renewal

was given a sense of renewal this morning from an unexpected phone call challenging and encouraging me to love love love my daughters. not to get too hung-up on daily stresses but rather just love them... so that will be all they know & experience right now. at 7am I was asking 'but how do I really do that? what does that look like day-to-day? what about when I have my hands full with food & baby in the middle of a restaurant and she runs off and won’t come when I tell her to? what about this? & what about that?' i had a good talk with my Jesus and the Spirit of God reassured and strengthened me with these two verses (yes, in particular order):

James 1:5 "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."

and what will it look like....?

James 3:17 "But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy."