lies.

I really hate how the devil constantly tries to knock you down with lies. Lies that sneak into your mind on days when you're exhausted or feeling a little overwhelmed.
The devil really does stink.

Just recently, I've been a little tuckered out from: waking up with Jasper for a few extra night feedings, preparing for the children's church activities, my Dad doing really really badly regarding his cancer, homeschooling the kids, after school sports, being a pastor's wife, preparing for the married's retreat we had at our church, fixing up the yard, keeping the home picked up/cleaned.....it can all be very overwhelming.

Needless to say...I really do love my life, our large family, and all the responsibilities and pressures that go along with it; It can still be real challenging for any Mommy, I think.

But then something happens and the devil sneaks up behind you and starts telling you that you don't do enough, or that you don't do it good enough. What a liar he is.

He's a thief who wants to steal our joy as mommies. To make us believe we're not teaching and raising our children correctly. To want us to think that someone else could do it better then us. And so on.

I know these things are not true, yet I too will stop and begin to listen to these lies at times. And when I do that, my drive to be the wife and mother I should be begins to slow down and become dampened with doubts. That's exactly the enemy's intent. And yet he fools me time and time again when I am exhausted or overwhelmed or frustrated.

I told you he stinks!

I completely know that I am the keeper of the home and that I am in charge of what goes on inside. And I definitely do not need to let that lying deceiving spirit into my home. I have victory in Jesus and the devil wants nothing more than to undermine and destroy what God has done or is doing.

I cannot let him get a foot in my door any longer. When I begin to feel discouraged, I know where I need to turn. I need to get a stronger hold on God. He's the only one capable of turning that huge ship around which is me going in the wrong direction. We seem to forget that its only God who can get me out of that hole of discouragement. He knows everything and He'll help me even to change the way I think including my very thought process. Amazing.