Greetings, Dear Friends!
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Now on to my topic.
What is God doing in your life these days?
That's a question we often asked our boys during their growing up years. In fact, we still pose the question from time to time.
One of the things I love about God is that He is always working. He is always up to something. The Bible says that daily the heavens pour forth speech and there is no language where His voice is not heard (See Psalm 19). God is always after an increase in our lives. He wants to bring us from strength to strength, from glory to glory. He's moving and He wants us to move with Him.
When I consider my own life, I see movement all around me. As you can see from the picture above, my youngest son Jordan just graduated from high school.
And in a couple of weeks, my middle son Luke will marry the love of his life. Our house is quieter than it has ever been. I just finished writing a book that'll release in October, and I just started another book which will release next March (kind of like having a baby, but not really). Amidst all of this change, I'm going through the painful letting go syndrome common to moms of boys. You've heard it said, "A daughter is one that you'll have for life, but a son is only a son until he takes a wife."
A fellow author friend of mine (also a mom of three boys) once shared these wise words with me: Prepare yourself for the day when your boys get married. It's a drastic adjustment. You go from having the starring role in their lives, to having a bit part. You go from being their number one to being number five, just behind the family pet. For those of us who have been super involved in our son's lives, it's a tough adjustment but one every healthy mother of boys needs to make.
I'm telling you, with one son living in Nashville, one son about to get married, and another very busy with life and quite taken with his girlfriend, I'm feeling that surprising ache in my heart.
On one hand, I'm so happy for all of them. This is the stuff of life. But their absence reveals another place in my heart for God to fill. And I'm expectant for Him to do just that.
What I do love about this next stage of life, is the extra time I get to spend with Jesus. I take my time praying, reading, and journaling. My heart is at rest because I have the time and the space to cultivate such a thing. I also love the extra time with my husband, Kevin.
Even so, as I move into this next season of life, I know I have to let go of the 'mom who takes care of her sons' role, and move into the 'mom who intercedes, loves, and supports' her sons and their future wives.
In this transitional stage of life, I'm reminded afresh of how steady and sturdy and faithful God really is. He is moving and I want to move with Him to the next places of promise He has for me.
So what about you?
What new thing is God doing in you, around you, and through you? How are you handling it?
Let's do this together!
Have a blessed week~
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