Tuesday, February 5, 2019

SABRINA Moms – Do you ever feel like a ping-pong ball bouncing between feeling like a good mom to a bad mom? My children are older now but, oh, how I remember those younger years. You send special snacks for teachers, then forget to pick up your child from his after-school practice. You fix dinner – meat, two vegetables, dessert, the works. Bedtime comes, and you realize you didn’t get the refill on your baby’s antibiotics. Let's be honest. The days where everything turns out right are sometimes few and far between. The truth is it is where most of us live. Anything I've done right as a mother was because of my constant dialogue with God – over lost pacies, socks, illnesses, oh my goodness, the teenage years. And it continues, even as your children grow into adulthood. As moms, I pray we’ll remember the truth of today’s promise in Ephesians 2:4-5, “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ — it is by grace you have been saved.” You see, God’s grace is there to cover us, teach us, and even in the middle of a bad moment, interrupt us, redirect us and change us. Forgiveness is there. Love is there. A second chance is there. And then another one after that. Let's live in that truth today.