What if we changed our perspectives?
We often focus on the things in our lives that are not working as we would want.
We tell ourselves we are unhappy, and nothing seems to be working.
We question where God is and wonder if He truly cares about the situations we are facing.
Why has He allowed us to endure the seasons we are in for so long? Has He forgotten about us?
These are questions I ask myself at times, and the Holy Spirit asked me two questions: “What if you changed your perspective? What if you start looking at things in your life that are working? If you do, there is so much you can find to be grateful for. You will see that even in the season you find yourself in, which makes you so uncomfortable, there is much to be thankful for.
I started looking at my life and started thinking about the things I can be grateful for.
Instead of seeing a messy house I have to clean for the countless time or the laundry piling up waiting to be folded, I started reflecting on the fact that I am blessed to be the mother of my children, and we have a place we have made into a home. Somewhere, a woman is begging for her womb to be fruitful, and another is trying to find shelter for her babies.
Instead of thinking there is never time for me to do anything for myself, all my time is invested in being a full-time mom, a role I am so grateful for, but in all honesty, in the thick of motherhood, sometimes, it can feel like you are losing yourself as you grow and adapt to the person you are becoming.
Motherhood changes everything about you, by the way.
As I ponder what the Holy Spirit is saying to me, I think about a mother who might never get the opportunity to hug her children again or hear their voices in the walls of her home.
I think of mothers worldwide who might never again pick up a toy from the floor after their children.
Instead of saying my children are always going, sometimes I wish they would calm down. I am compelled to think about the mother who has given up everything to take care of a special needs child, never knowing when she will ever get a break from the cycle she is currently in. A mother who understands fully well that the future of her child’s life weighs heavily on her, and she might need to support her child for the rest of her life if the Lord does not intervene and do what only He can do.
Instead of complaining about how hard Motherhood can be at times,
What if I change my perspective and become thankful for the fact that my children’s father is very involved in their lives, and I am not parenting alone?
There are mothers who have never seen their children’s fathers during or after their pregnancies, and they must brave the parenting journey, at times feeling alone, making what seem like every decision about life and disciplining as they go along. ( You are not alone; God is aware of your situation and walking with you. He is Father to the fatherless.)
Instead of feeling so frustrated because of where I am on my journey of motherhood, I started thinking about the fact that after dying on my hospital bed a few years ago, I can still walk, talk, clean, do laundry, and teach my children. I get to hug, kiss and share in every moment of their lives. I am not a spectator in their lives; I am an active team member. There are mothers who never made it out of the hospital, and if they did, life as they knew it will never be if the Lord does not intervene, and they are a completely new person.
When I change my perspectives, I can’t help but realise I am so blessed, I am so blessed beyond measure. I have so much to be grateful for! God is so good to me!
All I can say to my Heavenly Father is thanks for your blessings on me!
How will you change your perspective today?
Friend, remember that all things will work for Good for those who love the Lord and are called to His purpose. As I travel on this journey of life by faith, I am finding this to be true.
Whatever God allows to come into our lives or wherever He allows us to walk through, He has a plan for it. Continue to trust that our Heavenly Father is indeed faithful and places His words before his name.
Thinking out loud because life is better shared!✍🏽
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