The Horoscope, The Bible, And Me - Monday

Today's Horoscope-Bible-Me has been all over the place! I've been wondering how to attack an interesting topic that affects so many stay-at-home parents.

Advice for Goats: Even though you know what you want in love, it's still challenging to get your needs met. Remember, Capricorn, there is a big difference between idealist love and the ongoing stress of being in a real relationship. It's easier to enjoy your friends for the next few days. Treat yourself the way you wish a lover would. By Rick Levine Monday, May 19, 2008

Advice for God's People: Having read that, I went to DailyBible.com. I read the passages that are given if you want to get through the Bible in a year, and these passages were the most interesting for me:

Ruth 3:7-10a CEV After Boaz finished eating and drinking and was feeling happy, he went over and fell asleep near the pile of grain. Ruth slipped over quietly. She lifted the cover and lay down near his feet. In the middle of the night, Boaz suddenly woke up and was shocked to see a woman lying at his feet. "Who are you?" he asked. "Sir, I am Ruth," she answered, "and you are the relative who is supposed to take care of me. So spread the edge of your cover over me." Boaz replied: The LORD bless you! This shows how truly loyal you are to your family."

Ruth 3:14 CEV Ruth ... got up before daylight.

Psalm 48:1-3 CEV The LORD God is wonderful! He deserves all praise in the city where he lives. His holy mountain, beautiful and majestic, brings joy to all on earth. Mount Zion, truly sacred, is home for the Great King. God is there to defend it and has proved to be its protector.

This was an interesting day, because the advice in the horoscope was commonsense advice for many of us who stay at home looking after children while our other halves are away. We often are left to put in twice the work with the kids, and lets face it, when there's nobody there whose job it is to love you, affirm you, compliment you and make sure you're okay, it gets desperately lonely.

I guess that if nobody else is there to give you love, affirmation, compliments and care, then you're okay to do it for yourself! (I must say, I'm looking reasonably good today!)

And also, I might just take the advice to enjoy my friends over the next few days.

So today, my horoscope was interesting but I don't think it was just for Capricorns, or just for today. (My quiche was great tonight - tasted really nice!)

I was glad to see some of Ruth's story in today's readings. She's quite an inspiring woman. You can't tell from the bit I picked out to post, but she had a need and instead of sitting back and waiting for things to fall into place, she went and took care of them (and God backed her up)! For her it was setting up a husband for herself (believe it or not) so she and her mother-in-law could be taken care of. For me, it's just -you know- keeping on track and boosting my own self-esteem. That's all. (I've done a great job with the kids the last few days, despite being knocked sideways by a wall of exhaustion. Well Done Me. I got through stressful times with not much outside help too.)

I was interested in the verse about Ruth waking before daylight because Sister, I know what that's like!

And the last verse from the Psalms reading reminded me that my petty problems are not what it's all about. It's not about me. If things aren't travelling well with me, it's okay! God is the important one and praising Him gives me more purpose than being affirmed myself!