One sparkling little girl who is everything but ordinary……and a following collection of experiences that prove you and I are everything but ordinary too.
“Mom, you know how you always tell me to wear a jacket when it’s cold outside, but I never want to?” “That’s because I was born in a snowstorm, so I never get cold”.
“Welllllll, you were born in a hospital……but it was on a snowy day…”
This girl. Allie, my 8-year-old sparkling, strong-willed child makes me laugh every single day. Her persistence and determination are unparalleled, and I often joke that she runs the show around our home. My beautiful 11-year-old daughter, completely agrees.
I’m not sure what I’d do without their sweet and strong presence in my life. I’m not sure they will ever understand how deeply I treasure them. I wish I could show them my heart, so they would know.
By that, I mean it must be difficult for them to know sometimes. I’m divorced and it’s tough. I have stress just like everyone else. I have grief, just like most. I have days I just keep plugging away to get through to the next day.
I’ve never stopped loving. Still, I wonder if it’s difficult for my girls to see my love some days when it gets buried under the mounting stress. Under my short temper.
On the days I feel like I am not living up to the mom I want to be, I cling to the promise that even though I may fail them, He never does.
He {Jesus} has them.
They’re beautiful.
They’re strong.
They’re resilient.
They love freely.
They laugh with delight.
They fill my heart.
I can’t show them my heart for their eyes to see. However, I can be a constant presence of showing up, in the good times and the hard times. They can choose to trust my love for them because I say it’s true.
Our relationship with Jesus Christ is the same. We can’t see Him. But when we know Him, we can see Him working in our lives. We can feel His love resonate through other people He puts in our lives. We can witness Him filling us with the strength to move forward when our difficult circumstances make it impossible to do so on our own. We can continue to trust His presence as we choose to continue to know Him through His word and lean on His promise that there is nothing, that can separate us from His love.
Romans 8:38-39 KJV
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Ordinary Allie 