Undiscovered Profound Worth

Motherhood.

It can be a difficult and exhausting road. My eyes have been opened to something profound in the past few days as I've heard from several moms of young kids all saying the same message that I also resonate with. We are weary but what's more, we lack the confidence to fully understand just how great of a job they are actually doing.

If you are a mom out there, you also may fall into this category. My heart breaks that so many of us out there don't understand the value of our hard work day in and day out with our kids. Most days we pour just about everything we've got into making each and every day the best it can be for our kids without always seeing this profound value we bring to their lives.

Yes, we have days where we feel like a failure as we attempt to show our kids the love they deserve. These are the days we so often remember and beat ourselves up about.

On the days when we blow it, we have been given an opportunity as a learning tool for our kids. It's great for our kids to see that no one is perfect...however, we also need to ask for forgiveness and acknowledge our wrongs as well.

But the most important part of this lesson for our kids is that WE as moms need to be the example of how to move on and not beat ourselves up for our mistakes. This is when we have to receive grace.

Growing a beautiful rose takes unbelievable effort. One must provide soil filled with the just right nutrients, water just the right amount and place in the proper amount of sunlight. All this takes time, energy and planning.

As moms we are doing our best to grow roses in a sense. We are doing backbreaking, thankless, behind the scenes jobs to assist these roses and help them bloom. There will be days that all we encounter are thorns. There will also be days when we ourselves can't see and understand the profound value of our nurturing and efforts.

Please take a moment if you are weary and need to be reminded of your great value as a mom. You are of profound worth. What you are doing is making a world of difference for your children and future generations.

(A very special thank you to my mom and for her hard work and dedication that I am just beginning to get a glimpse of now that I am in her shoes. Thank you is not enough, but all I have.)