“Remember when I didn’t have you, babe? I was headed downhill. Now that I have you, I’ve been able to do so much with my life” my husband said last night out of the blue.
It was just the reminder I needed. I’ve been reading in Genesis where Adam names Eve the, “mother of all living things.” (Genesis 3:20)
Out of the side of Adam she was formed; to the side of her husband she stood. We are equal partners in this journey we call life. My sacrifices can help my husband thrive. His sacrifices can help me flourish. It’s a mutual partnership of adoration. Seemingly unnoticed things become the very thing that propels them forward both physically and spiritually. In the same way, they reciprocate love by offering their own sacrifices. It’s a ripple effect.
The quiet unseen moments of motherhood-yes, they matter. You, “the mother of living things” is shaping your child, propelling them forward. Every small choice you make-snowballs. As Brene Brown puts it, “First and foremost, we need to be a the adults we want our children to be.”
Sometimes, we forget, as the mother of living things, we are the soft place to land, the encouraging word that pushes them forward, the safe-space to bounce ideas off of, or the strong confidence that pushes them towards their dreams. So, mama, today, wave that flag valiantly-you my friend, are the mother of, “living things.”
![Has a post on social media ever made you immediately frustrated? Maybe you even started to think ill of the author of the post. You feel your chest tighten and wonder, how could they have said that? You are so mad you want to click the unfollow button.
[save for reference for when you’re offended]
An offense can happen when someone sins against us, or even if someone just rubs us the wrong way! Often, it comes out of a “right versus wrong” mentality. We get offended and harbor bitterness. Wounds and resentment create rifts and divisions and we find ourselves clutching our anger tightly in our fists to prove we are right.
It’s okay to feel upset when you are offended or sad, but we can’t let bitterness take root. Instead, we must be quick to forgive. As believers, holding a grudge inhibits our ability to reconcile. And when we avoid reconciliation, we miss out on what God wants to do in and through us.
Typically for me, offense stems from pride or self-righteousness. I have received some pretty offensive comments over time, and my feelings do get hurt. But as Christians, we need to be able to “overlook an offense” just like it says in Proverbs.
This passage says it is “one’s glory to overlook an offense.” #chasingsacred (read the rest of the article on @hosannarevival)](https://www.chasingsacred.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
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