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    My 2018 & 2019 Reading Lists

    December 18, 2018December 18, 2018

    There are few things I love more than books. They’re my favorite gift to give and receive, and this season I have had absolutely the most fun giving away some of my favorites. As the year draws to a close, I want to share a few of the books I have read in the last

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    • Just weeks ago I had over an hour to be in the Word and pray each morning. Now, my early mornings look a lot more like this. Kicking feet that tend to rip the pages (the book of Romans in this old Bible is looking quite sorry), grunts and squeals and cries that lead to less sitting and more bouncing and walking and rocking. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I used to think I just had to get into a rhythm that allowed me to get an hour of uninterrupted time — THEN I would get in the Word, and I’d wait patiently for that time to come. But it was a bit of a myth. The time never came and I found myself perpetually waiting for “the right time” to study the Word to arrive. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So instead I’m just diving in. Whatever I can get for however long I get it. I’ll be in the Word every single day — even if it’s just 20 distracted minutes each day. It’s an act of belief that God’s ability to use my limited study time is greater than my ability to study. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ God knew giving me a v cute study buddy would cover a multitude of early morning cries ➡️
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    • To be Mothered, a Prayer. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Our good God, ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today will be littered with cards and flowers, chocolates and hugs. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today there will be no apparent end to the hand-drawn stick figures scratched in green crayon next to the almost-legible: To Mom. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today we will give thanks to You for the good gift of mothers and motherhood and to our mothers, near and far, for their affection and dedication and tireless love. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But today, many of us will wince in pain. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today, for many – perhaps, for most – will come as a blaring reminder of what is not yet, what once was, or what never was. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We will remember in blaring honesty the mothers that we never knew, who did not love us well, or those who did but have past. We will remember in the harshness of reality the motherhood we desire, that we cannot seem to have, that we cannot seem to keep. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And for this we grieve. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We grieve, but are not alone. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In the midst of our pain and our tears, we look up to find ourselves in good company, and to find that this is nothing new to You. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are Eve: knowing the sting of broken relationships and a broken earth, wish our grown children would reconcile and wondering where we went wrong. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are Hagar: rejected and denied, we face motherhood alone, and have no idea how You are going to provide. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are Jochebed, Moses’ mother: rending our hearts in two in order to give our child the safety that we could not afford, sending our little ones away to be cared for by another. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are Pharaoh’s wife: compelled to care for children not our own, tethered to them in love in a way we cannot explain, and praying that You will give us the courage and capacity to do it right. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are Hannah: with the pang of childlessness tucked inside our breast, falling on the temple steps asking when – and how – you will meet us in our personal tragedy. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are Rachel: longing for the day when You would remember us, and bless us with a child, while the women around us announce week by week, month by month, the joy of their own pregnancies. (Continued in comments)
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