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Control makes us stiff. Compassion makes us move. Control hardens our hearts and clenches our fists. Compassion makes us tender, open-handed, accepting. Control sees others as either a hindrance or a servant to what we want. Compassion sees others as they are—sinners in need of mercy, truth, and grace. Control is the fruit of the heart that doesn’t trust that the Father will provide everything they need. Compassion flows from the heart that’s been humbled by the mercy God has shown her, from the heart content in the Father’s love. . #risenmotherhood #motherhoodissanctifying #thenursingseries #wordsworthnoting
I read 1 Thessalonians shortly after arriving home from the hospital and wept. Paul references nursing mothers and a pregnant woman, and nearly every chapter contains the word “labor” in it. . I wept mostly because of the affection I felt from the Lord over this verse and the two following it. My labor and delivery was potentially the most intense experience of my life thus far, and as I process it, all I can do is cry and say, “Thank you, God.” . I’m eager to study more of this book and take in the sweetness of relationship Paul has with these believers. I see so much of what I desire to be true in my relationship with my children, and I praise Him for the Word that teaches, trains, and ultimately transforms me for this good work. . #risenmotherhood #wordsworthnoting
The dance has already begun, and I’m not sure I know the steps. Shepherding two little hearts entrusted to us to love one another above themselves. . To see one another not as an imposition to what they want, but as God’s gift to each of them. As their nearest neighbor God gave them to learn their need of Christ and the ways of Christ—considering one another more significant than themselves, serving one another, delighting in laying their lives down for the good of the other. . The dance is hard, yet sweet. Perplexing, yet rewarding. Sanctifying and sacred. Requiring discipline and grace. But isn’t it the dance God has been teaching me through motherhood all along? . #risenmotherhood #wordsworthnoting
After laboring all night, we welcomed our sweet boy, Jacob Stephen Weir, at 7:20am yesterday morning!! Weighing in at 9lb 7oz and measuring 21” long, this buddy is a big blessing to our little family☺️ . Bless the Lord and His mercy toward us. We are not the same, and we anticipate all the ways He will change our lives through your life, Jacob. . **sharing the story of how we decided on his name on the blog! Link in profile. Plus more pictures coming in stories❤️
No one likes to wait. . Waiting feels vulnerable. At some point, we begin to protect ourselves from getting excited. We don’t want to step out in faith, just to see the ground crumble underneath, along with our trust in the goodness and kindness of God. . Waiting makes us aware of our vulnerability. Both to temptation and our susceptibility to it. But waiting is the place where hope has the most opportunity to come alive—for who hopes for what he already has? . Waiting humbles us, reminding us of the truth we rarely want to face—we are not in control. My constant prayer these last weeks as a guard on my fragile heart has been: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Romans 12:12). . I know that my waiting for my child will soon be over and that some of yours will go on indefinitely. I pray some part of this would minister to you as we place our hope in the same God’s perfect wisdom and righteousness. . #40weeks1day #waiting #pregnancy #wordsworthnoting