AND I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART!
Let’s face it … kids expose our hearts on a whole new level. And
in His infinite wisdom, God our Maker uses the daily demands of motherhood to
excavate the garbage in
our souls.
Selfishness?
It’s uprooted piece by painful piece each time we rise in the dark of night to
feed a baby or comfort an anxious child. It’s unearthed every time we hold a
bucket in front of a sick child, mop a muddy floor or tackle a tower of dirty
laundry.
Perfectionism? It’s
shaved sliver by sliver as we trade firm abs for stretch marks and spotless
windows for smudgy handprints; as we stumble through grocery aisles with
spit-up on our collars and wailing ones on our hips. It’s steadily shredded as
we embrace our tweens’ goofy mannerisms and our toddlers’ peculiar fashion
sense.
Pride? It’s
uprooted every time we admit that we don’t have all the answers and we can’t do
it all. It’s eradicated when we choose to listen rather than lecture, to
compromise rather than control.
The process may be painful, but here’s the good news: When God empties us, He doesn’t leave us that
way. He offers to fill our purged places with something new. God’s excavation is always intended for
transformation.
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