After reading the Girl Talk blog today, I started wondering about something. Why is it so discouraging to people when they read all about other people's "great life"? There was the post about how moms post things about gourmet meals and perfectly sewn clothes on their well mannered children. Why is that discouraging? I love to hear of families having a great day and enjoying the life that God gave them. Life is hard on everyone and we all need to be encouraged at some time or another. Personally, the only thing I am encouraged to do when I hear that someone is having a bad day is to whisper a prayer for them.

I have been questioned about what I write on here before regarding this issue. Someone asked me once if we ever had a problem in our home at all. I could tell the stories of an all day spanking fest, a two year old throwing herself on the floor and beating hands and feet yelling for chocolate, or the child running circles in the grocery store so fast and wide that no one could catch her. But why should I tell those stories? It humiliates my children and we all know they sin just as much as everyone else.

I want to be as real as possible, but my girls don't want their sins aired any more than I do. I don't want to be critical of those who do post the "dirty" details of life. Sometimes, I have those kind of posts too, I'm just hoping that when life does get "dirty" for me, I don't want that to be encouraging to others. Hopefully, those bad days help us to pray for one another and spur each other on to stay faithful to God.