Reconnecting
- By: ckroboth
- On: 09/07/2009 20:31:58
- In: Faith Extended
Families today are under a tremendous amount of stress. With the start of a new school year new challenges on their time lead to stress that can often lead them to feel disconnected, alone, and with out the support of their spouse. Nether one is to blame here, but often both are not relying on Christ to be their support in times of stress. This often leads to them not being available to give support to their spouse when needed. Hmmm…..Seems we got caught in that situation….
The past few weeks the family has been adjusting to the school routine, and the stress level has been somewhat high. Needless to say my wife and I have not been connecting with each other. Nipping and snipping at each other here and there. It has not been because either of us has been mad at the other, or we are doing anything different. Just the over all day to day stuff has left us tired and on edge. Little things are sitting us off…
As I thought about all that has been going on I remembered on of my old old old posts from my first blog.
The Spirit can be in me but does it work in me to reflect outwardly.
I wrestled with this all week. It was not until I pulled out the stuff to bake yesterday that I let my self go. I relaxed, and found peace with the Spirit filling me, and wanting to use me. It didn’t matter that only 2 of the Cinnamon roles got eaten today at class. I baked and cooked dinner for almost 5 straight hours yesterday and just let my self pray and think about this past week. The simple acts of baking for the guys at DC and preparing a meal for my family, made me understand what it means to act on a Spirit filled life. Just as the cookbook leads me and guides me through the process, so does the teaching of Jesus. I have to be willing to get my hands dirty and work to make the Spirit rise. Jesus can put the yeast into my life, but it will remain dormant if I do not let the Spirit fill me with the living water.
As I reread this post I got to thinking about the stress Dawn and I were under. As I said nether one of us were mad at the other, but we sure weren’t shining out for each other. When one of us needed support the other was too tired to be there for the other. We many left the other to feel alone in the current stress of the day.
Yesterday we blew up at each other…Not because either of us really did anything wrong, but we both needed to vent. So we vented, said sorry, and you know what?
Today has been an awesome day. Just like the day a few years ago I when I baked, Dawn and I both just let go. We allowed the day to just be spontaneous; God brought the family together for fun and relaxation. A fort was built, pages were colored, trains were played with, bugs were sorted, and much more. We laughed as we wrestled. It was just a good day of letting the Spirit fill us with Joy of being a family.
One more thing: See this picture, I love this woman… 
