His Beloved

One day I set out on a journey into, what was at the time, the unknown. This place offered new surroundings. There was a curiosity , desire, and unquenchable thirst to know more about this new place God had ushered me into.  There was only one catch. Life as I knew it before still plagued me with it's guilt and shame.  When I arrived at this new place with God, He made it clear that my past, my sin, my disgusting fleshly choices were no more a part of my existence. He made me a new creation the moment I conceded my frail will and took on what He wanted for this child.  As I arrived at this new juncture of life, I looked around. The ship that had taken me to this present point in time was sure to take me wherever I wanted to go after this journey. I could direct the stern. I could change the course. I could decide enough was enough and head back to familiarity. But one day I realized- there's nothing to go back to.  There was not a single thing in my past...

This one goes out to all the Mamas.  You have mamas who hustle and grind each day just trying to get by. You have mamas that work outside the home out of preference and out of obligation. You have mamas our there who have found the balance required to keep the man, the kids, and the house all in order. And then, you have the rest of us who are simply striving to just make it through this...one...day.  To all of us I say, press on! Fight the good fight! And at the end of whatever craziness today held- peek in on those sleeping babies. Say YOUR prayers and thank the Lord for one more day of love, laughter, fingerprints, and chaos. In ten years we will wish we had fingerprints. We will wish we had just one more night of shouts of the beautiful chorus  "mommy I love you", for the 27th time since I tucked that sweet face into her bed. We will wish we had one more time of having them sit on our hip. One more time tying their shoes. The truth is, in the midst of all of th...