The Titus 2:4 Project

T.G.I.F!  So what's on your agenda today?  Most folks keep an eye on the clock, waiting and watching for five o'clock to roll around so they can get their weekend started. They dream of how they will spend the weekend (the 63 hours between 5 PM Friday and 8 AM Monday).  Some dream of relaxing or sleeping late. Some dream of sitting around a bon fire with friends or enjoying their favorite hobby.  Some dream of spending time with their significant other... Well snap out of it sister! It doesn't matter if you are a stay-at-home mom, a work-from-home mom, or a work-outside-the-home mom... when young children are involved, the weekends can be anything but relaxing. I used to get anxiety attacks regularly, every Friday at 3 PM when school got out and would dream of 7 AM Monday when the big, yellow bus would take them all away again...*sigh* There's nothing relaxing about running seven kids in seven directions and trying to keep a husband happy who wants nothin...

Have you ever wanted something really badly?  I mean, you think about it, daydream about it, plan how to get it, work for it...and finally you get it!!  You celebrate!  You revel in it...and then, when the dust settles, you look around you and suddenly hear this question ringing out in your head:                                "Is this it?  Is this what all the fuss was about??  Seriously ?" It's hard to admit when that thing you wanted, whether it was a new home, a new job, an experience, a relationship...whatever, doesn't bring you the fulfillment that you thought it would.  Even harder when people are watching you, because to shrug your shoulders and walk away for lack of satisfaction, to them looks like failure.  And no one wants to look like a failure. Many years ago, as newlyweds, m...