Relief from Grief
After my son died I found myself doing many things, such as planning a funeral and buying diapers. We got guardianship of his 18 month old son, our grandson Anthony. … Continue Reading Relief from Grief
Re-mothering a new generation of whole, healthy and happy grandchildren.
After my son died I found myself doing many things, such as planning a funeral and buying diapers. We got guardianship of his 18 month old son, our grandson Anthony. … Continue Reading Relief from Grief
From Goals to Gold. Here’s nine “P” ways to get from setting goals to living the gold. Live this in front of your grandchildren and they will live it too!
Today is an awesome day January 21st, National Hug Day! There are many ways to hug, use this day as a reminder to do just that! My grandson learned hugs … Continue Reading The Hugeness of Hugs
Anthony said something that melted my heart. He is our 5 year old grandson my husband Sam and I are raising. While I was working, Sam and Anthony rode the … Continue Reading Kids Say The Cutest Things
Gather around your kids and grandkids and enjoy this New Year’s fun video presented by our children’s ministry character, Granpa Cratchet. We hope you have a very happy, blessed and … Continue Reading New Year’s Pig Drop
By Debra Susan Bowman As the new year approaches do you see it with dread or delight? Your attitude could very well impact the results. Only Scrooge would declare to … Continue Reading The Happiest New Year Ever
This Christmas we reflect on the Joy that came to the world. We leave behind a gorgeous autumn to go forward to a spectacular Christmas. A time of celebrating Christ’s … Continue Reading This Spectacular Season
6 Ways to Make Your Thanksgiving Positive and Powerful by Debra S. Bowman – awesomegrandmothers.org How do you have a thankful heart this thanksgiving when you have a broken … Continue Reading Having An Attitude of Gratitude This Thanksgiving
Eight Ways to Have A Great Vacation This Fall, Right In Your Home With Your Grandkids By Debra Susan Bowman A friend with a heavy heart asked how she should … Continue Reading Spectacular Fall Scenery In Your Living Room
By Debra Susan Bowman You can learn from leaves. This amazing Autumn season can reveal fresh ways you can face your challenges in life. Here are 5 things about autumn leafs … Continue Reading 5 Ways to Enhance Your Life By Turning Over a New Leaf
Autumn is in the air And we love it in all it’s glory. The way grands and kids enjoy Is their own unique story. The view of colorful leaves Creates … Continue Reading Fondness for Fall
Permanent link to Debbie’s Declaration: I Am Overwhelmed With Love"Overwhelmed is good when something good overwhelms something bad!"
By Debra Susan Bowman
Some days when I think of all that needs to be done I get totally overwhelmed and then I just want to quit. My to-do list was long: Anthony needed schools clothes, I needed to do housework and cleaning, I needed to promote my book, do laundry, get the car repaired and I have things to do in the office for Sam. Life can be overwhelming.
But let’s think for a minute of overwhelmed in a new way. Overwhelmed is good when love overwhelms loneliness. Overwhelmed is good when blessed overwhelms stressed. Overwhelmed is good when rest overwhelms the test. Overwhelmed is good when action overwhelms passivity, when joy overcomes depression, when forgiveness overwhelms brokenness. Being overwhelmed is always good when it produces faith, energy, the hope, the love to move on, to push through. Take time out this week to sit before God, to contemplate Him and his awesome promises, to be overwhelmed by His presence. Think of something you need to overcome this week and ask God how he would like to overcome that. Then write it down, think on it, pray over it and say it until victory comes. It is always a good thing to be overwhelmed with God!
I was working in the kitchen cleaning out the pots and pans area when Anthony came in and said, “Let me do that!” I knew he would love playing with the pots and pans, what little one doesn’t, but what five year old wants to help clean and organize? He went to work and cleaned and did a great job. I was overwhelmed by this small gesture. In his little hands I could see a God’s big hand at work and my overwhelmed seemed to shrink in this picture of His love.
The declaration of the Word: Isaiah 43:2
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you.”
Here are 5 awesome tips on how to turn I am overwhelmed into I have overcome by Samuel and Debra Bowman