I’ve been reading Becky Keife’s newly released book, “No Better Mom for the Job”. It’s been lovely to read a book where I feel like I’m not alone in this motherhood world. Believe me, being a mother can make you feel like you’re the most loneliest and unlovable person going.
Being a village for each other not only brings about a community, but it enables God to use His people to show His love. Click To TweetBecky uses her own situation to describe so well how loving each other can show God’s love for ourselves. She learnt that accepting help from other people gives them a chance to show off the gifts God gave them. In turn, she was then able to reciprocate the gifts she has when the need arose. Being a village for each other not only brings about a community, but it enables God to use His people to show His love.
This isn’t about being each other’s savior. There is only One of those. Yet, we experience more of Christ when we lean into the call to love.
Becky Keife, No Better Mom for the Job, P86
When I Found Love in my Own Village
I experienced this love last year when I needed it most. A quarter of the way through the year I found out I was pregnant. This came as a great surprise. The most shocking moment though was when my husband came with me to our first scan. “And here is the first baby” the sonographer announced. Yes, we were having twins!
Once the shock of having twins had set in, the worry of how we were to provide for them took over. It was quite a stressful time. A year prior to this we had given up on having anymore children. It had been six years after we had our third child and nothing was happening.
We decided to give away all our baby items and clothing. It was obvious we weren’t going to have any more children. Well, God obviously had other plans.
Anyway, we had nothing for when the twins were to be born. We were starting from scratch. But this time already having three growing children.
This was where my village stepped in. Numerous people in my church rallied around and threw a surprise baby shower for me. They showered me with their gifts of love and friendship in ways I would never have imagined. People I hardly knew offered what they did best – the gift of giving.
Little did they know a few weeks prior to this I felt the need for God to really show His love to me. I wanted Him to break through in ways I had not experienced before. Oh, and did He break through!
Becky shares a great Bible verse which captures exactly what I experienced:
Something to think about…
Next time someone offers to help you, can you bite the bullet and say yes? You never know if your yes will be the making of a new friendship. It also gives God a chance to shine through that person. Let Him use other people to shower you with His love.
Prayer
Lord God, we pray for you to touch us with your love in ways we cannot imagine. Use other people around us to show us your love. Open our eyes too so that we do not miss what you want to give us. Amen.
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