To the Mom Who Has Nothing Left to Give
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Dear Momma of Littles,
Today has been one of those days.
I’m sure you know what I mean.
It is calm here now, but that is because it is naptime. I am sitting with a cup of chai and some dark chocolate. {Otherwise known as comfort food and mood enhancers.}
It is a dark, rainy day today, and this morning everyone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. If I woke up happy my patience was soon gone, used up by the preschooler who started crying about breakfast the moment he woke up. He wasn’t hungry, he just wanted something different. To preserve my sanity I made what was requested.
It was a good morning after breakfast for about one hour. Then the toddler was crying and ready for a nap, the preschooler was crying because he didn’t want to pick up toys, and instead of crying, I was grumpy.
Needless to say early lunch, which again the preschooler cried about and refused to eat, and early naps for everyone. {Said preschooler went to bed hungry, and just now decided to eat the food. Guess what, he liked it!}
Another storm rolled in. As I was standing at the sink cleaning strawberries I heard the thunder.
The rolling thunder. It sounded a lot like my yelling this morning, although the thunder was slightly deeper in tone.
It brought to mind one of my favorite hymns, How Great Thou Art.
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works thy hand hath made,
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
Refrain:
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
and hear the brook, and feel he gentle breeze;
Refrain
And when I think that God his son not sparing,
Sent him to die – I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:
Refrain
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home- what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
When I am in a horrible mood, He is great.
When the boys are crying and whining, He is great
When the boys are getting along and playing together, He is great.
When I am on top of it and pulled together, He is great.
But more importantly:
When it seems I have nothing left to give, He is GREATER.
When I am weak, He is strong.
This day might not end perfectly and even with this reminder sent to me by a thunderstorm, it may be a whole day of survival. But, my God is great and He gives me strength, joy {even if I don’t always act like it} and endurance to go on.
And if I drink my tea now, I might just get to drink the whole cup before a boy wakes up. {It didn’t happen, in case you were wondering.}
I don’t know how your day is going or what you might face tomorrow, but take a moment and remember how great He is and that tomorrow is a new day. It might help a little.
Hugs!
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That is one of my favorite hymns, and I love how you relate it to your situation! I relate it to mine often, as well! Thank you for sharing!
I wish we sang more hymns in churches now, I can always find one that is encouraging and helpful.
Thank you for the reminder, Rebekah. I have lots of days where I need to remember this. 🙂
I have many more than I want to admit. :s
What an amazing post, Rebekah. I just teared up. Nicky has been having such tantrums at the moment. Sometimes you have to just get through the crying, its awful.
Thanks for putting it in perspective.
By the way I can totally relate to having a cup of tea to calm down. Works for me too, although these days I am having decaf coffee!
We have been having lots of these days lately. I’m not sure why…
I love coffee! I try to save it for special occasions though as my belly doesn’t love it as much.. Chai is my favorite tea right now.
This was beautiful, Rebekah. How Great Thou Art is also obe of my favorite hymns. It’s so easy to get caught up in the busyness of motherhood and forget His greatness. Thanks for the reminder.
This is FANTASTIC. I am absolutely going to remind myself to keep “He is Great,” as my go to refrain–reminding myself of his love gets me back on track. What a wonderfully written post lady. Your descriptions were vivid and on point.
Thanks Rosanne!! 🙂 Hopefully it will remind others of the truth, life may not always go how we think it should but through it all God IS Great!
Your day sounds so much like mine!
Hope this week has gone better for you Rachel!
I TOTALLY hear you! Funny thing is… that was my day on Thursday too. Maybe there was something in the air!?
It had to have been! Hope this week is going well for you!
Anazing Grace is the hymn I used to rock my kids to sleep with. They still ask me to sing it and it brings me peace to sing it even on the most harried and difficult ofdays. StStopping by from Bloggers Brag Pinterest Party.
That is a good one! I love how you can find a hymn to fit every need, whether it is comfort, praise, adoration, peace, there is a hymn for it.
This is terrific! What an encouragement. I am definitely pinning this and thanks for sharing at my Facebook Share Day!
Thank you. Love this.
Those days are so hard. Mine is six and we still have those days. I find that singing praise songs helps me too. I love how I was able to instantly sing this one from my own remembrances.
This is a great reminder, Rebecca! Amen, our God is greater. Next time I’m having one of those kinds of days, I pray God reminds me of your words!