Traci

Okay, well maybe it is just me. Broken, battered & bruised. I have gone through several struggles/trials throughout my lifetime.

I have been formed, and reshaped, by the Potter’s Hands. They are kind hands. Trials that have tenderly made me who I am today. Those same hands, will Faithfully continue to mold me. Reshape me. I will never arrive.

Isaiah 64:8 “But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.”

Recently I had a friend say to me, “you seem to possess such a strength inside of you. I wish I had that.”

My reply, “it only comes from walking through the fire. Getting burned. Battered by the storms of life. Bruised. Only then, can I have something to offer someone else.”

Maybe you think I have it altogether. All the time. I surely do not!

I post happy, smiling pictures of my kids playing outside.

I write devotionals about walking close with the Lord.

I give cool recipes to try out for yourself.

I will never exhaust posts about honoring and respecting our husbands.

I throw some decorating tips and a few before/after crafty-type creations.

But I don’t have it altogether, all the time. No no no.

I am a broken and bruised person, seeking and striving to be obedient to my Heavenly Father.

Truth is, sometimes – – –

I fail.

I struggle.

I get bitter.

I get depressed.

I get angry at my husband.

I yell at my kids sometimes.

I want to run away and hide out for a few days.

But God! If it was not for God in my life, I would have nothing to share. At least nothing of eternal value. Thanks be to God for His grace and mercy.

Why do I blog?

I blog/write to keep special memories of my children.

I blog/write to process and understand life.

I blog/write to have some adult interaction (even if it is virtual).

I blog/write with the hope that I may encourage YOU! All glory to God.

I blog/write because I find enjoyment in it.

I blog/write because I love to play around with html coding and that is my geeky/creative side.

I blog/write with hopes of gaining a small bit of monetary income for my family.

I blog/write with the desire to turn my thoughts/devotionals into a book one day.

I blog/write to SHINE JESUS.

Why do you blog?

Are you Broken, Battered & Bruised? Has God picked you up from the miry clay and set your feet upon firm ground? (Psalm 40:2 “He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” )

If not for the valley’s of life,

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we would never experience

the mountain-top-JOYS!

Continue to praise Him for it! He longs for us to glorify Him and He delights in us. He created us for His pleasure (Revelation 4:11 “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.“)

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