I have been trying to post once a month- but looks like I missed April. Does anyone else out there feel the pressure to write these adorable things about their kids and make it sound incredibly witty? I thought if maybe I waited to only write once a month I would have lots of hilarious stories to choose from...well, my kids are pretty adorable and hilarious...:) But, this month I want to write about something that has been on my mind about the hard stuff of motherhood (especially on this eve of Mother's Day).
Okay, first a sidebar....do any other mom's get especially selfish around or on Mother's Day? I mean, I am slightly embarrassed to admit this (okay maybe a lot) but I want my kids to totally behave, wait on me, and gush with loving praise all day long!
My mother-in-law gave me a most beautiful gift for mother's day, it was a frame with a poem in it about when you love and care for your children day in and day out you are loving Jesus Himself. She usually is the one to cry easily, but nope, she got me; I cried when I read it. Mainly because it was affirmation of what God has been stirring up in my heart about the kind of mom He wants me to be....one that is present, at home but not "working" while I am at home - but available, attentive, and interacting with my kids....listening to them, praying for them, and looking them in the eye...wrestling with them, including them in what I am doing and being a part of their world too...teaching them well, and pointing them towards Christ during so many teachable moments throughout the day...not yelling, or shouting in anger, not freaking out when I have to change, clean, and touch poop again!
It is such a blessing to be a mom of young children; and it is really hard too. It is hard to try and wake up before them, it is hard to put down my book and play with them, it is hard to discipline them consistently and mold their character, it is hard to not get upset when they use way too much toilet paper again....but it is wonderful to hug them and hold them, to hear what they think about, to see them grow, to hear their prayers, to watch them learn, to read them stories using ridiculous voices, to do the boogie dance in celebration together, to laugh and cry together....thank you God for this calling of motherhood. Thank you for the hard and wonderful stuff all mixed together. Thank you for how you use each of the kids to shape me into the person you want me to be. Help me to be a better mom today than ever before...for Your glory, by Your grace, and through Your strength. Thank you that they belong to You first and foremost...thanks that we get to love them; and please help us to do it better. Amen.
2 comments:
This was great to read, thanks for sharing, sis. Love you.
This was so good to read. Thanks for sharing, sis. Love you. Happy Mother's Day!
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