Wow, Hannah wrote an awesome blog today. Such words of wisdom. It made me really stop and think. Yes, I totally agree with her, our identity is in Jesus not in what we do. All that really matters in this life is that we give our lives to Him and live for Him to bring Him glory. I have to admit though since Ed and I have become "empty-nesters" I have looked back on my life and wondered "did I do the right thing in being a stay-at-home mom?", should I have gone to college and found a "career"? "Now what, now that the kids are grown?" As I read Hannah's blog though it brought back to my mind what is most important.....PEOPLE!!! Especially our own children, Jesus told us to go to our own first then to others. I am very thankful that I was able to stay home with our children and very thankful for a wonderful husband who liked and wanted me to be home with them and I think even now he likes the fact that I am a "stay at home" wife : ). I remember as I was growing up and people would ask "what do you want to be when you grow up?" My answer was always "I want to be a mom." That has always been my dream and God has given me the desire of my heart. Now our children are all grown but praise the Lord, and I truly give Him all the credit, each one of them has accepted Jesus as their Savior and two are married to wonderful Christian spouses and one has a wonderful Christian girlfriend. Ed & I taught the children about Jesus and took them to church with us and tried be a Godly example for them but it is God who gives the increase not us. It is all about HIM.
So thank you, Hannah for such a wonderful blog. I really enjoyed reading it and it was a great reminder!!! And God has blessed us with a wonderful grandson, Isaiah, and a grandson on-the-way, Mason and we will help teach them too about Jesus and how important they are to Him. So yes, I believe I did the right thing, at least for our family, and I am very thankful that I was able to be a "stay-at-home" mom. But no matter if you are a "stay-at-home" mom or if you work outside the home remember your children are most important and the most important thing you can teach them is that they matter to Jesus.
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