How many times have
you failed?
If you are anything
like me, you lay in bed and think about the day that you just experienced. You replay moments with your kids. Good or Bad.
And usually I feel like I had a great day or boy did I mess up!
Mother’s Day was a
mess up….big time!
It started out fairly
early, kids thought 5:45am was a grand entrance into the day.
I had planned a busy
day, church and then home to get ready for family coming over to
celebrate. We were getting together for
Mother’s Day and my son’s 3rd birthday.
I tend to over plan
and over think. See, I really want
things to be nice…okay really I want them to be perfect. I want to make and decorate a homemade cake,
have a delicious meal, plus have the house looking clean and decorated for the
party.
My kids are 3,2 and
1…so they tend to tear down the streamers, take off the decorative stickers,
and not allow me uninterrupted time to decorate the cake. The cherry on top was they all decided to not
nap, which did not help my situation.
The clock was
ticking, and I was becoming irritated, short, and basically ugly. And I was directing all of this behavior
toward my kiddos.
For the love, it was
Mother’s Day. I wasn’t even acting like
those Hallmark cards depict a mother to be.
“Her children rise up
and call her blessed” Proverbs 31:28….was far from what these kids would call
me at this point.
And then it
happened….that moment…straight from the movies…
The kids all came
into the kitchen, homemade cards and gifts in hand. “HAPPY MOTHERS DAY” they said…with lots of
hugs and kisses.
And it hit me.
Hard.
FORGIVENESS.
They forgave me so
easily. They were not forced, or asked,
or even manipulated.
That just forgave me and loved me, just because I was
their mom.
WOW
What a great reminder
of God’s gift of forgiveness towards us.
He just forgives us,
plain and simple.
No matter how many
times we fail, and believe me I do it a lot.
We are forgiven by our Savior…just because He
loves us.
Psalm 86:5 “For you, Lord, are good
and ready to forgive…”
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