Photo of the Day 6/30/11
30 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Photo of the Day Tags: cooking, food, kitchenaid, Photo, photo blog
I posted three pictures today, and they were all of food. Just food. Not even of my baby eating food. I think I need to re-evaluate my priorities.
But, because I got mine on today: Get Your KitchenAid On. Oh yeah. And yes, mine is pink. <3
Waiting vs. Beginning
30 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in faith, family, life Tags: children, christ, christian, christian parenting, christianity, god, jesus, jesus christ, kids, motherhood, mothering, parenthood, parenting, religion
My whole life, I have been waiting. Waiting to grow up, waiting to get married, to own a home, to have children. Now, a stay-at-home mom to our little girl, all grown up, in my own home with my own husband, I find I am still waiting.
I am the mother of a toddler. She is my first, oldest, and (at the moment) my only child. She isn’t a baby anymore, so my day isn’t full of rocking and nursing and diapers… But she isn’t yet old enough for school – even home school – or structured discipleship. I sing to her about Jesus, we read from her children’s Bible, we pray together; but she’s not really paying attention to the message.
In short, it seems that the mother I want to be – the one who helps her children memorize Scripture and devotes hours to reading and discussing and teaching – has to wait for my daughter to grow up.
So what do I do in the meantime?
It is tempting to just let my toddler run around like the nut job that she is and put it off until next year. But I know I’m supposed to be doing something, right?
What I will do is this: begin. I will begin instructing her. I will begin doing with her. She has already learned a little about prayer this way. She already sings beautiful, joyful praises to Jesus that delight Him – whether she knows He is there or not. So we will keep doing those things, and I will keep talking to her about God and the things of God. I will teach her discipline in all areas of her life, which when she is older and understands more, I can show her is God’s design.
The truth is, we may be stuck at the beginning for a while. But it is, at least, a beginning, and doing it will make a difference. Sometimes, the day-in-day-out learning is the hardest for a mother to see, but it is always easy to see when it’s missing, isn’t it?
So, what are you waiting for?
