Parenting

So it is amazing to me how much I have forgotten when I was pregnant with Jonah. I feel sooo tired this time and so out of sorts. I am constantly asking Hopson if I felt like this when I was pregnant with Jonah. He always tells me yes. I thought once I hit my second trimester I would have some energy. Sadly this is not the case. I am still sleeping in with Jonah EVERY morning and taking a nap at least once a day...sometimes more than that. Thankfully I have a wonderful toddler who will nap with me and who loves to keep himself occupied with legos or books.

I also have a wonderful husband that allows me to stay home with Jonah and this new baby. I know "allow" may sound weird or controlling, but he is willing to work so hard to provide for us so I can stay home. He believes in Titus 2:4 that my role is to be "working at home," and I love being a wife and a mommy.

God has been teaching me so much about what it means to be a homemaker. It is so much more than cooking and cleaning. This semester I took a Biblical Parenting class and my teacher said that being a stay at home mom was tending to souls. I am tending to Jonah's soul. WOW! What an amazing and huge task. I feel so unworthy to accomplish this task, but my God has told me that HIS strength is made perfect in my weakness. I am so thankful to have a heavenly Father who gives me guidance and direction on this whole parenting thing. I am thankful for other parents who I can look up to. The ones who have done things wrong and will give guidance through their mistakes. I am thankful for the ones who have done things right and share the way with us.

So I have to ask myself the question...Did I prayerfully tend to Jonah's soul today? Did I discipline him consistently? Did I spend time with him? Am I being joyful in my tasks as a mom and homemaker? Am I being a woman that models the type of woman I want Jonah to marry someday. Thankfully I have a God who forgives and gives so many chances. He gives me a new day to work on this mom thing!