Spring has arrived, but last night I had to take everything back out of the greenhouse to place them back into my windowsills. It was too close to freezing temps and I didn’t want to lose everything.
Among all the other things that were calling me today, I felt like I was juggling too many balls in the air. Monday is usually a recovery-from-the-weekend-catch-up-on-laundry-and-meal-prep-day. Sooooo, we are going for icecream instead to celebrate the fact we don’t have to “do it all” to accomplish the important stuff, like relationships and giving each other room to fail.
Mothers can easily find themselves having too high of expectations of themselves in different seasons of life, which can lead to mom-guilt. As I am still learning to give myself grace in certain areas that I never used to, I find grace more and more necessary if I don’t want something trivial to snuff out the joys of this life… because the ministry of motherhood is way more important than laundry or any to-do list.
“But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:” Romans 5:20
“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Natalie