I'm still on vacation here at the lake with the kids. Dave was able to come back and spend the day with us on Wednesday.
He gifted me the most awesome day of 5 hours of reading in this big comfy chair that I turned to face the lake outside our window.
On Tuesday, I had started this book "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. I was so glad to have the quiet to read this book as it really spoke to me.
There are so many things I have gotten out of this book the biggest thing I took away, which I "knew" but has been made more clear to my heart, is that "It is not all about me, it is all about Him". There are so many facets to this book that have touched my heart: God is always good; my role as a wife is to be my husband's helper and the best way I can do that is through submission to his authority; my role as a woman is being a mother; I'm responsible for my behaviors, responses and choices (no blame shifting); garbage in, garbage out - I must guard my heart and mind; personal holiness is more important than temporal happiness; it is impossible to be godly without suffering and suffering is an essential tool in the hand of God to conform us to the image of His Son; God's plans and purposes far exceed the things that I have planned and He does give me enough time in the day to do what He has for me - I just need to "hear" His to do list and put my to do list aside.
This is a book I will definitely keep going back. It reveals the lies that Satan wants us to believe and shows the Truth God reveals through His Word.
I would recommend that every woman read this book. What you take away from it will be personal to you but I would be shocked if you do not come away with a changed heart. I know I did!!
