My Heart on Feet

I once told Mike that with our kids, each one of them is a part of my heart walking around on feet. When they were little, the physical drain of mothering them was enormous. I didn't want them to grow up too fast, but I also looked forward to them being older and more self sufficient. Now that they are older and more self sufficient, parenting them has become more difficult in a different way. When their heart breaks, my heart breaks!

No, there hasn't been any relationship break ups yet, and for the sake of their privacy I am not going to go into details, but it has seemed like a 500 pound gorilla has been sitting on my chest all day because on of the pieces of my "heart on feet" is hurting. As a mom, the absolute hardest part of what I do is stand by and watch as my children go through emotional trials. Yes, I know, it's all a part of growing up and they MUST experience difficulties if they are to grow emotionally and spiritually, but geesh, this gorilla is getting heavy!

And again, God has reminded me that He experiences the same thing when I have an emotional hardship. He stands by and allows me to go through difficult experiences so that I will grow spiritually and emotionally. He has reminded me that, I, too, and HIS heart on feet. And so are you! God is so sweet to use my own parenting experiences to relate to me how He feels about me.