Mother's Day

In honor of Mother's Day I felt like writing.  I have had so many thoughts and realizations as mother's day has been on my mind this week.  We've added another precious little to our Blalock Bunch since my last post and they are all growing up so quickly.  So much has happened, so much has changed...  What has changed the most is Me.  I have learned so much throughout my journey of motherhood thus far but by far the most important lesson is, life isn't about me and my happiness.  Life isn't about my children or my husband and their happiness.  Life is about HIM.  Life is about my Lord and Savior and what I can do in this life to glorify Him.  God has shown me through this motherhood journey just how selfish I am and just how much I was living a life all about me.  I praise God for the lives He has entrusted to me and I thank Him for all He's taught me through them.  When Andrew arrived, I became the mother of four children 5 and under. Being a busy, exhausted mother can bring out the absolute worst in a mom.  Our sin nature is to want to be selfish and focus on our own desires and goals in life.  We want to be able to do what we want to do.  But the Bible teaches the complete opposite. John 15:13 says, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."  And a few more verses, Philipians 2:3-4 "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.  Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.", Philipians 1:21 says, "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain."  Being a mother requires us to die to ourselves daily and serve our little ones and our husband.  What a wonderful refining tool and vessel along the process of sanctification motherhood can be if we let Christ work in us.  We aren't meant to walk the journey alone.  He wants us to lean on Him for every step of the way, seeking His guidance, direction and wisdom everyday.  If we seek Him and allow Him to, what wonderful blessings He bestows on our lives when we are in His will.