Imagine you have someone in your life that you can run to for literally everything. Like when I say everything... I mean everything! You hear me?! lol
When you mess up real bad typically we want to run and hide out of embarrassment and shame, but with this person you want to run to them because they
Make you feel better and simultaneously help you be better
They help fix your mess ups.
This the type of person you go to first to share good news or to go to when you need some to rescue when you from danger.
I literally feel like I am that for my son... and daddy too! But mamas are the real MVPs and literal superheros without capes!
Like when he wakes up from his nap and starts hollering because he doesn't sense anyone around him, I run to his room to reassure him that everything is okay and that I won't ever leave him. When he needs to be fed at the butt crack of dawn, I am going to do that too. When he needs tickles and giggles I am going to play with him. When he's not feeling well and needs to be snuggled I will drop literally everything to comfort and care for him.
I remember a couple weeks ago, my son had just had some good breastmilk that I just pumped and about cracked 1/2 my nipples off doing it (all my nursing and pumping mamas, yall know what I'm talking about 🫠😉). And then he wanted to play afterwards. So I was holding him up in the air in my arms and then boom! He vomited like every ounce of that milk all over me and himself and then began to laugh with his little gunmy smile. I couldn't do anything else but smile and laugh with him 1. because he's just so stinking cute 🥰 2. well, that's my whole heart 🥹🥲, what else would I do?!
As I was wiping him and myself off, I was reminded of God's unending, unchanging love for us. Like even when we mess up on ourselves or on Him, he still loves us. Even when we miss the mark, he still loves us. Even if we do the unthinkable (to man) or the unforgivable (to man), he still loves us.
And one may say, "well, that's kind of toxic. Sounds like He's an enabling God." But, again, the wonderful thing about Our Father, is that he does not leave you as he found you. He will love you right on into change.
His loving kindness leads us to repentance.
-Romans 2:4
The love of God is so pure and precious and I'm grateful I get to experience it everyday. The closest love we can experience here on earth is in the homes, between husband and wife, and then the next closest is between parent and child.
So on this mother's day, as your children are loving on you, I pray you are reminded of the love of Christ. As much as you love your kid and will do anything for them, God loves us a million times better and a million times more.
Or for my moms who are expecting, I pray you are reminded that God will carry you through safely to your expected end of pregnancy. He knitted your very own child in your womb and made him or her perfectly (Psalm 139).
For the mom's who have lost children or had miscarriages/stillbirths, I pray you are comforted by God's peace and know that He also mourns with you.
For the women who are experiencing fertility issues, I pray the Lord continues to hold your faith high and reminds you of the many mighty women of God who also faced similar struggles (Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Hannah Samon's mom, the Sheunamite woman, and Elizabeth). Their barrenness was not for nothing. Not only did God give them a child but the purpose of that child was mighty and encourages/empowers us today!
To my women waiting on their Boaz to sweep them off their feet so they can start making babies, I pray God continues to keep you encouraged that he has indeed made you a helper meet suitable and compatible for some lucky guy!
For my women who are past the point of conceiving or no longer have a womb, but have many godchildren or spiritual children, I pray that you feel the love of Christ through these children.
Happy Mother's Day to you all!
XOXO,
Jenn
Enjoy this beautiful song that God reminded me of after my sweet boy threw his milk up all over me 🤮! haha
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