Then my bright eyed girl says something that makes me laugh like asking if she can "wake the beetle up". Or asking if she can help clear the table after dinner. Or coming up to me to say "Mommy, I want snuggles."
I remember the first time she had a fever from an infection and how my heart bled as I saw how miserable she was. How my heart strings are tied to her well-being. How I would give my life to keep her safe.
What amazing gifts our children are. Representations to us of the purity and innocence of God.
How incredible is it that God has chosen to entrust such precious packages to us fallible humans?How much must He really love us?
Though perhaps not in the midst of the moment, I am grateful for every challenge. The whining, the complaining, the disobedience. The hundredth of time of saying "No," "Don't do that," "Don't touch that," "Get out of there" "I'm on the phone and you need to be quiet." When they lock the cat in the bathroom and refuse to let them out. Because I know that I have a unique opportunity to teach what I know and to share what I believe.
I may be human and imperfect. I may lose my temper and respond in ways that I shouldn't. I may not be Super Mom but I am the only one who can be what I am to her; "Mommy."
In the end, when it's all said and done, I know in my heart that all the hard times will melt away and all that will be left are good memories. I also know in my heart that all those hard times, both past and yet to come, will produce a better and more beautiful version of me.
So to all those human, imperfect non-Supermoms like me. Who maybe struggle in the day to day or have a hard time seeing past the difficult moments. Hang in there and remember that God is in the process of producing a strong and beautiful child of Christ. Not only in your child but in you as well.
3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. ---Romans 5:3-5 NLV
3-5There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!---Romans 5:3-5 The Message
