My Life as a COMMA!

Do you ever wake up with a song going through your head?  Well…I do…every day!  This is one of the reasons I have been listening to so much Christian radio and music.  Because I know that the more I listen to it…the more it permeates into my heart.

This is what I woke up to this morning…..the words to the song “You are more” were going through my head.  The chorus kept going over and over and over in my head.  Well….I can usually move on to other songs…but not today.  This song has not stopped playing in my head!  So I decided to find all the lyrics and see what I’m supposed to get from this song.

The chorus that keeps playing is this….

You are more than the choices that you’ve made.

You are more than the sum of your past mistakes.

You are more than the problems you create.

You’ve been remade!

I love this!  Because it is so true!  And so many times…not only do we feel too broken to move forward or too messed up to be loved…..but we feel like we are stuck in a mundane life and just going through the motions.  And that those motions don’t mean anything.  But they do!!!

You see….I am not just a mom.  I am not just a mom that “babysits” my kids until they can take care of themselves.  I don’t just do their laundry and cook for them and tell them what to do!  I am a guide to this life for them!  I am their mentor!  I am the leader of the path they will follow in order to become not just happy, proficient members of society when they become an adult..but I am the leader they will follow to become fully devoted followers of Christ!  I am not just a cook…..I am here to teach them that their body is the temple of God and that they need to take care of themselves and their bodies!  I am here to guide their minds, their hearts and their physical needs until they can take care of it themselves.  And when they turn 18….although society says they are a mature adult and can take care of themselves…I will still be here to guide them and listen and support them…until the day I die.  If I do this journey right…. they will listen to my Godly counsel and in turn….be able to become leaders of their own families.  No, dear friends……I am not just a “mom/babysitter”….I am a spiritual, emotional and physical leader of my children!

I am also not just a wife.  I am not here to wait on my husband hand and foot.  I am not here to make sure everything in the home is done so his life is easier and he won’t get upset.  No….I am a helpmate to him.  I am his partner.  I am his lover and companion.  I am here to listen…to love and to lift him up.  In turn…..I know he will continue to love me, support me and uplift me!  No…I am not just here…..I am a partner!

I am also not just a friend.  I am a counselor.  I am here to listen.  I am here to support.  I am here to have fun and be silly!  I am here to be a cheerleader to all!  I am here to be honest.  To speak truth into others because I love them enough to do so!  I am here to learn from others.  To know that I have so much more to learn…and so much more to give.

At my job…..I am not just a sales person.  I am part of a team.  I am a valued member of our support system.  I am a consultant that helps people find just what they need and support them through that process.

I am not just here to make myself happy.  I am here to do so much more.  I am starting to realize that there is so much more.  So much……and if we are willing to dream it…to do the hard work…..there is so much out there that we can achieve!  There is so much that God wants for us!  So much that He wants from us too!  He doesn’t want and never intended for us to have mundane lives!  But sometimes we can’t see our way out of where we are!

You are so much more!  You are more than the problems you create!  And LORD KNOWS I’ve created enough!  You are more than the sum of your past mistakes!  And ONLY He knows just how many mistakes I’ve made!  You are more than the choices that you’ve made…..and WOW!  I am not the best person when it comes to right choices.

But I’ve been remade!  You’ve been remade!  Every morning we wake up to new beginnings and new possibilities!  The past is in the past and the future lies before us!

When you have been set free and are trying to rebuild your life in the Lord, the enemy will come and tell you, “You weren’t really set free.”  “You’re still the same old messed-up person you always were:”……When you start hearing those kinds of messages, recognize where they are coming from and remember who has set you free!

The above was in my morning devotional for today.  Do you think maybe God is trying to tell me something??  Maybe He wants to share it with us all.

I am my worst enemy.  I feel like I can’t do certain things.  I feel like I am not special enough to do what I KNOW God is telling me to do.  I feel like if only others knew all the ways I’ve messed up…they wouldn’t like me or believe me any more!  I become so paralyzed by the past and the lies…that I can’t move….so I just maintain.  I don’t move forward for fear that it will be another wrong choice….or that I might fail.  OR…..worse yet….I might actually be successful…and then what!????  I have a huge fear of success.  Weird, I know….but there…I confessed it.  Because today….I am choosing to believe that I am more.

I am going to choose to believe that God knows all this stuff and He loves me anyway!  I am going to know that there is more than just the title of mom…wife….friend….worker…..or anything else….  There is more responsibility to those titles when God is in it!  I am more….than my past sums of problems…choices….troubles.  I am more than I can even imagine for myself to be….and there are some pretty big doozies in there!

I am more…….I’ve been remade!  AND…..so have you!

Blessings today!  Choose to be more! ~c