A Mommy

Today was a challenging day. If you're a mom you know exactly what I'm talking about. When I was expecting Zechariah(our first), I had such grand expectations of motherhood and NOBODY could tell me any different. I would have the sweetest, most obedient, smartest, most well trained child that ever lived. In fact it would be reading, pooping on the potty, dressing itself, and singing songs from the sound of music by the age of one. My husband was even convinced that our child would be so amazingly amazing that it wouldn't even cry, it would be a child full of peace. Isn't our concept of parenthood so "off" before we actually have a child of our own? It doesn't matter how many children you've been around, until you have one of your own you have NO idea. You have no concept of what an emotionally, mentally, and physically challenging job it is. Take the cue from pregnancy!! Nothing about children is easy and quite personally I think that God set it up that way. Yes, I said, I think that God set it up that way. You see, God wants us to depend on Him but because we are so stubborn and so independent(or self-dependent), for us to take the cue and realize we can't do it on our own He puts us in challenging situations. He stands at the door of every difficult situation and knocks. "My grace is sufficient for you," He says "Come to me and I will give you rest for your weary soul." We get so caught up in being a good mommy or being a good wife but we forget that we can't do it on our own. Our trying to be a good anything is a failure from the get go. to be continued...........