Ok, so I have something super exciting to tell you guys!
I am writing a devotion book! I haven’t named it yet… because I’m still praying and asking Jesus about what the name should be. But I’m writing it. It’s happening!
I’ve been dreaming of doing this since I was pregnant with Jubilee! But then this first-time-mama thing happened to me and one year later I still hadn’t started. Because having a baby is crazy. Like will-I-ever-get-anything-done-again crazy.
Like yesterday, for example. Jubilee only took one 30 minute nap, and so she cried all day long off and on. Like reaching up for me and crying because she wanted me to pick her up. And then 5 seconds later crying because she wanted me to put her down. And then crying because her toy fell. And then crying because she didn’t want to eat sweet potatoes.
I wore my pajamas and my bathrobe all day.
And then last night she threw all her noodles on the floor, and then when it was time for her to take a bath she suddenly became terrified of the water and hysterical and basically jumped out of the tub onto my lap. And then peed on me.
And so, life with a baby… is hard sometimes. All the time?
Mamas, can I get an amen?
I wonder… Who in the WORLD was this Proverbs 31 woman who woke up before the sunrise and got all that junk done? Bless her.
Lately, I have been diligently waking up an hour before Jubilee so I can spend some absolutely-necessary-or-I’ll-go-insane time with Jesus. Silently, alone, with a candle lit, and only me, Jesus, and coffee.
And what He has been speaking to me is what I think He wants to say to all the Mamas out there.
“Yes, YOU CAN!”
One step at a time. One thing at a time.
I realized I’ve been putting off even starting on a dream that Jesus gave me, which is writing this book, because of ALL THE EXCUSES.
And Ya’ll, the excuses are valid. They are real. They are tiny human beings who need us.
And so maybe my laundry is really dirty. And I don’t even know where Jubilee’s sippy cup is. (good thing she can drink out of a straw now 😉 But I am doing this one thing.
I am writing a book!
And I just want to encourage you by saying just what Jesus said to me. “Yes, YOU CAN!” You are capable of so much more than you think. And believe me, I understand the struggle, but one thing at a time. Sometimes life is all about just taking the next step.
My life doesn’t look like pinterest or perfect hair or all organic food for my baby or all of these crazy-high standards that we set for ourselves! But it does look like being the absolute best wife & mom that I can be. And it does look like chasing after the dreams that God has given me and realizing that with him, WE CAN ALL DO THIS! This crazy thing called life. This crazy thing that is raising babies. This crazy thing that is following our dreams and following Jesus and living the full life.
If we wait to start our dreams, we will be waiting forever and it will pass us by. There are people who need to experience the dream that God is growing in your heart and mine right now. There is a reason that you can’t stop thinking about that particular thing. There is a reason that your spirit soars when you talk about it. It’s because when God is in something, it is magical. It is destiny, right in the middle of a sink full of dishes and getting peed on and paying bills and learning how to do life as a parent.
God is with us. And He is the creator of our imaginations. The giver of our talents. The dream maker. The One who will carry us through and who will celebrate with us at the finish line. The one who will hold our hands when we have that first book signing, or that first day at a new job, or that graduation day after going back to school.
So here’s to writing this book. Here’s to making dreams come true. And here’s to living the full life in the middle of all the mess! Because nothing is impossible when God is in it!
