Hello everyone! It's been awhile! Right now it's been pretty exciting. I'm a stay at home mom. I am a wife. I am a friend. I am a follower of Jesus. I am a church goer. I'm a homemaker. I'm my own individual who likes to hang out with people, drink coffee, sing and play music, drive, travel, read, write, explore, photography, and help people. I believe there are certain things that are core things that will never change, and there are things that come in and out of your life, or drop out for a while then come back.
Lately I've been focused on being a mom 100%, and it's not easy. Finally when she turned 5 months, I had put her in the church nursery for the first time and got to run to the altar, had some much needed moments with God. I remember learning you can't give what you don't have. If I want to lead, I need my Jesus time, if I don't have my Jesus time I don't have strength to give everyone around me what they need. For the first ,time in a long time I felt refreshed.
The other thing I've been trying to do is budget, and the last few sermons have talked about resting in God and He provides everything we need. You have the unplanned events like a parking ticket, or whatever the unexpected thing you need to pay and it throws you off. Daily I have to give that to God. He holds everything we need and knows what we need.
To be a homemaker I also need Jesus time but whats awesome is I can combine the two, washing dishes, dusting, etc. I can throw on worship music and also be praying. Let me just say I have been trying to improve because those dishes can slack, and all the little things you never even knew needed to be cleaned so much, because yep. I am new to this and do I have a lot to grow in. Not to mention cooking cause my hubby actually is a great cook.
To be a wife, to support my husband as he carries us financially through this season, and to save energy for him and to treat him well as he works most of the week and only gets one day off. Sometimes this happens,sometimes with the baby when he gets home I am ready to go to bed when baby sleeps.
I love to write,take photos, and sing. I take photos of baby, almost daily. I try to write my blog here or write in my journal goal is once a week but so far not so much. I sing daily, whether its to baby, in the car on an errand, or to worship music here at home.
I'm blessed to fulfill all these roles. But hey I'm not kidding myself if I say I can do it. I can only do it with God strengthening me. 5 months after being more soaking in the mom role, I'm ready to get back to being me with a baby. Balancing act, life is. But remember the core of you, because that is what is going to get you through it. I don't want to lose me, I want to make me better and be able to do all God can do.
I'm first a child of God with a unique call on my life, second a wife, third a mother, and many more things. But if I seek God I can be all of these things and do everything. Not to mention I need to take care of myself as well.
As for now I have my degree and passion Social Work as well. I still have my resume ready and out there just in case God opens a door in that direction but for now I am content learning and being a wife and mother. We are planted in God and growing, and are blessed each step. I'm blessed to have God's direction and know no matter what He loves us, through it all, and will keep us through everything and teach us along our journeys. My blessings are immeasurable, and I could not be more thankful for what God is teaching me in this season. But I'm thankful He's made me unique and I'm able to use my own unique God, Holy Spirit led persona to fill all the roles He's giving me, and He shows me each step through prayer, His word, others, and through the mistakes and the correct steps to depend on Him completely.
That's it for now! Have a wonderful week! :)
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