This Is The Stuff

Lately, the song of my life is

This Is The Stuff by Francesca Battistelli.
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"In the middle of my little mess

I forget how big I'm blessed."

In the middle of my little mess,

I receive this card from a friend.

believe . . . keep believing . . . God will show you his plans . . . awesome

What a blessing

in the middle of my

mess.

We live on a ranch.

We are in the middle of calving season in March.

When the calendar

says

spring.

But the weather

says

winter.

The song says,

This is the stuff

that drives me crazy.

This is the stuff

that's getting to me lately.

{That's not mud on those mud boots.}

Sing it Francesca . . .

this is the stuff that gets under my skin

but i've got to trust

You know exactly what You're doing

In the middle of my little mess, I forget how big I'm blessed.

My husband just said,

"3 inches of snow forcasted for tomorrow night,

very wet,

very stressful on livestock

especially young livestock...

"how about stressful for my man?" I think.

Go Francesca . . .

might not be what I would choose

but this is the stuff You use . . .



. . . to break me of impatience

conquer my frustration

it's not the end of the world

This is my "mess" of wood

ready for creativity

not to mention the creative mess

that was on my kitchen island.

My husband helped cut these boards

when I am sure he felt like doing something else.

In the middle of my little mess

I forget how big I'm blessed.

A messy pile of wood was the start

of these two prints

of mixed media art that I made this year.

Two photos in my brand new

Etsy shop

just opened yesterday.

Step by step into the life I want to be living.

I am so glad God rejoices over me with singing in my process

so glad that He is transforming me from glory-to-glory into the image of Christ

so glad he will carry on to completion the work He has begun in me.

 

This is the stuff that's getting to me lately . . .

But He uses it mess and all

step by step

in our life.

I am blessed

big.

Linking up with Jen and these sisters:

Soli Deo Gloria