Each day I wake up to the sound of
someone crying. It never fails. The first thing I hear is someone needing me. Someone needing their mom.
It's a beautiful and exhausting way
to start the day.
A day full of diapers and drama. So much drama.
A day full of diapers and drama. So much drama.
Some days are longer than others.
Some days are messier. Most
days are louder.
But they are our days. All of us
together. This is what
our joy looks like.
I'm convinced my life would be perfect if this was all we had to do. To snuggle and play together. To laugh and enjoy each other.
But there is so much more than that.
Life demands we deal with the hard stuff, and sometimes the weight of it is
overwhelming. I start focusing
on all the things I have to do rather than remembering what God's has already
done.
He loved me and saved me.
Gave me a vision and a
mission.
Blessed me with a husband to lead me
along the way
And three beautiful children that
desperately need me.
They need me to live out the gospel
and give them grace. They need me to show them Jesus.
I love this quote from J.M. Barrie.
"Nothing is really work unless you'd rather be doing something else."
That's my prayer this Mother's Day. I pray my heart will always be so
focused on the good God has for me to do, that
the work of motherhood will turn into Joy.
Relentless and exhausting Joy.
Because I can't imagine doing
anything else.
Gosh, I love that quote. I'm going to jot it down! Recently, I have been loving this quote by Charles Spurgeon:
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Sometimes I look at it and repeat it over and over!
You're doing amazingly, Katherine!