You are the one and only ever you
- Laura Obier
- Jun 3, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 22, 2022
I have been a mom for 10 years. A decade! It almost leaves me speechless to ponder the amount I have grown in the past 10 years. (almost, because as my Dad lovingly puts it, “You don’t know how not to talk.”)
The first few years of motherhood were bumpy. My identity as a mother was bumpy. There was so much noise around me that I couldn’t think for myself. All I heard was: do this, don’t do that, oh my gosh you cannot let your child do that, etc. I didn’t trust myself as a mother so I sought advice from outside my own heart. And that just left me overwhelmed.
When I am overwhelmed in my own thoughts, I begin to journal. I wrote out bits and pieces that I believed were good mothering perspectives and advice. I wrote out stories of when God appeared in our midst. The time I pointed out the sunset to my toddler and we stood quietly together in awe of God’s creation. The time my little girl held her arms out in worship the first time she was old enough to come to “big Church.” The time I wanted to yell and threaten punishment if she got out of her bed one more time, but instead, a soft prayer came out of my spirit and we were both filled with peace. The time my 4-year-old told me not to worry, God would heal Aunt Allison.
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Journaling gives me confidence in my God-given identity. It’s in those moments of reflection that I see God’s fingerprints. When I begin to recognize and believe that He is guiding my steps, I can stand tall as a mother. The mother my children need. The mother who was made to be their mother.
Sure, listen to advice from those who have been there. But always remember, there has never been another child like him/her ever before. This special, one of a kind child, God has given to you. Trust yourself. Live life free. Free in the arms of your Saviour who is loving your child through you.
“You are the one and only ever you. Life will never be the same because there had never been anyone like you ever in the world.” Nancy Tillman, On the Night You Were Born.
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