Today is my 1st Mother’s Day! I am overwhelmed by the abundance of joy, love, family, and food surrounding me. I have so many blessings in my life; magnificent blessings that I know I don’t deserve.
As a mom I have so many crucial responsibilities. Actually, I sit here in complete awe as I think about the responsibilities I have. God entrusted me (and Tim) to care for, love, and nurture Makayla Grace. I can’t think of a more awesome responsibility! This is a responsibility I am completely thankful for (and a little nervous about). I wanted to be a mom for so long, and was beyond ecstatic when we found out I was pregnant with her. Before Makayla was even conceived I remember Tim and I making a promise to God that we would do our very best to raise a child after God’s own heart. Makayla was born, and she was more perfect than I could have ever imagined. She has brought such joy and love into our lives and we thank God for her. I know that in order to raise Makayla as a child after God’s own heart that I too need to be after God’s own heart. Christian writer Elizabeth George couldn’t have written a better explanation of a “mom’s twofold challenge”. She writes, “To raise (and keep on raising!) a child after God’s own heart, we must till the soil of each tender heart and sow the seed of the Word of God while praying fervently for “Divine Influence”.
So here I am on my very 1st Mother’s Day knowing that I have such an awesome responsibility and duty as a mom. I am so thankful and so very blessed. I am so thirsty to live out God’s plan for me as a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a teacher. I pray that I will continue on that “spiritual milepost” that Rich spoke about this morning in ABF class, and that I will always thank the One who teaches me lessons and convicts me in my day to day life.
From a Mother’s Heart,
Shawna
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