Life {stay at home mom}

I love being a stay at home mom. I love the opportunity I have been provided to stay home and raise our child. There is no greater joy I could imagine then raising LB in the Lord and to be a man after His heart.

Lately though, my heart has been saddened seeing other SAHM lament about how they don't feel like they are using their brain. I have also heard this from random people who feel the need to give an opinion on my choice to stay home and raise our kids. It saddens me that people think in order to use your brain you must work outside the home. 

That is simple untrue. Yes, my day filled with lots of dirty diapers and household chores. But it is also full of so much more. I get to teach LB about life. I get to be the first one to experience new things with him. I get to tell him what something is for the first time and see pure joy swipe across his face when he figures out how to stack blocks for the first time or he figures out how to say a new word.

I am seeing that satan has twisted the world into thinking that being a stay at home mom is bad. That you are not a modern woman if your work is inside the home. That sickens me. It is a choice. I am not saying that if you work outside the home that you are buying into a lie but I am saying that if you are a SAHM and you feel you are doing nothing then you are listening to a lie. You are believing that you are insignificant. And that is so far from the truth. You are raising your child to be the best person they can be and are laying the foundation for a lifetime of learning. That is a huge job. A job that requires daily surrender to the Lord. A job that requires you to think outside the box when you are teaching your child a new skill. A job that requires seeing life from a whole different perspective so that your child may learn about this huge world.

Are there times I miss working? Yes. I miss my job in the heart of DC where I ran an after school program for at risk children and in the same area ran a teen pregnancy program. I miss providing those kids and teenage moms an opportunity they may never have had. An opportunity to learn so that they won't end up in the same situation their parent(s) are in. BUT I know my work raising LB is so much more significant. I know that me being home right now with him is giving him the head-start that many of these children in DC didn't have. I know that I am exchanging a paycheck and a "cushier" life for something that will far outlive us, the opportunity to teach LB about our Father in heaven. 

So daily I surrender my need to feel "significant" in this world for a significance that is everlasting. I am proud to be a stay at home mom. I am excited to see what these next few precious years will bring. What opportunities the Lord will provide for me to teach LB and watch LB grow into a child of the Lord. 

So please if you feel what your doing is insignificant know that is a lie from satan. His goal is to destroy. Pray that God will give you fresh eyes today so that you may do the Lord's work with joy. (whether that work is in the home or outside). 

Now time to get this handsome boy up from nap