A friend sent this link to me today and it spoke so much to this Mama's heart I couldn't help but pass it on.
"We moms should never build the stability of our identity on the fragility of our kid's choices."
Mother Load by Lysa TerKeurst
Click the link for the full post. Very, very good thoughts!
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing this Jmom...I can say Amen to the guest devotion. I have raised three children and one of them made some decisions that broke my mothers heart. Fortunately God rescued this child from her choices and she is such a blessing to me. There are days when I still wonder what I could have done differently. This devotion is a balm to my soul this morning.
Thank you so much for sharing--this article was a much-needed reminder and encouragement. Although I am definitely not a mother, I feel a great weight of responsibility as I teach seventh, eighth, and ninth graders. On Friday morning I learned that one of my funny and charming eighth grade boys will be sent packing, and that post came at the right time--at the end of a long day of questioning and doubting. Did I do everything I could to help him? I should have tried harder.
I'm not the Holy Spirit. While I am a teacher (and someday, Lord willing, a mother), I cannot blame myself for the decisions the youngsters make, even though watching them go through these things hurts. Boy, does it hurt. Sometimes it makes me terrified of becoming a mother.
I'm thankful I serve a sovereign Lord whose plans don't get upset because of a weak vessel like me.
-Nicole
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