Isaiah 40 11.
He tends his flock like a shepherd.
He gathers the lambs in his arms.
He carries them close to his heart.
He gently leads those that have young.
As you find a place to settle into your broth,
Begin to feel the nearness of being held,
The tenderness of arms,
The beat of a heart that hears yours.
As you inhale,
Begin to feel the loving embrace of acceptance and tenderness from the one who understands your heart,
The tenderness of a mother's heart.
Breathe,
Feel it,
Hear it,
Resonate with the truth of who you are.
Hear the footsteps of the divine enveloping you with his loving embrace that says,
It's okay,
Dear one.
Motherhood,
A unique and powerfully interpersonal journey that nothing can prepare you for until you are in it,
Walking through it one day at a time.
That no one can tell you how to do it perfectly,
And no method can make it flawless.
The only guide,
The voice that whispers,
This is the way,
Walk in it.
The magnificent creator of your child's heart and soul along with yours,
God himself,
Stretched,
Tethered,
Twisted,
Turned upside down and from the inside out.
The journey brings every facet of our weakness and strength to the ultimate test of failure and success.
Parenting failure,
It's not based on how the world scores it.
God knows your heart.
Parenting success,
Not how the world judges it.
For God,
The only just judge.
God chose you to be the mother to your unique children,
Not just for what you can teach them,
But what they teach you and how you both grow individually and synergistically.
As you breathe in and breathe out in this moment,
Just take a few tender breaths as you begin to see the journey,
Giving yourself that acceptance,
That space,
The longest and hardest journey,
The one filled with the most disappointment,
As well as the greatest delights,
Raw,
Open and real.
The space where we can see all of our imperfections and embrace,
Yet the love that allows us to see ourselves and our children through the eyes of grace and compassion,
A love that can withstand the test of all time.
In this moment,
Embrace your heartbeat,
Their heartbeat,
The rhythm,
The breath that brings harmony to each in a symphony of an unparalleled relationship formed through adversity,
Adventure and acceptance.
The life that once formed within broke through the womb to be held so close to only be released back to him.
Breathe,
Dear one,
Mom,
Grace for the moment,
Mercy for a lifetime.
Rejection is only division that destroys.
Restoration is build on love.
This too shall pass,
Dear one.
Breathe into this space.
May it not pass without the deepest lessons learned.
Love covers a multitude of sins.
Love yourself today.
Love your family.
May he tenderly gather you into his arms.
May he hold you close as he carries you near his heart.
And may he gently lead you through the storm for the sun is about to break through.
Breathe.
