Monday, 25 May 2009
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This Love
Lately. With all the people in my life, all the sacrifices and decisions I've had to make, I feel like God has been introducing me to a whole new level of love. A kind of unconditional love that is found in the way a mother loves her child and ultimately, the way God loves us. It's a sometimes heavy and emotional kind of feeling that sits inside of me. And sometimes it is deeply satisfying, or lightweight and floating. I don't know what quite to make of it yet, but I do know that I'm being taught something that is meant to become part of me. It's beautiful and so deep I know the difficulties along the way are part of what makes it so worthy. What a privilege to even just begin to taste a piece of this kind of love.
I trust that it has all been worth it. Definitely just at the beginning of this journey... :)
A friend recently sent this to me:from Radical Womanhood"Years ago when I was going through something really tough as a mom, I had an older woman in my life who kept saying to me, “You know this is for you.” When I was dealing with kids being cranky or not sleeping or not eating or, you know, destroying my house or not being able to keep up with the laundry or feed them or just the myriad things that go along with mothering, she would always remind me, “You know this is not just about your children. This is for you.”I did not appreciate that statement back then; I really didn’t. But you know what? I understand it now because motherhood is the greatest tool I know for God to shape me and mold me and chisel me for eternity.
As I view life from God’s perspective, from that threshold of heaven, I realize that His purposes are big picture. They are eternal. They are generational. In his book The Treasure Principle, Randy Alcorn challenges us to think about whether we live for the dot or the line. Is my life about this moment? Is it about me or is it about eternity?
Motherhood is about eternity. It is not just about this moment. God clearly defines this in Romans 8:28 and 29. That verse where it says God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose.
What is His purpose? For us to be conformed to the image of Christ. Motherhood is one of God’s very best tools for that molding, that conforming in our life.
And then we must become women of the Word. Only the Word of God contains the instruction we need to see God’s perfect will accomplished here on earth in the lives of our children. We must settle the issue of the sovereignty of God, of the authority of His Word in our life. It will take a lifetime for us to learn all that is revealed about God in His Word. We will never run out of instruction if we are faithful students of this book.
Just as we feed our children physical food, so we must be spiritually nourished ourselves so we can impart truth to our kids. Proverbs says the Lord gives wisdom. From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity.
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