My Vocation

For the past few weeks our church, has been doing a “Work Series”. It has been so good for me to hear and really have been enjoying it. If you are wondering what kind of work or vocation that God has called you to do, I would encourage you to listen to the series.

Per Wikipedia - A vocation (from Latin vocare, meaning "to call"[1]), is a term for an occupation to which a person is specially drawn or for which he or she is suited, trained, or qualified. Though now often used in non-religious contexts, the meaning of the term originated in Christianity.

When I was young I thought about being a teacher or a nurse and even a flight attendant. It was not until I was in high school that I really had a desire to be a stay at home mom.

I was married a year after high school and was so excited about being a mom and a wife. Three years later though “my dream” fell apart. My husband decided to walk away from the marriage and there was nothing I could do. I thought, "What am I going to do now? Who is going to want to be with someone that is divorced? I was only 22 years old!

A couple years later I met George and my world changed completely. The way we met and came together is another story entirely. God definitely had His plan in all of it.

George has a son from a previous marriage and at first was thinking “This was not what I had planned for being a mom”. God definitely used that time to teach me, as well as mold us together as a family. It took us many years to get pregnant and I was still wondering what God's plan was for me.

I continued to work in jobs that I was really unhappy doing, especially since I felt my calling was to be a stay at home mom.

John Mark spoke a couple of Sundays ago about how Jesus was twelve when he felt a calling to be with His Father at the temple, but it was not until He was thirty that He knew what He was called to do. John Mark talked about how it will take time for God to show us what it is that He would have us do.

He also spoke about how waiting for God to show you where you are suppose to be, and that we are to take every job that we are given and do it “well”! Oh, how I wish that I could have heard that along time ago. I think it would have really changed my perspective on things.

Now, I am a mother of three in the throws of Diapers, breaking up fights, runny noses and up all hours of the night. There are times that I think, "Am I really making a difference?"

There are many Sundays that I go to church and listen to John Mark speak and think to myself...."God has called him and blessed him in amazing ways in his speaking." He is incredibly talented and does his job WELL! The thought also came to my mind is, how proud Diane Comer (his mother) must feel to see him up there doing what God has called him to do. She has done her job WELL and now she can see the fruits of her labor!

I am not sure where my kids will be twenty years from now, but I look forward to seeing what God is going to have them do. It gives me a new excitement to enjoy each season and each day that I have with my kids and not to hurry it along.


I love my vocation!

How could I not love what I do when looking at this pictures! What's God teaching you right now?

Seasons

It seems like there are so many seasons of life.  When your young, you can’t wait to be older and in high school.  When your in high school, you can’t wait to be in college.  When your in college, you can’t wait to be done and start a career or get married.  When you are married, you can’t wait to have a house and kids.  When you have kids, you can’t wait for them to get to the next stage of growth. 

Now looking back on my life, I wish that I would have enjoyed each stage a little more. The list above describes me to a tee. Always so impatient and wanting the next thing or stage in life.

Now, that I am in the stage of life with three young kids, I believe that God has really been speaking to me and telling me to slow down and be content with where I am at in life.  For the first time, I can now say that I want to soak up all this time that I can.  I want to be able to breath in every moment of the day that I have with my kids and  don’t want them to get older and don’t want this stage to pass.  Yes, this has been a very hard season for me in the past three years, but it has taught me so much.

I am overwhelmed and in awe of what it means to be a parent.  To have the chance to help develop and train these children that have been entrusted to me is incredible.

I was reading my cousins blog this morning and she has 4 kids of various ages and I enjoy reading her blog to glean some wisdom from her since she has been a mother a little longer and has been recently through some of the stages that I am going through right now and for the fact that God is always speaking to each one of us differently.  (Thanks Ginger for sharing how God is speaking to you)  If you want to hear about how she is making her home a haven check her out here!

I’m stealing this song that she had posted on her blog because I love it and it is really what I want my life to be like.

Dreams

I have always dreamed very vivid dreams, but it seems like when your pregnant it goes to a whole new level. It is now 4 O'clock in the morning and I could not go back to sleep after this dream that I had.

I dreamnt that a friend was throwing a baby shower for me and only a few people showed up and they were people that I did not really know. At one point in the shower a friend came up and said how come there are not very many people here? My answer was, "I guess I don't have that many friends!! I then woke up with this dream feeling horrible and wondering if it was true?

Yes, I know that I have friends but wonder if it is just me that I don't have a lot of close friends or if it is just the stage in life that I am in? Are there other moms out there with little ones that find it hard to focus on friendships and that you have lost some friendships for the fact that you could not or did not keep in touch?

It's interesting that God has put a few key friends in my life, yet they all live out of state and I never see them? I often ask God why this is the case. I am not sure I have really gotten an answer on that?

Curious if other women feel the same??