I Don't Want To Raise A Good Child

    Sounds crazy, right? My dear friend sent me this blog post from a mom after my own heart. It's amazing because she's only met Lucas once in his two and a half years of life and he was only a few months old then. But she knows my heart, my struggles and my desires for my kiddos. I encourage all of those with jump in the fountain type kids to read this and be blessed by it. Then I encourage moms of the eats quietly in the stroller type kids to have compassion and patience for the rest of us.=)

    This is from an article on the same blog.

James 1:5-7 reminds us, “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.”
As a mom, I want to be single-minded on the reality that if God entrusted these kids to me, I am the exact mom they need. And as the rightful holder of that position, I will believe not only in God but I will also believe that I have what it takes to raise these kids right. As long as I ask for God to help me each day, I can be the mom I need to be.

     I thought this was really encouraging because a lot of times I feel inadequate as a mom to my boys. God doesn't want me to feel inadequate. But He does want me to rely on him. I'm pretty stubborn so asking for help, even from God, is hard sometimes. Hmmm, I wonder where Lucas gets his stubbornness? I want to be able to do it all. By myself. And do it all well. But God asks us to rely on him.

"For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light." Matthew 11:30 NLT    "Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you." Psalm 55:22                       "Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation." Psalm 68:19

    God is asking us to trust Him. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is trust. Trust that God knows what's best for us, for our kids, for our spouse. But He created us. He gave us our children. He has their best in mind. And ours too.
    I think I will be reminding myself of this often as I'm just waiting for Lucas to run naked in public.