It has been several weeks since I've written due to computer connection problems, but several times I have thought, "oh, that would make an interesting blog"!

During our recent mid-term break I often found myself playing referee with my kids fighting. It's not a position I like, but it rarely works to let them settle it between themselves. Sometimes I feel my main role is to be a listening ear when they are ready to vent their frustrations.

It finally hit me the other day, that they main reason they sometimes struggle to get along is because they expect everyone else, including their siblings, parents, aunties and uncles living in the house and so on, to understand them fully, respect where they are coming from and basically to never disappoint them! Those are hard demands to meet...actually just impossible! Yet that is what so many of us continue to expect as we grow into adulthood and enter into the workforce, marriage, relate to neighbors, etc.

You'd think that as we grow and mature we would learn that such expectations will only lead to disappointment, but few learn to lower their sights. In fact, there is only one who can meet those expectations...God.

At some point in life we should realize that no one in this world is perfect; not me, not you, not our spouse, parent, sibling, neighbor, boss...not even our pastor! If we can learn and accept that as fact, and rest knowing that God alone fully knows and understands us then we can go to him each day and be filled by his unconditional love.

As each day wears on we often share that love and sometimes, by the end of the day, we may even be running on empty. But even when that happens we can trust that our return to God will fill us again. Along the way we often meet others that remind us of God's love. Sometimes it is our child's hug, a word of thanks from a spouse, co-worker or student, a stranger's willingness to let us enter a lane of traffic, or even our ability to laugh at our own mistakes. Whatever it is, the point is that we don't have to stay on empty.

If you are filling empty as you read this, then know that God's love is real and that His Word is true! God knows our heart and wants to fill us with his presence. Even though no one can claim to be perfect, God is perfect and God is ALWAYS waiting with open arms to hold us like only a loving parent can. If you are seeking for peace and truth like I am, then start with Him today! Let Him fill you up and then go out to share that love with those you meet today. Who knows, you may even get home with an over-flow!

Luv ya!

Dorthea