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Grace and Love When Parenting is Really Hard

Jaime Wiebel — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:00:28 +0000

Grace and Love when Parenting is Really Hard

When I was in college my roommate and I always joked that being school teachers was going to be our backup plan. We were working at getting degrees until we were able to do what we really wanted to do. What we really wanted to be stay-at-home-moms.

But then my plans didn’t go as I thought and when I finally did become a mom it was harder than I could have ever imagined.

My little kids who I thought were just perfect, weren’t. The parenting skills that I thought I was born with, lacked love, compassion, patience, kindness and on lots of days, much-needed grace.

False Illusions

One of the hardest things I have ever done is parent. In parenting, some of the hardest things I have had to overcome were the false illusions that everything would turn out the way I had imagined, wanted, or dreamt up as a child.

The reality of parenting has often been my most shattering moments. I have experienced great joys but also great losses and hardships.

Growing up I had the false illusion parenting was going to be an easy job.
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I always assumed that I was going to be great at it all the time. After all, I love kids.

In reality, not trusting God through parenting also left me with the illusion that it was more than I could bear. When I first became a parent I wasn’t walking with the Lord. I found myself not trusting anyone to have my child, even my own husband.

The burdens and fears overtook me and left me with sleepless nights.

The gap I had created between God and myself, left me feeling alone and overwhelmed.

The overwhelming weight of kids getting hurt, becoming ill, or even not surviving their own childhood, terrified me. So I took to the unrealistic assumption that I could control everything myself.

For more encouragement and to finish this post on parenting, hop over to Kelly Baker’s site for 15 days of Walking with God. There you will find other great articles and some giveaways including the Parenting Kit that I created to encourage to Grace and Love when Parenting is Really Hard.

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She Treasured Them In Her Heart & Sitting Among Friends Blog Party #35

Jaime Wiebel — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:07:00 +0000

“Mommy, Come here I have to tell you something. I have a secret to tell you. Come close. (In a whisper voice with arms wrapped around my neck.) Mommy, I Love You with all my heart. Don’t tell anyone that is just for you.” From God’s Little Princess.

And I treasured it in my heart.

Last week, I told you about my little girl telling me we read the Bible to know the heart of God. If you haven’t read it yet you can find it here.

All these things she treasured in her heart.

Mary was a young girl and was about to give birth to her first born. He would be a son and she would call His name Jesus. He would be great and called the Son of the Most High God.

I imagine as Mary is hearing the angel Gabriel deliver this news to her ears, she began to store them up in her heart. What would this mean? How drastically this would change this young girl’s life.

Parenting comes with many many changes. No matter how the news is delivered. I can’t fathom the thoughts of this young virgin girl hearing she would soon become a new mother to the One whose kingdom would never end.

What I can know is the heart of a new mom in the moment, when all time seems to stand still, and your heart grows as you begin to treasure new memories in your heart.

Luke 2:19 tells us, But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them. HCSB

In this moment, the shepherds were in from the night of choirs of angels revealing to them the King had been born. They came to see Him and they were amazed. They went through town spreading the news.

Mary was storing up this moment in her heart and meditating on it. Thinking about the implications of what this may mean for her child and for her new family.

One other time in Luke we see him use this same phrase. Here, it has a little different form but means kept as in she didn’t want to lose it.

Luke 2:51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. NIV

I know many of you reading this are parents and have treasured many precious moments from your children deep in your hearts.

The way they look like angels when they are sleeping. The way they look at you like you are the greatest love they will ever know. Those days they tell you they are going to live with you forever.

Even if those days are far gone, I am sure they have a very special place in your heart. A place that nothing and nobody can take away. A place where your heart longs for them so you recall and meditate on the love you have for them and try to keep those moments in the forefront of your mind.

Oh, the blessings of being a parent! To have those moments that we can treasure in our hearts. I have the amazing opportunity to share some of those moments with you and am honored you listen.

I know many people keep journals of funny things their kids say and stories they would like to recall. I have a place here on my site called Joy in the Moment where I keep a running list of some of the precious things I want to remember.

If you are thinking to yourself, I wish I had done that or I should really start doing this.

Now is the time! Start a journal today about the things you want to keep. It is always fun to go back and read them and recall those favorite times or moments.

I am going to help you get started! Below is an A4 png file picture. Feel free to save and print it. You can also download a smaller pdf file for smaller journals here. You can paste it to the front of a journal and start filling it with all those memories you have treasured.

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