{"id":57408,"date":"2018-04-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2018x104x1we-need-to-be-still\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:08:13","slug":"we-need-to-be-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2018\/04\/we-need-to-be-still.html","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes We Need to Be Still – Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every day on Instagram stories I\u2019ve been sharing my #verseoftheday to help keep me accountable in my Bible reading. Yesterday\u2019s verse was-<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Words I often have to repeat to myself. When chaos comes or disaster strikes, my default setting is, \u201cFIX IT!\u201d I think that, as Moms, we feel the like it\u2019s our job. Like robots- \u2018fix it. fix it. fix it.\u2019 It helps us feel like we\u2019re in control.<\/p>\n

But, there are some things that we have zero control over. Our health, and the health of our children are big ones. No matter what we do, it\u2019s just not in our hands.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been battling some health issues for the past few weeks, and I\u2019ve nearly driven myself insane trying to fix everything. It\u2019s like trying to treat only the symptoms and ignoring what\u2019s causing them. It NEVER works. Everything snowballs until you have an even bigger problem.<\/p>\n

Then when we can\u2019t hold it all together, our pal Mom guilt steps in. Because, when Mom is down for the count, everything quickly unravels. It\u2019s crazy how\u00a0fast the laundry and dishes pile up, how dusty the floors get. It begins to weigh on me and I panic.<\/p>\n

But, guess what? My boys couldn\u2019t care less if the house is messy. They want a healthy Momma. And there\u2019s no way you\u2019re going to get better if you\u2019re not resting.<\/p>\n

We need to CHILL OUT. STOP stressing. Take care of ourselves. And if we feel like we have to fix it all- turn it over to the One who actually can. HE\u2019S got this!<\/p>\n

Yes, hard times will come. Sickness. Pain. Money troubles. So many things that we have no control over. But, we just have to trust and believe that He\u2019s working it all together for His good.<\/p>\n

Be still and give it to Him. He will fight for us.<\/p>\n

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We need to CHILL OUT. STOP stressing. Take care of ourselves. And if we feel like we have to fix it all- turn it over to the One who actually can. HE’S got this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}