Mom Heart Moments #230

Be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the LORD.

AFTER-WEEKEND DUTIES CRY OUT EACH Monday morning as I slip down the stairs, still sleepy and in need of my morning cuppa. After all these years, last night’s dishes still accost me as if they’re a surprise —coffee cups, plates of now-dried-on snacks, all sorts of evidence that we spent hours together on Sunday relaxing, eating, laughing, and making messes —and now it must be dealt with, again.

Of course, there are all the worries of life still there to greet me too: money issues, problems with children, pressures of family and marriage. They are still there, piled high when Monday morning comes with yet another week of challenges ahead. In the midst of all the daily chores, there are always these bigger ones also hovering over us!

Waiting, working, fretting, wondering —what is going to be the end to all of this, the end points for all these wonderful people in my home with various strengths, weaknesses, hopes, and dreams?

Waiting on the Lord for answers and for life to change and for help to come has been my most common challenge throughout life —waiting to get married, waiting to get pregnant, waiting to have the baby, waiting for the baby to sleep through the night, waiting for myself to be mature someday . . .

Waiting with a gentle spirit is difficult and miraculous, an acquired habit that comes with much practice and experience. One of the most important ways my children learn about faith is to watch me wait, in grace, through all the trials of my life. Putting a flower in the vase, lighting a candle, and filling our home with music communicates my belief to them that God will show up. He is with us. He hears us and will answer, and I am going to prepare for the day by celebrating life, looking to the time we will see and know His presence and faithfulness.

How can you wait in faith today in a way that is visible to you and your children?