Carefully protecting. Making sure it has everything it needs. Learning exactly what makes it tick and how it responds different ways to different stimuli. Cleaning and caring for it. Everyone else may be occupied but her assignment is the secret weapon. A few days ago, and for a few months now for that matter, I've struggled with what many moms struggle with. I was watching the productivity of others around me. I was watching my husband learn new things in preparedness... HAM radio, canning, etc. I was watching others respond in disasters and help pass things out to people that were in need. Even seeing ministry opportunities that would be done easier without a baby on the hip. I was really struggling with my contribution to society, to my value to those around me. It wasn't a hard struggle. Just a every-few-days-wrestle. I understand that being a mom is the most important thing you could do but hearing that and having a heart understanding of that is very diff...
Thoughts from a simple life in rooted in Christ