MOTY's Unite

I've been thinking a lot lately about what balance consists of.  I feel like I am constantly on the search to find some.  Taking care of myself.  Exercise.  Eat right.  Work hard.  Family time.  Stay connected with friends.  Cook.  Date my husband.  Invest in my kids.  Homework. Volunteer.  Clean.  Laundry.  The list goes on and on.  It feels impossible to balance it all.  Maybe its an empty dream I'm chasing...at least for this phase of motherhood.  But the one thing I've noticed is that peace is present when I feel balance.  At least a sliver.  Peace can calm me in the midst of the worst storm.  Where does my peace come from?  My faith. When I feel lost, distracted, frustrated, hopeless...I call on God with a prayer of surrender.  In return, he gifts me peace. Maybe your peace comes from somewhere else, but peace is what I've found to be the key to balance.  Eve...

Acts 10:34-35:  Then Peter began to speak:  "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right." Its hard not to show favoritism.  Even between my two beautiful boys...that are so different and who are blessings and challenges to me in different ways in different phases.  When one is going through a hard time, its easy to play favorites with the other.  Even in our society, many feel that we should play favorites.  Other feel that we should include everyone.  Without this turning into a political post...I want to take our attention back to the top where I quoted scripture.  You see, Peter was feeling a little high and mighty because he was summoned by God, who gave a Gentile a vision from an angel to invite Peter to his home.  Peter was days away, in another city (its not like he was invited next door for dinner).  He was even so bold to say, upon arri...