I visited my sister recently, who just had her first baby girl a few weeks ago.
I was reminded that if there’s anything that raising a human for the first six weeks of their life can teach you, it’s a nice, firm reminder that there are so many things outside of your control.
The word “schedule” is pretty meaningless.
Infants cry when they want. Sleep when they want. Have messy blowouts when they want.
It’s a time when you literally have so little control over a lot of details in your life as an adult.
My kids are older than my sister’s little infant, so we are dealing with a different type of chaos as we deal with “end of the school year” busyness.
No matter what phase of life I’m in though, I’ve always taken comfort in what I can control.
I can choose Jesus.
“Choose you this day whom ye will serve”. (Joshua 24:15)
I can choose to still pray.
I can choose to still scroll through some scriptures as I’m falling asleep.
I can choose to react with love and all the patience I can muster.
And I can also choose to recognize that the good things I’m doing as a woman, wife, and mother are all huge ways of serving the Lord, too.
I’m choosing to make personal sacrifices to love those around me even better.
Basically, I’m choosing to serve God each day by embracing the chaos.
It’s what I can give.
“Choosing the Lord” looks different to everyone in different stages of life.
But the choice will always be there— in fact, our Savior suffered to endure that the choice would always be there.
How have you chosen Jesus today?
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
