It has been such fun meeting each of you here for the Back to School Identity Series, and hopefully, we are well on our way to a great year, right alongside our kids, ready to take one more step toward our calling with both courage and hope as our trusted companions.
If you’re anything like me, simply knowing our calling isn’t enough. Often we find ourselves having to make brave choices and travel some very difficult terrain in the process of living out our deepest desire. Hard, rocky and even dark places are never easy. But when we know what we’ve been called to in this life, we understand it will demand everything and no stone will be left unturned in the plowing of our soul.
I’m honored to be guest writing over at Nicole Kauffman’s lovely website today, where she has been running a series on Following Your Call with boldness and faith. I’ll be sharing my story about the dark places that almost broke me in my calling to be a mother and life and how choosing to face what we fear most is a necessary part of becoming who we were created to be.
I have always known I wanted to be a mom. The drive to be a different kind of mom than the one who raised me grew fiercely with every child I carried in my womb. I was determined to wrap each of them in the security of unconditional love, significance and a rich foundation of faith. So, putting my career goals on hold to follow my calling wasn’t a big leap or sacrifice for me.
I poured myself into motherhood, cloth diapers and all.
It wasn’t until I gave birth to my third child, a little girl, that things began to go awry. Night terrors and anxiety robbed me of more sleep than any newborn. All the unearthed memories hidden deep in the heart of a little girl trying to survive one day at a time began to rise to the surface during the long sleepless nights.
For the first time, I seriously doubted my ability to be the kind of mother I so desperately wanted to be.
Every dark place can be transformed by the One who authored our calling. #FollowYourCall Share on XJoin me over at couragehopelove.com and read more Here…
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