Growing in Faith During Your Baby's First Year - a 6 Day Devotionalنموونە
Sail Away with Me
The year my oldest son turned seven, I had children ages five, three, one,
and newborn. Some days I wondered if I’d ever survive. Life with that
many little people is one of constant pulling: pulling for needs, for attention,
for a little piece of you. When I read in the Gospels of Jesus’ ministry,
I feel a kinship with Him as the crowds seemed to almost smother Him,
clamoring for a miracle, a touch, a word, just nearness. He could have
healed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. He was fully God
after all. But He did not. He knew His earthly ministry was brief— just
three years! And yet He is shown in the Gospels as deliberately drawing
away from the crowds to pray, to share close moments with His twelve
disciples, and to sleep.
Sweet mama friend, let me whisper a secret to you: you are not superwoman.
You cannot do it all and not rest. I think as mamas sometimes
we expect ourselves to be superhuman, but God reminds us that we are
not. In the end, remembering we need rest is remembering we need grace.
It is remembering we are not God. And it is remembering we need the
intimacy of time with Him and with our soul-friends to be able to do all
that He asks. Will you come away with Him?
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About this Plan
The first year of life for your new baby is an exciting time full of milestones, and you don't want to forget a single moment. You'll feel God's presence and comfort with these devotions and Scripture selected especially for new moms.
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