Motherhood isn’t the absence of other desires
Let me preface this by setting the record straight that I do love being a mother and I am so honored to be able to stay home with my children. However, I feel some assume of me that I do this because of a lack of / disinterest in other ambitions and desires. That couldn’t be further from the truth! Embracing my current role as a mother and staying home full-time has most certainly involved a laying-down of my own “life plan” (whatever that is/was).
I loved being a career woman. I loved going to the office every day. I loved traveling and dancing and playing music on Sunday mornings. Many of those things I miss very much.
But this season God has asked me to do something different–something hard, something that looks a little more like cross-bearing. These days are for training children and opening our home for Bible studies and singing silly songs in the kitchen and doing endless loads of laundry–all for the glory of God.
Resources that have encouraged me in this season:
“The Ministry of Motherhood” by Sally Clarkson
Sarah Parshall Perry on Chris Fabry Live! radio show (author of “Mommy Needs a Raise”)
