To the mama coming home to an empty closet that was once full of baby clothes, you are loved and thought of IN ADVANCE. God sees the tears you’ve cried out as you emptied your angel’s nursery. To the mama who hasn’t entered her angel’s baby room or her own bedroom since the passing of her baby or husband, you are not abnormal.
You are in pain that is beyond this world’s understanding and God is and will give you rest and comfort that will bring you joy inconceivable. To the mama who’s walking with her shoulders low, with a load to heavy that you’ve been carrying for so long, know that, you were loved IN ADVANCE. To you mama who’s too exhausted to come out of the emotional drain you fell into, and everybody is saying” get over it”, you are loved and seen.
To the ‘mama’ who feels lonely, abandoned, unseen, ashamed, unworthy and unheard, to YOU, please know today and forever, you can walk in the confidence of at least knowing that you were loved, seen, known and heard, way IN ADVANCE before your existence and there’s a plan in place in God’s storyline because he knows your heart. To the mama overwhelmed with her kids schedules and undone laundry.
To you who sacrifices yourself but your kids are too young to appreciate or thank you for your efforts ~ you are enough and loved IN ADVANCE. To the mama feeling she’s not enough because she’s too overwhelmed and hasn’t managed to serve her kids the Martha Stewart diners but only managed cereal on certain days~ you are appreciated and doing an amazing job because you love your children. To the mama crying herself to sleep because of loneliness, because of estranged children or waiting womb, you were loved and seen IN ADVANCE.
To the mama with the empty cradle, nest , God fore saw your yearning heart and see’s the numerous attempts at fertility to no avail. He sees your heart falling in despair but still sees, loves, knows and hears you. To the mama falling in to debt, struggling to make ends meet and wondering where the next meal will come from, God saw this IN ADVANCE and wants to give you rest.God has heard the wordless groaning of your heart. Calling for breakthrough in your home’s and finances.
To the mama who doesn’t ‘feel’ beautiful because of the standards set by this world, may you know that your identity is in Him? He chooses you and calls you His own masterpiece and that’s what matters. Lean on the things unseen because those are eternal. IN ADVANCE, God knew about your broken heart and heartache.
He is not surprised by the fear that engulfs your mustard faith and causes you to be wary wondering where He is when you most need him. IN ADVANCE, God knew the loss, despair, and pain that has befallen you. He knows your broken heart and how hard it is for you to love again. As hard as it is to understand, your broken heart is a part of His storyline but in His storyline, mourning is temporary and joy in abundance is your portion.
To you Mama
To the mama who hasn’t drawn her curtains the whole week or left her house for a long time and her head has been buried in her pillow, soaked in her tears, God sees, hears and knows what it is to be lonely and rejected. But, He calls you His beloved and chooses you. To the mama who feels like she’s always the last one on people’s hearts or minds and lists, God chooses you 1st. If it was only you, He would still die for you alone.
To you mama, serving people in the open and also behind the scenes and feeling overwhelmed, God is your reward. He has the whole storyline in mind and has already seen how the story ends. So nothing is ever a miss or last choice. Everything fits in His perfect plan and doesn’t take him by surprise.
To you mama suffering in silence, I say ” Just be held” and ” let go” by letting down all your anxiety, worries and stress at His feet because God has seen it all, the struggles to make everything work, your hard work, you being taken for granted, you being the talk of town and ashamed because of the infertility, failed marriage, ‘misbehaving’ kids or failed job.
Just as He created a solution to save mankind beforehand, by providing his son, way IN ADVANCE to be a sacrificial Victor, He is working behind the scenes to bring you victory and healing.
God is all powerful and he’s not surprised by any of life seasons or events that come our way. He knows us and knew us before we were created, God prepared somethings for us IN ADVANCE for us to walk into or choose to follow. God has something in mind for you, he has good works for you that he has prepared IN ADVANCE for you to participate in.
He has already prepared good works for us to do (like caring for your little ones) so that we can walk into the rewards he has prepared for us IN ADVANCE from the foundations of the world. Accepting his rest is accepting his work. So rest in the assurance that you were thought of, loved
IN ADVANCE and nothing you do or come short of achieving will separate you from his ‘IN ADVANCE’ love.
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God bless,
Nelly.