A Letter to Mommies

In God's eyes, you are beautiful.

You are Hope.

You are Joy.

You are Faith.

You are Grace.

You are Mercy.

You are Strength.

You are Laughter.

You are Gentleness.

You are Kindness.

You are Giving.

You lack in nothing because your Heavenly Father is at work within you. You are full. Full of what He has given you,  of what He has made you to be. You are radiant.

As a daughter of the King, never doubt yourself. Our King puts his princesses where they ought to be to do what He has blessed them with.

Our King, our God, and LORD, will be your perfect Father forever. What He has asked you to do,  He is not going to leave you alone to fail.

Cry out "LORD! Help!" when you can't feel His presence. As a Mommy, you would never leave a child when they call out to you for help. God will answer you just the same. Talk to Him.

God knows everything. He knows what you don't know full well. Close your eyes. Curl up in His lap. And ask your Daddy the questions that have been haunting you. There is no question that He does not have an answer to. Because He knows EVERYTHING, we can trust Him and rest in Him.

He loves you. And He holds you. Wether you realize it or not.

As a daughter to an amazing mother, my prayer for her, and every mother (with or without children of her own) who is living in God's will, is that you will know that you are freakin-stinkin-amazing women. Know that. Accept that. Y'all are awesome. And don't let the devil beat you over the head and tell you other wise! Because, as the father of lies, that is all the devil knows how to do. So know that that is not the truth. And that this is what is the truth:

You are a Saint in blue jeans.
You are a Beauty Queen with waist length gray hair.
You are a Model with a burp clothe on your shoulder.
You are a Race Car Driver in a Mommy car.
And you are a Princess in the Kingdom of God!

Hallelujah!

Mommies, please remember, I love you.

God loves you.

And I pray that I can be you when I grow up.

Thank you for being you.
Because that is just who God created you to be.
YOU.
And no one else.

because DADDY said i could

I backed my truck up to a trailer for the first time this afternoon. I was nervous when I first learned that I would need to for my daddy. I asked him, "I have to back the truck up to the trailer?" And he replied, "Yeah, but you can do it." I backed the truck through our dirt yard down to the little blue barn today and got it lined up with the trailer on the first try. I knew I could do it because Daddy had said that I could.

God does the same thing with all of us that are His children. I was able to back that truck up to the trailer because before I started driving FORWARD, Daddy taught me how to back with my mirrors. And he said every now and then, it's okay to turn around and look through the back window. But only when you are backing a trailer or backing up to a trailer. I was able to do what Daddy needed me to do because he has prepared me, taught me, shown me, and encouraged me. God does the exact same thing! He teaches us how to do something and has something awesome up His sleeve for later! We don't know why He wants us to do some things right now, but later on we will find out! He is preparing us constantly. He is always teaching us and showing us how to do what He wants us to do.  My Daddy was patient in teaching me how to back with my mirrors at 14 and 15 years old. He was determined that his girls would know how to back....with their mirrors....in our 15 passengers van. And so we did. God is determined to give us what is best. And sometimes that can take a while. Some lessons are hard to learn, but they are worth it. Always.

Right now, it may feel like God is trying to teach you to swing dance backwards with rain coming down and the floods coming up. Maybe He is. But you can get through those waters because God is your dance partner and you have to let Him lead. When you back, it helps a whole lot when someone is standing at the back f your vehicle directing you. Let God do that. Let Him lead you. Let Him direct you.  Talk to Him. Feel His Holy Spirit holding you. You are His child. He wants you to sit in His lap and rest in Him.

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord says:

“Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest for your souls."