Reflections

As I sit here and hold my sweet babe, I am reminded of all the blessings that God has bestowed upon me over the years.  I have been blessed with 8 beautiful children that are small reflections of me and their father.  I also have the  most faithful, wonderful husband and friend that any one could ever ask for, I definitely do not deserve him.  I am so proud of him and of the man of God that he is.  We have definitely been through our share of trials and disappointments, but God in His mercy has held us in His hands, and we have come through even more committed to God and each other than we could have ever hoped or imagined.  Titus 2 tells us as women to “…love our husbands, to love our children…” and in 1 Peter 3:6 it says, “Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are…” and then also in Ephesians 5:22-23 we are told, “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.  For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”  I know you have all heard these verses many times before.  I want to be faithful in my calling as a wife and mother.  I want to glorify God in all that I do.  Just as my children are reflections of me and their daddy, (or as Liberty says, "papa") we as Christians are reflections of our heavenly Father.   That in itself is a big shoe to fill.  May we all devote our lives to His service and reflect the image of Jesus Christ our Lord!