Monday, May 7, 2012

of babes

I am struggling with something. It is making me miserable. But it's okay because I am on the edge and about ready to jump in....
In the beginning of the year I had talked about wanting to add a new babe to our family. Maybe. And then God started placing it in my heart to homeschool my children. I began to think that this was my baby. A huge shift in my family. A newness....
But now I am overwhelmed with a sense of want for more children. My body doesn't feel quite ready but I almost feel an urgency to give this over to God and let myself be whatever He chooses.
I feel like it is going to be one of those steps that I don't see the fullness of until I am there. I am feeling a push in my spirit though. I am reminded over again of what I have always desired- that being many children. I have searched out what God thinks about this. I believe children are a blessing, not something we are entitled to. I believe that when we trust God, he provides all our needs. I do not believe in common birth control and I am tipping even farther on that scale. I won't go into the rest of this all but I am feeling God saying.... Trust in me Tara and your joy will be full.
My human mind has twenty good reasons to keep on as I am. My spiritual mind has ten better ones to change this way. My culture is in defiance of both of these. I am not fearful in this moment but I can feel the joy rising up. I don't know how to make this change happen or when, but the more I argue with myself, the more I hear God's truth. I believe it. All of it.

3 comments:

  1. Forget culture, forget the opinions of others. God's opinion is the only one that matters. I so dearly wish that you could meet my friend Kristi.. She has walked this road like no other I have ever known, and the Lord has BLESSED, AND BLESSED her and her husband in it, as he will for you if you follow his direction. You my dear are a LIFEGIVER, so what could possibly be more natural than for you to walk in that calling? I love you, and I know that he'll guide you in this. Not sure if you've heard of it, but there is a womans ministry you would be very interested in called Above Rubies. Their website is amazing, loads of articles and scriptural teaching right in line with where you're heart is at. Go to www.aboverubies.com if you want to check it out. :) Hugs!

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  2. got that web address wrong. It's http://aboverubies.org/

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  3. I do know this site. I will check it out again. And I don't go by what our culture thinks of course but it does make it hard to walk in what I believe, just practically. Maybe I should "meet" your friend and hear her story. Could you ask her. Maybe we will facebook chat??

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