I mean really... Who am I?
There are days when I wake up and live this crazy life God has blessed me with and I'm I don't give it much thought. But then there are days when I wake up and wonder why I'm created the way I am. I wonder what my purpose is and why we're not like other families.
Am I doing this something wrong? Do I need to change? Should I be more like everyone else?
Who am I and why does my life look the way it does???
Friends if you are like me and wonder why God created you different than other moms, you are not alone.
Through God's grace I'm realizing this crazy life God has blessed me with is made to look unique and different to point to Him and to give Him glory. The crazy causes people to ask questions. Questions that lead to conversation and conversation that leads to transformation.
No one cares who you are until they know how much you truly care and until you live life with a crazy love for others, nothing you do will make an eternal difference.
So who am I???
I'm a mom living life to give God glory in everything I do. I'm a mom who takes every opportunity to love the broken and take care of those in need. I'm the mom who cooks dinner for 30 people and allows the neighborhood to jump on the family trampoline. If you need a ride, happy to help. If you bring a friend with you for dinner, that's fine with me. I don't need a lot of warning and if you come over for dinner, expect 5 or 6 people you have never met to share a table with you. I'm a someone who loves to laugh and share life with people who like to be real. You can count on me to mess up but I know my mess ups do not define who I am. I'm forgiven, loved and valued. I'm not alone and never will be because I'm apart of an eternal family.
So why do I spend my life cooking and assimilating anyone into our family who needs a home? Because God gave me one. He gave me a home when I was a stranger and He loved me when no one else did. He saw value in who I am and so I see value in all He creates. They may never know Christ but they can see Him lived in me and that's about all I can do. It's my job to love no strings attached, so that's how I try to live. I live my crazy life everyday focused on one purpose.... loving others as Christ has loved me.
So why do I spend my life cooking and assimilating anyone into our family who needs a home? Because God gave me one. He gave me a home when I was a stranger and He loved me when no one else did. He saw value in who I am and so I see value in all He creates. They may never know Christ but they can see Him lived in me and that's about all I can do. It's my job to love no strings attached, so that's how I try to live. I live my crazy life everyday focused on one purpose.... loving others as Christ has loved me.
Who am I???
I'm me. And as I live my crazy life I'm becoming more confident and ok with that. I don't need to be perfect because perfection is hard to relate to. I just need to be me and those that cross my path understand they always have home. They always have a friend. They always have someone praying for them. And as time passes on, and people come and go, we may not talk often but our lives will forever be intertwined because when you come to my house, you know the door is always open and there is always room at the table for one more.
Dead Barbara, you are a bless from Heaven and an Angel of God. Thank you for all your attentions, your time, kindness and patience with this mexican ah ah ah in these five weeks. I will never forget you and your family. I dream to see again Stella as a pretty and lovely girl. This a summer for my best memories in all my life.
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