I'm sitting here thinking, "I probably should have had it all together before I decided to start a blog." But, shockingly (un-shockingly, if that's a word), I really didn't. I didn't put much thought into what I would name my blog and chose a name that I thought would convey the message of my heart. That motherhood is a mission field all in itself and how we can practically live that out. That is still a message that I want to convey, but I felt like the title "Missional Minded Motherhood," set me up to seem like I had it all figured out. That I have arrived at the epicenter of God-honoring motherhood. Again, shockingly (sense my sarcasm), I have not. It's something that I desire to seek and work on daily, but that's just it. I'm still seeking and still working on it daily. So, I don't want to come off as a fraud, like I've got this whole thing figured out. My life shares many of the similarities of anyone else's in the fact that I don't have it all together. And I want that to be apparent in the title of this blog.
When I started to re-think this blog's name, I was kind of just thinking, "It's just a name. It isn't that big of a deal. Just leave it. People will think you are a weirdo if you change the name after the first post." But, it still didn't feel right. My main purpose is to show how we can live for Jesus in the context of marriage and motherhood and in that find the joy, peace, contentment, and grace we long for. How we can use these seemingly mundane things for our good and His glory. How we can be on a lifelong journey of sanctification by giving our lives as a living sacrifice to the one who made us.
To sanctify is to literally "set apart for particular use in a special purpose or work and to make holy or sacred." I see my role as wife and mother as a direct pathway to be made more like Jesus. Romans 12:1 says, "And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him."
My desire is to view marriage and motherhood the way God views it. This doesn't come naturally to any of us and its hard to be sanctified into the image of God. To live our lives as a living and holy sacrifice to Him. It goes against everything culture teaches. Culture says that our wants and needs matter most, that our dreams and desires top God's dreams and desires for our lives, that laying our lives down for the sake of others has no merit. This is in stark contrast to a biblical worldview. Matthew 10:39 tells us, "If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it."
I desire to lay my life down for the sake of knowing Him more. And right now, I'm in the season of marriage and motherhood. I don't think its any accident and I want to embrace this season as one of drawing nearer to Him. To be able to look at the challenges and see them as a grace from God to sanctify me into His image. I have an opportunity every single day to be used by Him and for His glory and I desire to steward that gift well. To fully embrace it, not wish it away. To choose to delight in His grace and power when I'm at the end of my own. To be a living example to my family of His love.
So instead of putting off the message that I've got it all together and I have arrived at the destination, I want to show that its a daily journey of learning what it means to "count it all as loss for the sake of knowing Jesus."
This is my journey of being sanctified on earth while keeping my eyes on eternity.
When I started to re-think this blog's name, I was kind of just thinking, "It's just a name. It isn't that big of a deal. Just leave it. People will think you are a weirdo if you change the name after the first post." But, it still didn't feel right. My main purpose is to show how we can live for Jesus in the context of marriage and motherhood and in that find the joy, peace, contentment, and grace we long for. How we can use these seemingly mundane things for our good and His glory. How we can be on a lifelong journey of sanctification by giving our lives as a living sacrifice to the one who made us.
To sanctify is to literally "set apart for particular use in a special purpose or work and to make holy or sacred." I see my role as wife and mother as a direct pathway to be made more like Jesus. Romans 12:1 says, "And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him."
My desire is to view marriage and motherhood the way God views it. This doesn't come naturally to any of us and its hard to be sanctified into the image of God. To live our lives as a living and holy sacrifice to Him. It goes against everything culture teaches. Culture says that our wants and needs matter most, that our dreams and desires top God's dreams and desires for our lives, that laying our lives down for the sake of others has no merit. This is in stark contrast to a biblical worldview. Matthew 10:39 tells us, "If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it."
I desire to lay my life down for the sake of knowing Him more. And right now, I'm in the season of marriage and motherhood. I don't think its any accident and I want to embrace this season as one of drawing nearer to Him. To be able to look at the challenges and see them as a grace from God to sanctify me into His image. I have an opportunity every single day to be used by Him and for His glory and I desire to steward that gift well. To fully embrace it, not wish it away. To choose to delight in His grace and power when I'm at the end of my own. To be a living example to my family of His love.
So instead of putting off the message that I've got it all together and I have arrived at the destination, I want to show that its a daily journey of learning what it means to "count it all as loss for the sake of knowing Jesus."
This is my journey of being sanctified on earth while keeping my eyes on eternity.
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