Nothing but a Hallelujah!

Crying children, lunch cooking on the stove, the dog whining to be let outside, laundry and dishes to wash and put away, toys to be cleaned up, bills to be paid, floors to be scrubbed, and an exhausted Mama. Frustrations were at an all time high and I was bursting at the seams. So, I put the kids to bed, started a load of dishes, let the dog out and then got back in touch with my life source! I cranked the worship music and started praising God for anything and everything. Days like today it seems like there's nothing in life worth worshiping Him for. Ever have a day like this? It just seems too hard to get out of bed? Too tired to open your eyes much less take care of a home and family? Ever forget to place your trust in God and rely on Him for the endurance to make it through each day? Today was that day for me! He says He will give me what I need, nothing more BUT nothing less either! Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. He says we will RUN and not grow weary. I often feel like living this life with 3 kids so young and pregnant, I'm running a marathon that never ends. I forget to look to God for the endurance I need mentally, physically and emotionally to successfully navigate each day. I forget to trust Him and instead look for my own ways of making it. So today, during nap time, I choose to say Hallelujah! Thank you Lord for your grace! Thank you for endurance and strength! Thank you for blessing me each and every day in and out when I fail you time and time over. In times of dry and barren praise I begin with the basics: Thank you God for: Health, Today, My Husband, My Children, My Family, Roof over our Heads, Air Conditioning, Washer and Dryer, Dishwasher, Dishes, Clothes, Food, Drink, Electricity, A Job for my Husband You get the idea! God blesses us day in and day out and we simply don't notice it. I get so wrapped up in the daily redundencies that I forget that TODAY is a GIFT from God!! I should be thankful I am here to watch my children grow. Thankful I have dishes to feed them food on and even more thankful for the dishwasher to clean them for me! Thankful that we are all healthy today for tomorrow is tomorrow. Thankful that He sent His Son to die for me, to wipe clean my sins, to offer me a place in Heaven for eternity! How easily I forget. How easily I complain. How easily I choose anything other than Hallelujah! So today I'm taking back this hardened heart and renewing my faith in Christ! He gave me not only life but life to the fullest should I choose to follow and seek after Him! So Praise God for today. Praise God for the up's and down's! It's like a hospital monitor showing a heart beat. To be alive you must go through the up's and down's in life. God didn't promise life would always be easy or even enjoyable. But He did promise to never leave me nor forsake me! He promised to walk this road with me and bless me if I choose to accept it! Choose today which way you'll go! Praise God for His Goodness! Forget the stuff, the mess, the frustrations of today and choose, this day, to bring nothing but a Hallelujah to our Most Awesome and Holy God!