the saints we're called to be...

There was a moment--after the laboring was done and before the babe was swaddled--that I saw clearly the furture of my first born. It was the moment when he was placed near my heart--warm and smooth, a bit wet and so perfect. I gazed into his eyes and could see every thing that he could become--the goodness he was capable of, the love he could offer, the world he could change, the saint He would become when He joined His Creator. And so it is for mothers, I believe, when we first lay our eyes on the children God calls us to raise. We see them in His image; we see them with Christ living through them. And it is this vision that serves us as we raise them--guiding them to be all that God created them to be, praying they will see what we have been so blessed to see. And for a few years, they seem to know a bit of the vision; they seem to live with a sense that they are made in His image; they believe in who they are, in who they can become.

And then it comes, fast and furious like a wild storm--a time comes when they no longer have a sense of the vision. They feel awkward; they question who they are; they feel alone--incapable of anything worthy. It is this time that is so hard on the mother, who still holds the vision in her heart, who still sees her child for all he can become. But it is also a time when God gives us another vision--a glimpse at what He feels for us. And though the comparison is weak, it is there--small, but true. For God sees us in His image--see us with Christ living through us. He knows the good we are capable of, the world we can change. He sees us as the saints He calls us to be. And as a mother just beginning to experience the pangs of adolesence, I see how He, as my Heavenly Father, must feel when I, as His daughter, doubt myself and lack the confidence to be all that He has created me to be.

And only God--The ONE AND ONLY GOD--can take a difficult time and turn it in to a time of growth and insight into who He is.

Have a blessed day...


Have you heard about the She Speaks Conference--a conference for women who seek to connect the hearts of women to His heart-- a place for those who desire to serve Him as he leads--a place I hear Him calling me to--a place I am scared to death to go!

I am submitting this particular post simply because a special writer and lovely woman of God called me to come out of my comfort zone...Won't you come out of your comfort zone...