Hello Ladies,
Welcome to my blog Butterflies and Rosy Eyes. I have limited years of experience in blogging, but after recently becoming a stay at home wife and impending mother I couldn't resist the urge to beginning writing again. I have a passion for writing and sharing my experiences with others. I am hoping that as I embrace my new role as a mother to my little girl, that I will have opportunities to encourage and uplift other woman. I really don't have a clue what I am doing but with the support and encouragement from you, I hope to waltz into motherhood smiling!
It is really important to me to learn how I can honor God with my family and home while taking on my new roles. As a young christian I've grown up fantasizing about how I would grow up and become a missionary saving people right and left of me. I so idealized the idea that the only way to effectually honor and glorify God is to be out in China living in a hut in the middle of a mountain evangelizing to the small villages around me. I wanted to be a superhero: saving orphans, feeding the starving and converting the lost people around the world. Somehow as much as I have always wanted to be a wife and mother, the life style of a housewife seemed far too easy and unimportant; a much less romantic endeavor. However, since I have been married and now expect the arrival of my daughter, I am learning to appreciate the simple beauty of caring for my family. God created woman for the purpose of motherhood, and there is importance in our roles as mothers and wives. True christ centered motherhood is no easy venture.
We are called to stand apart from the world and to raise our children up in the Lord. As much as washing dishes, folding laundry and changing diapers appear as a menial everyday necessity, the impact of doing everything we do with joy and a heart of servitude goes much further than I ever thought it would. I can still be a radical disciple of Christ while embracing motherhood and the role of a supporting godly wife. My goal through this next phase of my life is to find beauty and joy in the simple things of life. I want to learn to honor God in everything I do. I want my daughter to grow up seeing God in everything from little butterflies to the rosy eyes of smiling people!
I don't need to be in China to be a devoted woman of God. I can be a active disciple of Christ everyday through everything I do!
Much love,
Leah
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