Truth be told...

     A couple weeks ago I was talking to a friend and she told me that people on

social media typically only show the "pretty" parts of their lives and not the messy...hard...rough and completely exhausting parts of life.

So in an effort to post something about my life that is more real than pretty...I decided to post a picture of my living room...just the way it is ... (yes...that is the foot board of a bed up against my window...long story) 

I was going to take a picture of my kitchen...but...well...I am not that real!

 

Truth be told I never realized how much of life we try to make look good for others.

 

Truth be told being a working mom is HARD. The emotional stress that comes with leaving your baby at daycare all day is a taxing and exhausting on someones soul.

 

Truth be told trying to figure out how to manage a home, family, budget, laundry, work, travel, potty training, ministry, potty training, potty training....for Heavens sake POTTY TRAINING!!!

 

Truth be told the emotions of being a single mom are way more than I expected.

 The tears she cries, the first experiences she has, the worry and burden of providing for  her, if I want "me" time I have to pay a babysitter for it, raising her to love Jesus deeply, caring wholeheartedly for others, potty training, DISCIPLINE, teaching her new things...and many more things that cause deep emotions to rise up.

 

Truth be told losing weight because you have time to work out and then gaining weight because you didn't have time and would rather rent a good movie and eat a Braums Mix!

 

Truth be told even though these are the messy and hard parts of my life...there really is more good and joyful times in life.

 

The point of this blog was to be real. It wasn't trying to be a negative...I just wanted to shed light to the fact that sometimes in life we need to be real.

We all have different areas that are tough and we feel battered and worn out...

I know that we aren' going to share ALL the hard parts of life, but its okay to let people know you are human!

Being human is something we can all definitely relate to! :)

 

So the moral of the story is...the next time you feel tired and don't have enough energy to clean your house...take a picture of it and post it! :)

(No...I'm just kidding! Truth be told...we don't want to see that)

 

 

 

Galations 6:9 Jeremiah 33:3

Oh how He loves you and me!