Motherhood

Motherhood.  It's a full-time job.  And, usually, other jobs take longer than they need to because of cute little helpers.

 It's a full-time job making sure Aidan plays with his toys and not Leo's.

It's a full-time job fishing out the food that Aidan throws into Leo's water.

Tuesday was a day in which motherhood was overwhelming.  I'd take two steps forward and a hundred backward.  But yesterday, I read this aricle on motherhood by Rachel Jankovic and was encouraged.  Here's a blip, but I'd recommend reading the article in its entirety!

Mothering is a job that is full of difficult moments. Diapers blow out in stores when you have too much in your cart to just walk out. Sudden carsickness can leave you pulled over on the side of the road wondering just how much can be done with half a bag of wet wipes. You need to take what you believe and apply it to these difficult moments. Does the Bible teach us that God is disgusted by our frailty? That he doesn’t want to carry our burdens? That he doesn’t have the energy to deal with us?

The good news is, you don’t need to have been through some elite mother’s training camp to apply the gospel in your life. You need to believe. Trust God, give thanks. Laugh. Believe — and that will feed your children. Rest in God, and your children will learn to. Extend God’s kindness to you, to them. Forgive them the way God forgave you. You have everything you need to spiritually nourish your children, because you have Christ.

Mimic the gospel in what you do. Bring peace, bring order, bring joy, bring laughter. Bring it because it was brought to you. Give, because it was given to you. The gospel is not too big to fit into little situations. It is too big not to. 

LORD, help me to mimic the gospel today and to laugh with my boys and give to them my all because Christ's all was given to me.