I hope that everyone has had a wonderful day today. For me today has not only been about celebrating my own mother but also celebrating the gift God has given to me in being a mother as well. This Mother’s Day instead of waking up and thinking about how my kids and husband should love on me and appreciate me for all the things I do – I truly woke up humbly grateful to God that He saw fit in His master plan for my life to make me a mother. You see of all the things God has blessed me with – I have got to say that my children are right there near the top of my list of “best ever” blessings.
I have a daughter who I swear looks just like me but somehow she has turned out absolutely beautiful! How is that possible – that she could favor me so much but her beauty way out shine me on my best day ever. She is witty and funny too. Even as a little child she was always a ham. She loves making people laugh as much as I do. She says the things that fill your heart with joy and your mouth with laughter. She is very smart too. She would say that she isn’t because she is always comparing herself to her brother – but she really should not. I would say things come much easier for him at times but that doesn’t make him smarter. It just makes it easier for him. She has learned to apply herself and to me that is one of the smartest things a person can ever do. When things come naturally to you – they are called gifts but when you work at them and make them yours because of hard work and determination then that my dear is called using your brain! That my dear IS smart! I am very proud at how hard she works and her working at it doesn’t make her any less smart than her brother or anyone else for that matter. She is an amazing dancer and watching her perform is one of my favorite things. She also is a beautiful singer and I am thankful that she uses that gift to praise the Lord in our churches praise and worship choir. She is very active in our church and she loves God and loves serving others through our church.
My son is a complete nerd. I joke about it but it is true. He is a thinker. He is at times an over-thinker. I have no clue where he gets it from but from a very early age he was always been thinking, processing and thinking some more. He is very much like me in the fact that he loves for things to have order and to follow that order. He doesn’t like it when people don’t follow the rules or when things don’t happen the way they should. I know that is something that we all have to learn to overcome to some degree in life but there is also something commendable in that trait in this day and time. He does what he knows in his heart is right and wants others to do the same. Think about how much different our lives would be if that trait was common in everyone’s life. My son is as cute as he his nerdy. He has a head of hair almost as thick as his mothers and it is one of my favorite physical characteristics I love about him. He has a quirky sense of humor and most days he is really quiet. Then there are other days it is like someone has turned a switch on in him and he will talk to you about everything. One of the most amazing things about my son is his love of the Lord. He prays the most amazing prayers you have heard come from the mouth of a child and some nights I will go in his room and catch him reading his Bible and it just blesses my heart. To get a child to read is hard enough but to have one reading God’s Word in the quiet of his own room for his own benefit – that blesses you beyond words.
I am so grateful to God for the blessings of my two children! There is nothing in this world that I have ever done to deserve such a gift! Most days I truly feel just like that “Wretch” Amazing Grace speaks about. I have always loved God as far back as I can remember in my own life and as inconceivable as His sending His own child her to Earth to save me and give me eternal life was not enough – He also decided that He would teach me how much He loved me by given me the gift of a child just like His own that He gave up for me. What kind of love does that? Lord, I am so glad Your word tells me that your ways are higher than my own – because I don’t have any way of comprehending that kind of love Lord. Even with as much as I love my own children – your love is way above that! So today – this Mother’s Day – has been much more about a grateful heart to the Father for the gift of being a mother then it has been about being appreciated for being a mother.
Thank you Father for the gift of Your Son & and for the gift of my own children as well!
Today’s meals – well I am all about a good celebration - so I have no shame in telling you . . . .
Yogurt and apples, steak, salad, potatoes, toast, bake beans, strawberry pie, almond joy, apples, London broil
Today’s exercise – 30 minute walk while I chatted on the phone with a “soon-to- be mama” that I miss a lot!!!!
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