A Small, Personal Testimony and A Glimpse Into God's Heart

I am a mother of three beautiful children. If you ask me I would say they are the most beautiful children ever. Yes, of course that is biased! But it is honestly how I feel. Undoubtedly, if you are a mama, you feel the same about yours! They are an amazing a beautiful gift from The Lord!!!

  Like many Moms, I have my good days and not so good days. The other day, a couple of weeks ago, was a little challenging one!  One of  my little one's was feeling much better and one of my little ones was not feeling so great. My oldest had a few moments of his own. And as I continue to struggle with health battles, I was having my own day of sorts. And to complicate matters, I didn't start my day as usual in prayer. Don't think that can throw things off? You bet it can! So, my focus went straight to juggling everyone's struggles, thinking I was some kind of super hero. It wasn't long- in fact not even noon- before I began to feel upset, overwhelmed and under-appreciated.
 
  Yes, I reached my "Ok, Mommy needs a break NOW!" wall and began to turn inward. For a few moments I sat there allowing the spiritual arrows to hit my head and my heart. Instead of stopping and praying, I started to go down the "nobody appreciates me" road.
To be truthful, I was already feeling a sense of sorrow with some family-related issues that I heard about over the past few days. So, my mind had been busy processing that too.

  But shortly after, I excused myself and took a few moments to cry to my Heavenly Father:
    "Lord, I try so hard to care for everyone but why do they want to go their own way!?"

  And I heard him whisper empathy and comfort in my spirit- that it is a painful place. Yes, many times I have come to Him with the cares I have for my children- and He comforts me or corrects me or leads me...But something profound happened in that moment- I was allowed to hear The Lord's perspective louder than my own.

   I realized  immediately how I feel now is how the Lord feels all the time as He tries to lead us on His path, teach us His statutes, or get us to obey His commands. We go our own way, thinking we know what's best for us- and we fall, or  get into a timeout, or get corrected, or hugged back to the right place He wants us.
Oh what a blessing to be a parent! And to be able  to have just a small glimpse of His  heart toward us...
   Thank  you Lord!
   You teach us even as we teach our children. And as we do, we realize that we can only truly receive all from you when we remember you are our Heavenly Father and we are your children. You Always know what's best for us! You know us better than we know ourselves.