My oldest had a birthday yesterday. He turned 26. It seems like just yesterday I was home with him and his brother. Surrounded by mounds of laundry, runny noses, toys everywhere and wondering if I would ever be “somebody.”
Then I
read this post by Sarah Mae. I just can’t get it off my mind. “I want to teach and influence and encourage moms one day, but I don’t
just want to relate with them, I want to have something of substance to offer
them that will help them practically.”
Yes! We
as moms need to have this goal. To live through mamahood and have something of
substance to share with the next generation of moms. As moms we like to gather
and talk. Share friendship. And adult conversation. (We crave adult
conversation!)
But if
all we are doing is small talk, there is no real impact made. No inspiration to
be better moms. No encouragement to keep training with clear direction. We need
substance.
In
order to have substance to share, we need to dig in, narrow our focus and raise
those little ones with intention. Not just for today. Not just for this week or
year. But for the long haul. Raise them to be adults who love and honor God.
Adults who are used by God to do His will.
But
narrowing our focus is hard. We feel our talents are going to waste. We miss
our hobbies. We want to be somebody, do something significant in this world.
But we are.
The calling
as a mom is huge. It is eternally significant. And it grows us while we are in
the trenches, doing the mama work. God will take care of growing you to be
ready to be somebody later. Right now you are somebody. You are MOM.
So,
young mama, keep it up. Keep going. Don’t get sidetracked, keep your focus. You
are raising little people who will become big people that God will use. And
then when you sit to visit with other moms, you will have substance to offer
them. And they will be encouraged.
How has a been-there-lived-to-tell-about-it mom helped you? How
do you want to be like that one day?
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