Happy Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day

For so many people, this day is a mix of pain and joy. I have been given the miracle of two sweet little boys – one in my tummy and the other almost 6 – and celebrating with them is an incredible gift. ❤️ But I have also walked through many Mother’s Days that were more painful than joyous.

It hurt to watch mothers around me with their large families quoting their “quiver full of arrows” verses while I sat empty and broken. Yes, their traditional journeys to motherhood are beautiful. Yes, it is a blessing to have a house full of children. But I’ve been thinking… non-traditional paths are beautiful too. The paths of adoption or fostering or much loss before gain, that’s beautiful too.

Placing my babies into God’s hands and clinging to Him when He chose to take most of them away is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. But you know what? To walk through hardship

Loss

So many tests

Questions without answers or

Answers that provide little comfort…

To cry in the late hours of the night because of empty arms and broken hearts

And to declare God is still good, still enough,

To continue to wait on God’s mighty hand until deliverance comes

That’s beautiful too. Maybe even more so.

So I just want to remind you – If today you find yourself in the midst of waiting, grieving, celebrating, or a combination, know that whatever path God has you on is for His glory and your good. It will have a beautiful ending.

Cling to His faithfulness, so that although today may not be without some pain, it also won’t be without joy… and hope, which won’t disappoint, but instead promises us all the relief we so badly seek.

Relief found only in Christ.

Wishing you peace this Mother’s Day.

❤️ Grace