Simply to the cross I cling

Our boys are almost 10 months old! They are an absolute delight and a blessing from the Lord! It is such an honour and privilege to be the ones who get to teach them about Jesus. They are also the biggest challenge I have ever faced and undoubtedly the tool the Lord is using most in my ongoing sanctification! I thought I had faced the everyday challenge of following Jesus before but now it is the same but without the luxury of any time not accounted for (either at work, with the boys or catching up on housework or marking & planning for work) and with severe sleep deprivation having not had a single night of uninterrupted sleep for well over a year and the often overwhelming relentless work there is to do, that I love to do, but at the same time feel the heavy weight of. Thank you Lord that you knew I needed those years to prepare for this and to see trials (at 2,3,4,5,6 am!) as blessings from you, opportunities to become more like Jesus and to trust you as our rock. Lord draw me deeper in to you! I will need to learn these lessons now as I have a feeling the next few years will bring many new challenges. Lord thank you for letting me be a mother. Please bless those women who are waiting and desperately clinging to you, desiring that gift too. Let them see that you are their sun and shield, their very great reward!