end my lambs
Okay MOMMAS, and DADDIES- I need to share this to encourage yall. Maybe someone needs this same lesson I learned yesterday. Thankful for God’s goodness and grace in the growing.
You know how it is. You make a list for the day, you have to balance the tasks with the needs of your children (especially young ones who are dependent on you for food and milk). I got some chores done around the house, I was scrambling to pack bags for date night, and had found some marketplace deals on a few learning toys and books I had convinced myself we needed. But trying to get out the door, everything and everyone started falling apart. There were tears from everyone.
I walked outside to breathe, talked to God, called my husband (let some steam off), and then realized God needed me to slow down. My children DO NOT NEED a leapfrog tablet or Winnie the Pooh books. They need a momma who will comfort them when they are sad, snuggle them when they are tired, and be patient and kind to them whether we are staying home, running one errand, or running 5. They need a home where God’s love is on display. And where mommy and daddy apologize when we don’t display it and our own flesh is exposed.
These are the photos and snuggles I captured yesterday as a reminder- I ALMOST missed this. Everleigh playing in the floor on her own toys ALL around. Hadassah asking me to put daddy’s belt on because they love pretending to get dressed for work like daddy does. Snuggling Judah and transitioning naps to his crib (which had to be lowered because he grew 🥺). Cuddles with Everleigh on my bed and her little giggle and brown eyes looking up at me. Hadassah using a candle remote to “call Leelee and tell her all about her day.”
Parents of young ones- There will be another toy posted. There will be more books available. There will more dishes by the end of the day. More people to call. More money to make later.
What there won’t be? The fleeting moments of these precious souls growing into who they will be one day. The cuddles. The tiny hands. The innocent conversation, the giggles. The doggie piles. There are times where work must be done, there are times when a new toy is appropriate, when a call must be made. But don’t mistake them for the times where you need to put it all down and tend to your flock. THIS is Kingdom work.
“When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.”
John 21:15-17 ESV
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 ESV
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
Deuteronomy 6:5-7 ESV
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