Being a Mom is such a JOY, until it's NOT and you don't know what happened or how to change it. Many times, we have everything we need, we just don't know it. As a Christian Mother, first connecting to our Creator and Heavenly Father gives us peace and clarity to move into the direction that is most beneficial for us and our families.
Motherhood is one of the beloved dreams most women desire. Many hours are spent imagining a picture-perfect life as a mother—hoping for the opportunity to carry life, to give life and guide a precious life into adulthood. Is there really a such thing as a picture perfect life as a mother? The ideal of motherhood may be a perfect picture, yet the reality of motherhood is more of an abstract creation. It is more of the journey of an artist than that of a scientist with blazon seasons of drought or days that cans change from sunshine to rain as quick as flashes of lightening in storm. True to the style of an artist, the picture of motherhood is one that can tell a depth of stories.
As a teenager, I came to love abstract art. It was a place in art where I could create whatever I wanted, and it was still art. I could take a perfect still photo and make it whatever my heart imagined it to be. Today, as a mother of two, there are times when I wish I could pick up a paint brush and create a picture of perfection in my relationship with my children; however, life doesn’t afford me that luxury of creation. Instead, as a Christian believer, I have found that God has given us mothers the tools we need to succeed in every season and in every good work.
The tools that God gives to us to help us in our tasks as mother includes prayer. It is in my time of prayer that I am drawn to God—Our Heavenly Father for His comfort which I find as I pour out my hearts concerns, I feel the warmth of His power rejuvenate me. God also provides the tools of knowledge, understanding and wisdom as I enjoy reading His words. He reveals His truths in ways that help me to navigate situations with my children that I can’t seem to handle on my own. God knows what we need. As I seek Him and honor Him, there are blessings that open in our lives. God—The Creator Of the greatest art—the world--provides opportunities to walk out His words in obedience to him before my children so that they too can learn of His goodness and the importance of following Him. Even when the picture presented isn’t a perfect one.
Even when the picture presented isn’t a perfect one on my part or my children’s. I have come to trust in the Lord God with all my heart because He shows me the directions to go when my heart is overcome with fear of the unknown. I take heart in remembering God knows how to knit things together when our family disagrees, and our hearts begin to break into pieces due to misunderstanding. It is our God—our matchless Creator who true to his word in 2 Corinthians 9:8—who is able to bless you abundantly so that in all things at all times having all that you need you will abound in every good work.
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