relatable, and fun to read! Thank you!
Thank you for this, Erin. Especially for sharing this: “To have good mental health, I think you have to accept yourself as you really are, and you have to accept the actual people and situation that are right in front of you.”
It's something I have been sensing the Lord asking me to do. To look for the beauty unfolding right here in front of me. Like you, I battle with those thoughts of comparison. I'm working hard on choosing to be thankful.
I came into the Church in January 2025. Looking at other families doing life in the Church since their birth, I easily get discouraged. But looking for evidence of God at work in and through myself, my husband, our girls and in our life, I am filled with joy and thanksgiving.
Yesterday, it worked out for my girls to join me at mass. I get weepy thinking of it. As we knelt to pray together, my heart was full. As we sung Psalm 23 (that I have prayed over them at night for years) I marvelled at God's timing in the mass He chose for them to be able to come. As I saw a huge photo of Saint Therese de Lisieux on the wall of the church (we were visiting on our camping trip), I was in awe- she'z my patron saint.
Being surrounded by the tiniest of babies, by fathers keeping an eye on their toddlers running up and down the aisle, by students, by middle-aged and the elderly all present did my heart good: seeing the Church alive and active in every generation.
I will be carrying that morning in my heart for a long time. Yes, this is my life and I get to be thankful for these precious gifts God keeps giving me, even as I continue to long and pray and believe for a continuing conversion of all our hearts.
Thank you for refreshing my heart this morning. For letting me know of your struggle and extending me compassion in my own struggle. Grateful.