Choosing Joy Over Comparison

     Why is it so difficult to ask for help? As a mother, in life I find it easier to do everything myself because I know it will get done. I know the outcome is the way I want it to be. There is something very humbling about asking for help when you are in need.      I have learned a few hard lessons on asking for help. I have learned that I need to slow down, and give myself breathing room. Coming out on the other side of these hard lessons, I feel there is still more to be learned about asking for help, like an onion, yet another layer. Let me try my best to unpack this with you. Here we go!      It brings me great joy to help a friend out. I am always looking for opportunities to help my community. I attended a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting last year. In this meeting, we were tackling a few hard topics including postpartum, depression, and anxiety. The speaker said something that has stuck with me. She said, “When we don't ask fo...

It’s my prayer to share my heart with you in a real authentic way. Even though we are not having this heart conversation face-to-face.  Today I wanted to share a couple of things that have been on my heart this past week, wisdom, and learning. For many years in my prayer time, I have asked for wisdom. Most recently I have put in the time to learn what wisdom looks like in God’s word. At the start of 2020, I started a new rhythm that has lasted these 8 months (well 7 months and now one day...haha). I get into the book of proverbs daily, and if I miss a day I don’t stress because I know I will go over it again next month. So I am typing this blog out on the first of August trying to collect my thoughts, and asking God what he wants me to share. Then BAM, it hit me! Comparison with learning.  “Wisdom‘s praises are sung in the streets and celebrated far and wide. Yet wisdom’s song is not always heard in the halls of higher learning. But in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, i...