Personal
I’m always looking for a new friend and am thankful to meet you here.Today, I am a different person than the ‘fresh out of college & heading toward my honeymoon ‘ woman who looked back at me in the mirror 30 years ago. Ahhh! I didn’t know about life, about marriage, about much of anything
~not like I do now.
We all change with the years, but when we seek the Lord as we do, He changes us. By God’s grace, mercy and love, I am changed! I am Tamara, A Girl in the Middle. My friends call me Tami or Tam. My mother would like you to call me Tamara, I know because she did, often. That change of tune (in tone- not name), would swing from trouble to best friends through the years~Oh, I miss her voice calling my name.
There seems to be at least 10 things I’m always in the middle of, and you probably are too.
My five brothers would likely tell you I was always in the middle. Of everything. My husband & my sons will share with you: in the middle is exactly where they like me-right in the mix of all we do.
I will tell you I am in the middle, too.
In the middle of the kitchen,
the laundry room,
the grocery store,
the bathroom-cleaning,
the car running to and from,
the boys’ practices & games,
the coffee shop with a friend,
a great book (but not for long),
a phone call,
and an endless to-do list…
Do you find yourself in familiar places? If not, (or if so) read on…
There, in the middle of so much, I sometimes lose focus, & I find myself in the middle of places I don’t like to be:
discouragement,
discontentment,
anxiousness,
sleeplessness,
disarray,
sluggishness,
impatience,
unkindness {my own},
selfishness,
loneliness,
hopelessness…
Please tell me, am I alone or do you find yourself in some of those places too?
And strangely even the opposite of some of the same is true and I tend to get stuck in CONTROL {this has been the biggest hurdle in my life}. Control is a twin of pride, and surprisingly it shows up and looks just like the things that earn us feel goods such as a pat on the back or an atta girl from other moms:
over-performance,
obsessively organizing life’s everything
right-fighter,
presence at every event,
people pleasing,
perfection seeking,
and exhaustion (emotionally, physically & spiritually)
Now, can you relate? Where’s your struggle?
Oh, the journey the Lord has taken {is taking} me on to teach me different. That’s why I’m here, and it’s why I’m glad to have you walk along with me. He has changed me! He wants to change you, too! Through HIS grace, His Word, His truths, His love, some trials and a lot of just pure goodness, the Lord has shown me how to change. He has forgiven me & He has changed me to be more like Jesus. I am different now & I want all my girlfriends to know the same freedom-no matter where or what you find yourself in the middle.
Will you join me?
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WOMEN LIVING FAITHFULLY, Imperfectly.
…because THE WORLD IS HARD BUT GOD IS GOOD.
