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Being a woman is hard. With jobs, school, kids, significant others,
and other competing demands on our attention, we often lose sight of who we are
and who we are called to be. It is so
easy to get lost in the daily grind; just working each day to get through the
day. Meanwhile the daily grind wears
and tears at our sanity and our ability to be effective in any of our
roles.
To find peace and reclaim your sanity
requires real effort. Making peace of
mind a reality in your life can only be accomplished by one person… YOU. (And God, of course, but He’s not really a
person, is He.) The purpose of this
blog is to provide practical strategies and tips to make your journey through
womanhood more peaceful. Let’s learn
together how to fortify ourselves and draw strength from each other. By doing a better job of taking care of ourselves,
and renewing ourselves first, we can in turn be better to those around us.
Romans 12:2 states “And be
not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
God.” Now I don’t know everything that
God has planned for my life, but I do know that He does not desire that I run
around frazzled and stressed out everyday of the week. He desires something better than that for
all of us. And it is up to us to want
something better than that for ourselves.
We must begin with renewing our minds, restoring our minds to a place of
peace, of happiness, of joy, of contentment.
This will not just change our circumstances, but it will transform
us. We will walk differently; we will
talk differently; and we will think differently. And then we can truly appreciate whatever plan God has for
us.
So today, do something
different and prioritize yourself. Hold
yourself accountable to making peace yours as I hold myself accountable to
making peace mine. As we work together
to transform, it is our hope that you will use this blog as a resource, as a
sounding board, as a place to find support and encouragement, and even as a
place to make friends. After all, Peace
of Mine is OURS.
–Lady S.
Thank you for writing this post!! As a new mom I feel like I began to lose myself and who I used to be. Sometimes I see other moms and they look so amazing and put together and I wonder why I'm not doing the same!? Motherhood can be very draining at times and its hard to want to make yourself look a certain way. Last week I started the process of taking much more pride in who I am and have become. No excuses! I want to make myself the priority! I need to take care of me in order to take car of my family.
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