I wonder... what did I want to be when I grew up? I don't remember too much and mom could probably shed some interesting, if not shameful light on the subject but what did I want to become? An air force pilot? A ballerina? A muscle-lady, as my daughter calls professional body building women? Maybe a teacher. Could it be that I really wanted to be a mom all my life and now I am one? That's too easy.
I've had this feeling that there was something more out there for me to do but I just couldn't nail it down. Church always told me that I had to have a ministry, as if my life wasn't full enough without it. Ok, so then who do I minister to? People get along just fine without me so it seems silly to interject myself into their lives for my own self-fulfillment.
So, back to my question... what do I want to be when I grow up? Maybe the question should be what does God want me to be? I am a mom and that's a huge job all on it's own. Teach them to walk, talk, love, eat, learn... the list is endless and so is the job. I am a wife, capable in my own right as a woman apart from a man but choosing to enrich my life with the happiness and sorrows of another's experiences alongside my own. I longed for both with a passion and now I have my wish. Is there more to be?
Yes, infinitely more. I am not merely a mother or a wife or even just a woman. I am nothing apart from God, my Creator and Sustainer. I am all of these things together and I am affective in them only when He is a part of them. I can be marvelous (do beyond my own power - Strong's number 6381) when I can let God have control of my choices, desires, and needs. I can be the pilot and the ballerina. I can be the adventure seeker and the princess. I can be a mom and a wife and a friend. And I can do them better if I don't put myself or God in a box.
My grandpa would say, "I don't know what I want to do when I grow up, yet." I hope to be so limitless.
I've had this feeling that there was something more out there for me to do but I just couldn't nail it down. Church always told me that I had to have a ministry, as if my life wasn't full enough without it. Ok, so then who do I minister to? People get along just fine without me so it seems silly to interject myself into their lives for my own self-fulfillment.
So, back to my question... what do I want to be when I grow up? Maybe the question should be what does God want me to be? I am a mom and that's a huge job all on it's own. Teach them to walk, talk, love, eat, learn... the list is endless and so is the job. I am a wife, capable in my own right as a woman apart from a man but choosing to enrich my life with the happiness and sorrows of another's experiences alongside my own. I longed for both with a passion and now I have my wish. Is there more to be?
Yes, infinitely more. I am not merely a mother or a wife or even just a woman. I am nothing apart from God, my Creator and Sustainer. I am all of these things together and I am affective in them only when He is a part of them. I can be marvelous (do beyond my own power - Strong's number 6381) when I can let God have control of my choices, desires, and needs. I can be the pilot and the ballerina. I can be the adventure seeker and the princess. I can be a mom and a wife and a friend. And I can do them better if I don't put myself or God in a box.
My grandpa would say, "I don't know what I want to do when I grow up, yet." I hope to be so limitless.
Comments
What you say is so true, we are much less without Him.
Beautiful - nice to see the fulfillment of the girl whose life goal was to be "A Godly Woman"
Love you! Keep challenging me!
Love what you wrote. Some very thought-provoking insights there.
Well done on remembering to include God in this process - something many people, especially myself forget.
I like your template too! ;-)