Reality is...life is hard!

Reality is, life is hard!  If you have friends or even family members and their life is always good than they do have ups and downs!  Sorry but its true!  Life is hard!  Even with my faith my life is so very hard!  But why does life have to have so many ups and downs!  For me many times it is because I make it hard.  I don't like asking for help.  I always try to make sure everyone is happy.  There is always someone who needs something and guess what..I know I can help them!  So in the end, I am usually last.  That is not good!

What do we do then...we must stop and take time for us!  Will this all of a sudden make life super easy and happy, NO!  But in the end it will give us the rest and energy to get back out there.  We must also connect with our faith, there is a perfectly good Bible that a really cool God left us to help us walk this life!  Use it!  Another thing is to talk about our day no matter if it was good or bad.  Don't put on an act because your husband has had a hard day or not be honest with your family when they ask how are you doing because you don't want to burden them.  They love you and they want you to burden them with your day!  They LOVE YOU!  Surround your self with ones who love you!  Then lastly, getting a little bit of exercise in and eating a little bit better.  It is amazing how food can effect us!  Don't laugh, its true!

Now if you start doing all these little things, will your life all of a sudden get oh so better!!  NO!  Let me say it again, Life is hard!  These few steps will help you not to be alone and for you to have a support system.  Everyday will have a little bit more sunshine in it.  When we have those hard days, life won't feel as lonely or we won't feel like we have to hide them.   Life will never stop being hard, we live in a sinful world remember!  But by allowing God to be in it, your family a part of it and surround yourself with the right friendships...it will be a life worth fighting for!

Trust me, this is a daily thing for me something hourly!  I am a mom of three amazing kids and a husband who works his tail off to support us.  My life is daily forever having battles in them!  But to be honest every day I don't focus on my walk with God, it is hard...I'm just being real!  When we desire a relationship with him, there is a hope that begins to grow in us, a hope like no other!  Again, life does not get all of a sudden wonderful, it just has a little bit better lining to it. 

So in the end, we all (especially me) must stop hiding!  Remember LIFE IS HARD!!  BUT, a life surrounded by God, family and amazing friendships will help when life gets less hard and less lonely!   Life is never going to be perfect, but you have an amazing purpose on this earth and don't ever forget that!  Your are amazing!

Work in progress

My name is Heidi and today I have come to the realization that my life must become more!  I have struggle over the last few years on how to be happy and how to have a life centered with God.  So today begins a new journey.  My goal for this Blog is to be as honest as possible and to be able to connect with other and most importantly to share the love of Christ Jesus. 

My life is far from perfect in so many ways.  I am a mom to three amazing kids - two are teenagers and the other is beginning Middle School in August.  So just with parenting there are many ups and downs.  My husband is a Fireman  (this is his full time job) and them works part time finishing pools for a pool company on the side, basically he is not home a lot.  He does his very best to support this family financially, which is very hard at so many times! 

A desire for this blog is to be able for people to connect and share ups and downs...not to bash and put others down.  This life is very hard and we MUST surround ourselves with others who can up lift and connect with us! 

So I ask that you please be patient with me on this journey.  I have a few goals I would like to achieve while on this path. 

1 - Allow God to guide and not to be afraid for where I am lead.
2 - Get a Running Club up and going, this will help me connect with others were I live.
3 - Get this blog up and going.
4 - Begin on organization within my community that will reach out.  I am still working on ideas and how to actually begin this.  I am wanting this to be something that will show the love of Christ and also for my children to become a part of. 

So, welcome to "What is our focus"!  I'm excited for this journey and am ready for God to open my eyes and heart!