The Heart Of A Mom
Being a mom is the easiest... and the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life! The most fulfilling, exhausting, joyous and anxiety producing calling I've ever stepped into. When my first child was born I could watch him sleep for hours. I imagined that when he smiled while he was sleeping - he was dreaming of angels.
I remember wanting to create a perfect little bubble around him to keep him safe from anything that could harm him. A bang up with the coffee table turned into a skinned knee from the playground became dust ups with a bicycle and then a flip of a quad. I learned that far too soon motherhood goes from provider and protector to producer and promoter as we teach our children how to become well adjusted adults to live and love well and perpetuate the cycle of life as God planned it.
Before I had children I couldn't imagine how fiercely protective I could be or how tenderly I would love. I didn't know that I would wake up every morning with them on my mind and close each day whispering a prayer that God would watch over and keep them. And every other daily decision would be weighed by the impact those choices would have on my children.
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. Her children stand and bless her. Proverbs 31:25-28 (NLT)
There are so many things I love about being a mom but one of the most beautiful revelations of motherhood is realizing that there is a tender side of God. And He wove that tenderness carefully, intricately into the heart of Mom.
Read more devotions written by Denise Harper at Treasured Inside
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