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I am such an blessed girl!  I don't say that with a prideful attitude, but rather with a humbleness that can truly only come when you realize how undeserving you really are of all that is in your life.  It's the kind of gratefulness for the life you have that words are really not able to express.  I am literally brought to tears when I realize how much grace and forgiveness I have been given to go so far beyond "you are forgiven" to "you are favored of God".  Wow, stops me in my tracks! Praise God I AM favored of God and I willingly except all he has for me (at least this is what I am determined to keep telling myself until I KNOW that I believe it deep down in my soul!) Even when those blessings don't initially seem like blessings - and often the biggest blessings don't - I am going to be grateful and remind myself to stay humble.  Many times what is going  on in my life isn't for my benefit at all, but for his plan and in order to bless someone...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Like there aren't enough hours in the day or just not enough of you to be all the places you need to be during the day?  How about like if one more thing gets added to your "to do list" you will scream?  I assume most everyone reading this is answering yes, yes, YES!  If not, good for you. You must have learned the elusive "balance" everyone talks about.  For me life is usually a juggling act where I am just trying not to actually let ALL of the balls hit the ground, but usually a few bounce off the floor every now and then anyway.  I am not sure that there is such a thing as "balance" for me because I just don't give everything the same amount of weight.  Some things in my life will always out weigh other things so I am usually struggling to keep that ball in the air while I will let others fall.  You know - the things that no matter what else has to give you simply will not compromise on?  Maybe it's your work,...