Hey Soul Sista'

Day Eleven: Sisters of the Resurrection

This one is for the moms. For moms who work at home, for moms who work outside of home; for moms who volunteer; for moms with little children; for moms with grown children; for those who want to be moms and for aunties who are a lot like moms; for moms who think they have it all figured out and for moms who know once they get it figured out the rules are all going to change.

Tonight as I join my family after three days of being away, I pray for you. I pray that the Lord gives you the desire to be where you are right now. I pray that the Lord opens your eyes to the blessings he gives you today and he chases the sick guilt away. I pray that envy has no place in your soul.

For it is in the laundry, the dishes, the dirty floor, the mud, the rain, the stinky dog, the smelly diapers, the sweaty faces, the winter clothes, the less than stellar behavior in public, the less than stellar behavior in private, the upright toilet seat, the empty toilet paper roll . . . It is in these things that we find the blessings of having clothes to wear, food to eat, clean water to drink, we are playful, healthy, active, we enjoy seasons and change. We get to be part of a community and part of a family. We have indoor plumbing and toilet paper.

So sister I pray for you, and I ask that you pray for me. Pray that we are content in living in today, in this moment, whether we are exhausted at home with our kids or overwhelmed with our work away. Let us collectively (Matthew 18:20) lift our weary voices to our God. Our Father-God who knows what it's like to give up a child, who knows all plans for our children and who knows what the hardest kind of work is. Let us lift up each other as sisters of the resurrection.