Brenda Rodgers

Category: Just for Fun

  • Weekend Prayers and Links

    On Thursdays I go to this moms group at my church. After years and years of wanting to be a mom – like since I was five, no joke – I have surprisingly found that I don’t fit in well at moms groups. I don’t know if they think I don’t fit in as much as on the inside I don’t feel like I fit in.

    The first moms group I tried out we did crafts. There is nothing at all wrong with crafts. Sometimes I get in a crafty mood. But after being with my baby all day the last thing I want to do is crafts. Instead I want to go in, plop down, veg out and talk – to real, live adult women about real life things.

    I’m not sure if this is a result of my longer-than-desired season of singleness, and now being an older mom, but my perspective is just a little different. It’s almost like I’m now a single woman trapped in a married woman’s body. Does that sound crazy?

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    As a general rule, I’m not a worrier. That doesn’t mean I never worry. Worry’s just not one of my default traits. However, recently I’ve been worrying about something.

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    I was in Georgia for most of the week last week visiting my best friend since third grade! Yes, third grade! And the coolest part is we still talk almost everyday. So that is the reason I didn’t post a Weekend Prayers and Links last week. But I’m back this week, and I want to share with you something I learned today.

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    We’re getting ready for a yard sale, so I’ve been cleaning out the garage. I opened a bag stuffed on a shelf. There were about six old cell phones inside, including this one. As I shared on Instagram, if you’re younger than 29 you need to know this weighs about two pounds. My toddler girl didn’t mind though. When I walked in with six old cell phones for her to play with, she immediately found someone to “call” on each one. She’s already a little obsessed with the phone.

    As I looked at this phone, though, I saw more than a toy. I saw my past, and I started to miss it.

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    I opened the iPad, and the text message meanest text message stared at me. It cut to my heart, and I began to seethe with anger. My heart started beating fast and my whole body shook. I went straight to my phone to text a friend. “You should see the email I got! I’m done! Done!” Then I emailed my husband, who was at work. “You won’t believe the text message I got!”

    Over the next hours I calculated my response. All the while Jesus kept coming to my mind. I tried to shoo Him away. At that moment, I didn’t want Jesus. I wanted justice. Justice was my right.

    But He wouldn’t leave me alone.

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    Do you ever feel like the brokenness of the world is barreling down on your shoulders, but there’s nothing you can do about it? And even though the brokenness has nothing to do with you this time, actually from your seat life’s pretty good, you still feel like some of it’s your responsibility – like you should bear some of the weight to take it off of the ones who are breaking?

    That’s how I’ve felt this week. First there was more news about Iraq, then Robin William’s suicide, and finally an email I received from a young reader who is struggling with the aftermath of an abortion and broken family. And there’s nothing I can do – except for the one thing I did.

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