The Christmas Baby

Christmas takes on a whole new meaning for me this year as I hold my baby in my arms. I can't help but think of Mary with her new baby. Jesus, God, as a baby! I can imagine Mary looking into the face of her baby boy. Wondering how in the world she was to raise a Savior. As mothers we often doubt whether we can really have what it is going to take. Mary surely thought the same. What if God had told her everything that her little boy would do? How would she feel? She knew that Jesus would be Savior, but there was so much more to understand than that. Sometimes I wish that I could know what is to come in the future, but then, I realize that it is God's mercy to us that we only live one day at a time.

Enjoy your beautiful babies in this wonderful season. And enjoy life one day at a time.

Isn't it overwhelming sometimes to see the pure innocence in the face of your baby and then to think about the world with all its ugliness and sin? You don't want them to understand sin or catch a glimpse of how devastating it can be. It is so prevalent and deep into every corner of the earth. How can they escape it?
God tells us rather to live by the fruit of the Spirit and experience love, joy, peace...abounding.

I am currently studying what the Bible says about peace. I am learning that peace is so much than a feeling that comes over you when everything is ok. Peace is a living Prince! God names His Son as the "Prince of Peace". Colossians 1:19-20 states that two things pleased God: having the fullness of himself in Jesus and having Jesus make peace between God and man. Peace is a sacrifice! Jesus is our peace with God. He came to Earth to die on the cross so that we could have peace with God. How exciting that in this world of sin we can raise our sons and daughters to experience the living peace of God. What a new hope that gives!

Perfect Peace

Psalm 139:13-16
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

A couple of weeks ago I was in the living room with my husband discussing vaccines. I was in tears. Not knowing what to do, not wanting to let her go, not wanting the moment to come. Then God whispered to me, "This will be one of many moments, Nellie, moments of trust. I love her more than you do, remember? I saw her and knew her for nine months when you did not."
Then it hit me. God SAW her and KNEW her for nine months when I didn't. For the first time the verse came to life for me. I really understood what it meant when it says that God saw my unformed body and knew me in my mother's womb. How foolish of me to think that I had any control over her life. I prayed back, "Lord, you always had control, but I give you my pride in thinking that I had control. I give you my anxieties and fears, and I ask for your peace." And His perfect peace fell over me.
May the peace of God ease your worries and calm your fears.

Welcome!

I am excited about launching this blog. I really hope it will be a place where you can come and read some great encouragement. Mothering has its moments (of needed patience) and moments of great joy!. Let's blog about both! May you be refreshed and lifted after visiting this blog.
~Nellie