I am a home school mom. I am a wife of a pastor. I am a youth/children worker at church. I have a lot of titles. But I don't desire to be known by any of them. I was introducing myself to a group of people and I struggled to fit my life and how I want to be known into a few short sentences.
I want others to know that I love my family. I want my children to surpass my love of God and make disciples of all nations. I want my husband to feel loved and cherished and respected. I want to be known as one who loves God with all her heart. I want to be known as one who serves God even when it is uncomfortable. I want to be the little old lady who everyone takes their prayer requests to because they know she really does pray. Only I want to be there now and not when I am old.
I must admit that this is not who I am now. My kids drive me crazy on certain days. My husband irritates me and I avoid him. God asks me to do hard things and I find excuses. So what part of me am I going to let win. If I truly want to be known as the Proverbs 31 woman then I need to give up the old girl and get on with the new one God wants to create in me. Joshua said it best, "Choose this day who you will serve". So this day God is in control.
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...right there with you, on ALL of it.
...except for the home-school part :) Mine go to public school in tiny town :)
I loved this, my friend.
Haha... I could have written this. Well, except the homeschool mom part. I'm a high school teacher/working mother to a toddler.
email me sometime of look me up on myspace. YP wife in the greater LA area.
:-)
Niki
nikimohr@yahoo.com
wow.. I love this! This is sooo what where I am now..its so hard to be who you are and do what the LORD wants you to do in this culture without feeling as if you have to be something else..it is hard because of all the idols in our hearts..fighting for our affections and desires, which then results in us following them..(our will)
Thanks for the encouragement on my blog.. look forward to read more about you and your husbands ministry! :)
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