Today I Didn't...

I'm not a mom yet, but ran across this on someone else's blog and I thought it was encouraging to all my mom friends (and to singles and married non-moms...as a reminder that our perfectionist areas need to not control us everyday)! You are all so very special! God designed you to be a mom to YOUR SPECIFIC children! No one is perfect and if we were, our children wouldn't need God, a Savior, and a relationship with Him. He alone is sufficient! Ravi Zacharias has said, "The primary purpose of a home is to reflect and to distribute the love of Christ. Anything that usurps that is idolatrous." We can't let the little things of life get in the way of doing ministry! That includes any area of our life that we don't give to the Lord...our perfection areas that we don't seem to want to let go of because no one else can do it like we can, right? ;)

TODAY I Didn't..

Today I didn't say the right things.

I didn't give enough hugs.

I didn't listen to all of their imaginary stories.

Today I hurried through what could have been very special moments, to achieve my binding agenda.

Today my prayers were too short and my lectures too long.

My smiles, I'm sure, didn't hide my fatigue.

Today I didn't heal any wounds; in fact, I'm sure I caused some.

Their tears fell and I felt too lifeless to wipe them away.

Today I felt completely defeated and totally inadequate for thisposition called mom.

But as I kneel in prayer to confess my failures, I am reminded:

I am not their hope.

I am not their total joy.

I am not their salvation.

JESUS CHRIST IS!

And they are His children even more than they are mine.

I am reminded:

He always listens,

always guides,

always touches,

and always loves perfectly.

I can rest now, Lord, remembering that I am not alone.