Yep, Meredith, motherhood brings out the best and the worst! So true that we thought were kind and loving until we had children and realized we didn't have the self-control we thought we did! This is golden - you said: "Instead, I now understand that every single instance of patience and kindness on my part is God’s mercy breaking through. Every gentle touch and every loving word is God loving my children through me. I can do nothing for them apart from Him." I am now reaping the rewards of showing up and of confessing the sin of anger to God and to my children, by seeing my own grown children loving on their own children. But for now, stay the course and keep showing up and you will reap many rewards.
Yep, Meredith, motherhood brings out the best and the worst! So true that we thought were kind and loving until we had children and realized we didn't have the self-control we thought we did! This is golden - you said: "Instead, I now understand that every single instance of patience and kindness on my part is God’s mercy breaking through. Every gentle touch and every loving word is God loving my children through me. I can do nothing for them apart from Him." I am now reaping the rewards of showing up and of confessing the sin of anger to God and to my children, by seeing my own grown children loving on their own children. But for now, stay the course and keep showing up and you will reap many rewards.
This is your best one yet.