tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27337216.post4102991434764951368..comments2023-10-18T10:11:15.934-05:00Comments on Adventures in Domesticity: WisdomCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05977860195847730169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27337216.post-61291944193993497332010-12-16T13:55:21.922-06:002010-12-16T13:55:21.922-06:00Thank you for your note, Heather. I grew up with ...Thank you for your note, Heather. I grew up with the idea that we have to be happy because we're Christians. What God is teaching me is that He will give me deep joy, even when my circumstances make happiness difficult. I'm also learning that our witness to the rest of the world and our encouragement to others should not be from a false facade of smiles that are skin deep, but rather the authenticity of a real relationship with God. It may involve fewer smiles and more tears, but it is not a lie or a face we put on to show others.<br /><br />Thanks again for your comment. And don't try to be superwoman - just do what God called you to do.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977860195847730169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27337216.post-25390118206174102712010-12-16T13:46:17.687-06:002010-12-16T13:46:17.687-06:00Dear Catherine,
Please keep writing about how God ...Dear Catherine,<br />Please keep writing about how God is "pulling off your skin". It is truly encouraging me. I read so many blogs and Chritian literature that just doesn't sound any different from the world's version of how a woman can show herself approved. Yet frustratingly, every time I try to fit these superwoman shoes I end up burned out and empty. Am I "good enough" if I get the laundry done, cook most meals, feed my kids, and imperfectly clean my house and that's it? Do I have to go to one hundred church activities, homeschool group events, cut all the coupons in the world, save tons of money, own a part time side business, etc. to be "okay"? It certainly feels that way in all honesty. I had a woman at the church we began attending this year stop talking to me when I said "no" tho teaching a kid's class on Sunday nights. It still hurts a little ya know?<br />Anyway, it is incredibly refreshing to have someone say that one's faith is still intact and recognized by God if we focus on knowing Him and doing just what is in front of us day to day. We don't have to be superwomen.Heathernoreply@blogger.com