Husbands...ugh...

As I type this blog today I am irritated with Shane. Like husbands tend to do he has made me mad. I don't know about your house but in my house when Momma gets ill people start tip toeing. And, Momma's ill! haha Honestly, it is not that big of a deal and I'm sure those of you who are married know that husbands can just rub you the wrong way sometimes.

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As I was driving into work I was talking on the phone with a really good friend of mine and we were both on the husband rant. She is ill with hers and here I am ill with mine. We fussed and laughed and picked and poked and actually had a really good time.

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I came into the office and sat down at my desk thinking about how ill I was with Shane and as I opened up my web browser to get my daily word I clicked on Mark 3:24, "A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse." (NLT). In no way do I think that I have a "kingdom" in that little blue house in Dora, Alabama but, I do think this verse was meant for me today!

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So many times as a Mom, as a wife, as a woman I just want to throw my hands up and say "Forget it!" I get tired of the struggle, feeling like I'm beating my head against a wall. Teenagers have this uncanny way of wearing you down! (They must learn it from the husband...heehee). It is easy to have civil war rise up in your home. It rises up in our neighborhoods, our counties, our states, and even our country and we see the outcome of that! We can't allow that restlessness to rise up in our homes. No matter how frustrated, how tired, how outdone we get we must put our foot down towards the enemy and say "Not in my house!"

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The walls around my "kingdom" get nicks and scrapes on them. Sometimes a few bricks fall from time to time but there will be no collapse! The enemy messes with the wrong Mom/wife/woman when we thinks he is going to step into my "kingdom"! See, my "kingdom" has Jesus Christ sitting on the throne and guess what...he can't touch that! So, instead of throwing my hands up and saying "Forget it" to those who actually matter, this ole buzzard is saying "Forget it" to the enemy...keep on walking Mister! =)