Precious Little Ones

These past 30 hours or so have been a time filled with much prayer as my dear friend's little boy is in ICU recovering after an accident. I am so amazed at how God hears our prayers and again, I am reminded that God is really in control of situations we face in our life. As a mother, I just can't imagine the stress that comes with all the uncertainty of a sick child.It makes me ponder my blessings more and really realize that God is holding our hands, walking with us, through everything. How awesome is it to have Him on our side!
As I tucked my little ones into bed tonight, I held them a little closer, treasuring yet another precious day I had with them. For this, I am so thankful.
Since I'm in a pondering mood, I have really struggled with a comment of being 'too into my kids'. And I just love being a mommy, so it hurt deep. It's my full-time job. Actually, my dream job. Don't get me wrong, I love getting out of the mommy role and going on dates, hanging out with friends and simply having my own thoughts. When I have my mommy hat on, we are having fun, playing games, singing songs and racing our bikes as fast as we can go. I could clean my house endlessly...and I do...in fact, I cleaned the baby's room 4 times today as she is a little destroyer. I could though, clean and have the perfect house but I want my house to be a home. And place where we have love and laughter in the midst of life.
I was buying something recently and a mother was with her teenage son in front of me. Normally, I'll just mind my own business but I was shocked when I heard her comments to him. "oh, ...just shut up!" (At this point, my eyebrows are raised) and then she continues "you just breathing irritates me." I gave her a disappointed look as she looked back at me for feedback. I still can't get those words out of my mind, can you just imagine those words in the heart of this precious child?
We have been giving many amazing tasks as mothers and He is just asking us to love.
Just love.