This is a new thing. I've posted once before about this, but not as one of my new weekly topics. I decided that I really wanted to do this each week so I moved "Foto Fun Friday" to "Snapshot Saturday" and added this in as "Four P's Friday". To recap, it is described as:
- Peaks- The highlights of the day/week. The good moments. Something overall positive that happened during the day/week.
- Pits- The low point of the day/week. But, rather than just complaining about it, a way that looking back at it can be positive or a blessing in disguise.
- Praises- Simply praising God for specific things that happened
- Prayers- Prayer requests that may have arose from the new day/week or that have been lingering.
So, for this week:
Peaks: Feeling like everyday God is answering our prayers and my house is being restored to a place of happiness and love.
Pits: There are still some things that Jesse is struggling with, especially feeling overwhelmed with this stage of life having a newborn baby. I also got an email back from the church and their option for marriage counseling was really just to take a class for couples, following a curriculum where you do homework together but don't discuss it with the group. Not exactly what I had in mind. But I think that there's still hope for both of these issues and we're heading in the right direction.
Praises: I thank you, Lord, for answering our prayers. I thank you for the wise counsel of others, even when it's not what I wanted to hear. And I thank you for working through my obedience and sacrifice as I try to honor you in my marriage and show my husband the love and respect he needs.
Prayers: Please continue to teach me how to be the wife I need to be for Jesse and the heart of this house for my family. Prompt me to be sensitive to Jesse's needs and to "be the bigger person" even when it hurts. I also pray that you give us direction as far as the counseling goes, giving us clarity about taking the class or if we should pursue traditional counseling. Thank you for all that you are doing in my marriage and in my house. Thank you for providing for our needs and caring about the things we care about too.
Pits: There are still some things that Jesse is struggling with, especially feeling overwhelmed with this stage of life having a newborn baby. I also got an email back from the church and their option for marriage counseling was really just to take a class for couples, following a curriculum where you do homework together but don't discuss it with the group. Not exactly what I had in mind. But I think that there's still hope for both of these issues and we're heading in the right direction.
Praises: I thank you, Lord, for answering our prayers. I thank you for the wise counsel of others, even when it's not what I wanted to hear. And I thank you for working through my obedience and sacrifice as I try to honor you in my marriage and show my husband the love and respect he needs.
Prayers: Please continue to teach me how to be the wife I need to be for Jesse and the heart of this house for my family. Prompt me to be sensitive to Jesse's needs and to "be the bigger person" even when it hurts. I also pray that you give us direction as far as the counseling goes, giving us clarity about taking the class or if we should pursue traditional counseling. Thank you for all that you are doing in my marriage and in my house. Thank you for providing for our needs and caring about the things we care about too.
2 comments:
I love these. Thank you for always sharing your heart so honestly - you are an inspiration for others!:)
Your prayers are especially admirable..I know God sees your heart and will honor your righteous requests.
I can relate to your frustration with the marriage counselling; we had that same experience. Though we have a counselor at church she is a good friend and therefore not right for us, and when we looked into the only other source of Christian church counselling in the area we learned it's similar to yours, with a course and curriculum attached. I'll be praying for clarity with God's counselling plan for you with your marriage!
I want to get back to blogging more and am thinking of stealing your daily things. Or coming up with some of my own. : )
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