Desperate Book Club: Chap 1

        So for the first week of the Desperate book club I joined, we read the introduction and the first chapter of the book Desperate by Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson. You can read my book review here. 

        As a mom, I can fully relate to having the mornings where you are exhausted. You are tired and you don't want to leave your bed. What I can tell you is that it DOES get better. Last year, I was beyond desperate and I complained ALL the time. It got to the point where I would hear my husband tell me not to complain before I even got started. And I would complain about that. I was tired. I was getting up two-three times a night sometimes being up for an hour or two at a time. I was exhausted. And it does get better. I still complain and yes I am working on that, I ain't perfect. But now I'm trying to acknowledge that to complain is to not to be thankful for everything I have been blessed with, its probably like a slap in the face to God. So now instead of purposing not to complain, I purpose to be thankful in all things!

        {I'm still not getting a full 8 hours straight of rest, however on most nights I see about 6 hours straight and Caleb is only getting up once through the night (last night was the exception, he got up twice.)}

            I enjoyed this chapter because in it, Sarah Mae related to the mom I am. She related to having a toddler and a kindergartner who both are in NEED of my attention and time. Sarah Mae reminded me that I am a human being who sins and my babes are also human beings who sin. Just as I need grace from God, they need grace from me. She related to sleepless nights, being a complainer, feeling as though you have no help at all. Dads help but only so much because they are always at work and they are tired themselves. Most dads although they love their children, it isn't always at the top of their list to have the kiddos to themselves while mom gets a much needed break.

      So this week I'm learning to just be ME. Be the best wife and mom I know how to be. I can't be the wife or mom that someone else is, I wasn't created to be them. I can't live the standard that someone else sets, that they think is the perfect wife or mom. I can only be who God created and graced me to be. 

     Mamas out there, be YOU. Ask God to equip you with everything you need to be the godly mama He created you to be. Ask God to help you through every situation and circumstance. And don't worry about the naysayers (even the ones in your head!). God knew what He was doing when He made us mothers. He gives us grace to get through each day, and He's right there whenever we need Him.

~Love to you all
Kris Bush