Share Time 12:42 am Dec 10th

I had to share this as I wanted each of you to get a sample of the book I’m reading. I’m having a bit of hard time right now and I always do this time of year. It’s truly bitter sweet and I know I’m not the only one. I am reading Captivating ~ Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge. "This is not to say that life is one big romantic moment with Jesus. I live life much like yours – full of demands, pressures, and disappointments. Right now the laundry is going, all the dishes are dirty, there is no food for lunch, and the boys are bored with summer vacation. Like you, there are seasons in my life when Jesus seems very near and seasons where I can’t seem to find him at all. Sometimes it feels like we’re playing a game of hide-and-seek but he’s got all the best hiding places staked out. All relationships ebb and flow. The ebbing is to draw our hearts out in deeper longing. In the times of emptiness, an open heart notices. What are you feeling? Like a lonely girl missing her daddy (yes Gypsy is at this very moment). Like a teenage young woman feeling completely invisible, unseen? (Gypsy has been there too) Often God allows these feelings to surface to help us go back to times when we have felt like this before. Notice also what you want to do – how you handle your heart. Are you shutting down in anger (Gypsy is shutting down but only from certain people in her life and a lil to anger) Turning to food (actually Gypsy lost 5 lbs today cause I can’t eat and has been battling her weight since her return to the dirty south). Turning to others? (Gypsy did that today when a friend of mine called until I answered, and thank goodness she did!)We are not alone ladies and there is even a book to help us at least make a dent in our titanium walls that we think are protecting us, note to Gypsy these walls are hurting you! I do lean to God on this area of my life but sometimes I need it in simple terms and this book does a wonderful job, very easy read!