Mother's Day Reflections

Hello all!! We are just over an hour from Mother's Day - my first Mother's Day that I am oh so excited to be celebrating! Little Miss Christa is not wanting to go to sleep tonight. We've been trying for a while, but she just won't give it up. So while I'm doing my best to resist the urge to go pick her up, hug her, and play with her for another hour, I thought I'd blog. I found this on another site, and thought it was just beautiful.

A newborn's conversation with God

A baby asked God, 'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?' God said, 'Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.

'The child further inquired, 'But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.' God said, 'Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy.

'Again the child asked, 'And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?' God said, 'Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.''

And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?' God said, 'Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.

''Who will protect me?' God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.

''But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.' God said, 'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.

'At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.'God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'


Tonight, I feel thrilled and abundantly grateful to be Christa's mother. She has just started saying "ma-ma," and it is the sweetest sound I've ever heard (other than my husband's "I do"). I literally wake up every morning in complete disbelief that God chose to bless ME with such a great husband and baby girl. In a way, I sort of keep waiting for the bubble to burst. I just can't comprehend why God would bless ME so much. I don't deserve it; I have so many failures and shortcomings. What I deserve is death in He**. And God, for one reason or another, loves ME so much that he watched HIS little miracle be tortured for 3 days, only to die. I don't get it. If people were treating MY perfect little baby like that, whipping her and spitting on her and laughing at her while she starved and bled to death on a cross, and I had the power to stop it, I would yank her down in a second and let everyone else go where they deserved. And yet, not only did God let HIS baby suffer and die because that's how much He wants ME to be with him, he gave me a husband who loves me every day and a girl who thrills my heart every time I look at her, every time I think about her. In the midst of my joy, my heart hurts so much for those mothers who are either still hoping for their little miracles or whose children have beat them to heaven. It also hurts for those sons and daughters out there whose mothers aren't here to celebrate with anymore. So tonight, I thank God again for his grace and mercy, and for the incredible gift of motherhood. Every day I get to have it, is one more than I deserve and one that I am humbled and thankful for. I pray with all my heart that God will somehow comfort those mothers and children for whom tomorrow will be especially difficult, and that they will tangibly feel the incredible love that He has for them.

"For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16

I hope my mom, my mother-in-law, and all of my mommy friends have a wonderful and blessed day!