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Not alone

Ever feel alone? Completely misunderstood? Isolated?
Yeah, me too! Even though I'm surrounded by two very short people every.single.moment of every.single.day.
There's nothing like being a stay at home mom to make you feel a loss of self, identity and privacy. Here's a little something the Holy Spirit taught me for those days I'm feeling a little lonely... and a little crazy.

Psalm 139:1 "O Lord, you have searched me and you know me"

verse 2b: " ...you preceive my thoughts from afar"

verse 4: "Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord"

I'm not crazy! I'm not alone! I'm not misunderstood!

He knows me COMPLETELY .... not with an educated guess; not just a sympathetic shrug--I'm COMPLETELY understood and validated.
He is there before I even know that I am about to have a mommy meltdown.

I'm not alone
I'm not misunderstood
Somehow knowing that helps me stand back up and continue serving my two very precious but persistent little people :)

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