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March 15, 2017 By MississippiMom

I’m Trying: Confessions of a Mom Just Making It

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Yoda once said, "Do or do not. There is no try." Y'all, Yoda wasn't human. Some days, we moms are just making it, but there is triumph in our trying.

 

Yoda once said, “Do or do not.  There is no try.”

Y’all, Yoda wasn’t human.

And, if there’s anything I know about being human, it’s this:

Some days, the triumph IS the trying.

Not the outcome, but the effort.

As a mom, many days, all I can say is, “I’m trying.”

I’m trying to hold it together when it all seems to fall apart.

I’m trying to teach them to do right even when I am wrong.

I’m trying to think of just one more way to cook chicken.

And more often than not, my effort falls short.

I end up crying in the kitchen.

I lose my temper when I need to tame my tongue.

I make “last minute chicken.”  Again.

And I put my head on my pillow at night and wonder if I will ever do anything right.

And, do you know what happens next?

The sun comes up, and I have to try all over again.

I face most of the same struggles day in and day out, and I’m guessing you do, too.

So take a moment and put them in perspective.

Stop focusing on the failure and focus on the future.  Don’t obsess about the obstacles; gaze at the goal.

Look at life like Paul did when he wrote:

“Not that I ave already obtained all of this or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.  I do not yet consider myself  to have taken hold of it, but this one thing I do:  forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.  All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things.”  (Philippians 3:12-15)

This is how I need to look at life.  It’s not simply a series of getting from one goal to the next.  There is only one goal.

Go after it.

The finish line does not lie in a room full of folded laundry.  It’s found at the feet of Jesus.

 

Yoda once said, "Do or do not. There is no try." Y'all, Yoda wasn't human. Some days, we moms are just making it, but there is triumph in our trying.

 

 

 

 

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