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Before I was a wife, I was free to be selfish. I was free to do what I wanted, to go where I wanted, to see what I wanted to see. I was unchained but desperately wanting something more.
But today, I am a part of an incredible team. I have found my life partner and we are better together than we were apart. I am so thankful for the man my husband is. I no longer want to go, see or do anything without him.
Now, I am free to be complete with my other half.
Before I was a mom, I was care-free. I was selfish with my time, energy, body, and mind. I was free to go on spur of the moment adventures. Every night was date night. There were no sitters, no bedtimes, and no issues with putting on shoes.
But today, I have two amazing kiddos. I will say 7 and 3 are no walk in the park, but they are my best buddies and I love them more than anything in the world. They are worth all of the unselfish things that it takes to be a momma.
Now, they are my everything and I would literally fight bears, lift cars, and go to the ends of the earth for them.
Before today, I was tired. I was overwhelmed. I was crippled with the troubles of the 'before'.
But today, I will stand in the truth that I am fought for and brought in from the ends of the earth, by someone who loves me most of all. He tells me this:
"I'll give you a full life in the emptiest of places- firm muscles and strong bones.
You'll be like a well-watered garden,
a gurgling spring that never runs dry.
You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew,
rebuild the foundations from our of your past.
You'll be known as those who can fix anything,
restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate,
make the community livable again." (Isaiah 58:12-12)
Now, I am whole, I am complete, I am truly free. I can use the "before" to shape my after.
Before, I was on my own. But now, I have everlasting life and will never be alone again.
Beautful post full of meaning, thank you for sharing. Blessings to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post. I, too, am grateful that I am no longer the person I was "before" - before marriage, before children, or before Christ!!
ReplyDeleteThere was a different person
ReplyDeletewho lived inside my head,
a healthy, prideful version
of the man who'll soon be dead.
I gave my heart to little things,
to trinkets and to screens,
to racing cars and spreading wings
and Icarus' mad dreams.
But now all that is changed and chopped,
and new importance rises.
The old must be set down, not dropped
for it's a vain man who despises
that child's heart he once
held, that bastion of innocence.