Awakening To Freedom

Day 5 of "A Moment To Breathe" made me pause. Our upcoming move to a new community has brought many emotions to the surface. Today a fear of mine was revealed and Jesus' truth was able to replace it. Our family is noisy and busy. In turn, my ducks aren't in a row and I feel I appear less than put together. Our community has have been part of our lives for 18 years. They've celebrated births and homecomings of our children. They've heard our kids laugh, tantrum, talk and yell. They've seen us parent through many situations, and yes, witnessed our less then wonderful reactions to our children as we parent... But it's safe here in the known, in the place where we are known and loved. And now we are leaving this to go to a place where we aren't known, where we don't know how our family will fit and where nobody knows about our everyday mess. I sat here thinking about this quite a while. I know we are being called to our next home to love our neighbors, to bless others in our home and to raise our family in a larger space and so I am choosing to put aside how I want others to see us. My identity and worth is not based on how well behaved (or noisy and wild) my kids are. It's not based on how watered and weeded my flowers are. It's not based on having my home decorated just right. I am a forgiven child of my heavenly father's. I am loved, chosen and victorious. I am also a work in progress, being shaped by my creator. I am called to love others to love Jesus. And, although my life isn't tidy and controlled, it is going to be lived by meeting and freely loving our new community. "For am I now trying to persuade people or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ"-Galatians 1:10 #amomenttobreathe #documentlifesmoments #thesonisalwaysshining