Love Does, Mama.

Tonight we will talk about how blessed we are to get to walk in this season of motherhood. We will also talk about how we have the opportunity right now to pour God’s love out on our families. 

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Good evening mamas and welcome back to Midlight, your light in the middle of the night. All day today I was trying to finish making my bed. I know that sounds funny, but I am a woman who likes to make her bed every day, and I couldn't make it when I first woke up this morning because my youngest daughter had climbed into my bed and was very cozy as I was getting up and getting started for the day. And then throughout the day I kept coming back to make my bed and at one point I had half of it made. Have you ever had a day like that? It does happen from time to time. But I kept coming in and seeing her little unicorn stuffy in my bed, and it made me smile every time I would see it. And she has this little stuffy unicorn that she tucks under her chin and she sleeps with every night and it goes everywhere with her in the evening. It's not often that she's in my bed, but sometimes she climbs into my bed with her little unicorn and she curls up next to me, and it's very precious. And tonight, the reason I am sharing that with you is because it's precious to be a mama, and it's precious to see the little things that their hands leave behind as they are moving on to the next thing in their world for the day. And I even took a picture of her little stuffy in my bed because I do know that one time she will be done with coming in my room in the middle of the night. And I wanted to just put that memory in my heart because I know how fast these days will go. There is that saying, Mama, the days are long, but the years are short, and I do believe that to be very, very true. So I want us to remember as mamas that things that seem inconvenient can sometimes be the very things that stop us in our tracks and have us pause and be thankful for the precious little one that we have. And tonight was one of those moments when I saw the unicorn still on my bed and I had to smile. Having children is such a gift. It is truly a blessing from the Lord to be able to have children in our homes and in our beds and in our lives. And I know you know how I feel, mama, because as you hold that little baby, I know that just the gift of their presence is so tender and precious to you as a mama, as is your presence to your little one. I love the way that God created us for each other, mamas for babies and babies for mamas, and I love what we learn all the time. In fact, the unicorn story was a reminder to me to be patient that not everything had to be just so all the time. I love to have my home in order and I love to have my bed made, but you know what mattered more? Just soaking up the moments with my daughter, and then just seeing her little treasure left behind made me understand how important it is to slow down and pay attention to the little things and let them be little. Our children grow so fast, but instead of rushing it all along, I say we enjoy the season. Some people in life have asked me, what is your favorite season of childhood as you raise your babies? And I've said all of them. I love having the little ones, and I love when they grow, and I love the preteen years and getting fun conversations with the adults and watching the memories we poured in begin to pour out as they get older. There are so many beautiful things in this season of motherhood. It's quite precious. And tonight I wanted to remind us as mamas that God has given us this time for this season for a reason, and we are to soak it up, and we are to enjoy the journey and we are to serve well. It's easy to get caught up in the mundane and not make it magnificent, but why not make it magnificent? Tonight my husband and I made ribs and corn on the cob and cantaloupe and beans. It was basically like the Fourth of July meal, even served on red, white, and blue plates. It's Monday. There's nothing very special about today. But in our home, sometimes we just like to celebrate the moments for what they are. So we made beautiful Fourth of July plates and we enjoyed our little summer dinner, and then we went and played baseball. And you know what? It was beautiful, and it wasn't planned, it just turned out to be that way. Mamas, sometimes life is going to go a different direction, and I would encourage you to embrace it, use the good dishes, play the music, light the candles, wear the pretty outfit, because today is a gift from the Lord. It truly is, and we get to live it with our families. Aren't we so blessed that we are surrounded by those we love and that they love us? Even if it's just you and your baby, what a beautiful season you are in, that you have someone to love and for them to love you the way that they do too, because babies love their mamas too. In fact, tonight I want to read to you a little bit about love, and I want to talk to you about 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and verse 4, which tells us what love is and it says and what love does. Love suffers long and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not parade itself, and it's not puffed up, it does not behave rudely, it does not seek its own way, it is not provoked, it does not think of evil, it does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth, and it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never fails. And I just wanted to share that with you tonight, mammas, because I think this is a perfect picture of the way that God loves and the way He is with us, but is it not also the way that God has created us as mothers? Our love does not fail, and it bears all things, and it rejoices in the truth, and it's not puffed up, it's all the beautiful things that 1 Corinthians 13 tells us about. So mammas tonight I encourage you to love hard, love your babies, love your families, love the person that God's given you if you are married, and do it well, and do it with joy and be merry about it. Mamas, as you go about your work tonight, I pray that you would find a way to do it with a merry heart, and that you would do it with such big love because God loves us so big, and that he pours that love into us so that we can pour it out on our families. I am praying for you tonight, Mama, that you will find joy in your motherhood, and that you will have a merry heart with what you are attending to tonight. I'm gonna leave you with a prayer now, Mama. May the Lord bless you and keep you, make his face to shine upon you, be gracious unto you and give you peace. Amen. That's number six, twenty four twenty six. It's a joy to do this motherhood journey with you, Mama. And until next time, take care.