No mother is perfect. Not you. Not the neighbor who seems to have it all pulled together. Not the grandmother who seems to have raised 10 perfectly sane children. Not the author of the book who has all the answers as to how to raise perfect children. But, through the grace of God, I can be made perfect. Not immediately. Not easily. But I can try. And repent. And try again. And plead with God for his help. And eventually get there.
"But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." (1 Peter 5:10)
At this Easter time, I thank God for his grace and for the atonement of Jesus Christ which helps to strengthen, stablish and settle me as a mother and as a child of God.
On the Road to Emmaus
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