It Is Well With My Soul

It Is Well With My Soul........

I have just been reading a poem about our children being on loan from our God .. and boy is that the truth!

I think it is the hardest job in the world being a Mum, and at the same time the most blessed job in the world.

From the moment our children are born and placed in our arms, our hearts feel like they are beating as one. As they grow ,they make us laugh and cry....from those beautiful chubby cheeks and wet bottoms all the way through to pimples and relationships ...every moment is precious.

I remember when I was told my eldest was to be married.....Mixed with the excitement came a grief that I had not quite prepared myself for. As I released him into marriage with his beautiful wife, I also released him into the hands of my Heavenly Father. He was no longer a boy, but a man and he would ,one day , be the leader of the next generation. I really wasn't ready to relinquish my role in his life...time ,had flown by too fast...could someone slow it down ...Lord? Can you hear me , I am not ready yet....Lord, are you there?

My Lord gently took my hand and pulled my head to his shoulder as I wept in his arms...I'm not ready.....

He lovingly looked into my eyes and said 'Your work is not finished....it has only just begun..." as he beckoned me to look over my shoulder.

As I did, I saw my 6 beautiful children, Rhys himself on the verge of becoming a man, Seth not long behind, and Bethany and Meg...Oh My Lord,they too would be mothers one day, who would have their hearts stretched and pulled. Benny and James my two littlest boys...just starting to be molded ...just at the beginning of seeing this world and learning about all the excitement it holds for them.....I cried as I took a deep breathe.

You are right Lord...so much to do and so little time......they will be all grown up before I know it. I felt in my heart a goal, a purpose ..an excitement ...."to raise my children in the ways of the Lord"......I felt the scripture float up from my heart, giving me hope and joy and a reason to keep running toward the goal.

I will not look back, only forward , not to the left nor to the right..but rather keep my eyes fixed on Him......after all ..He is the author and finisher of our faith.

I have much to do and little time to do it..for no man knows the hour ,nor the day when the Son of man will return.....but all I know is that I want to be found, when he returns, doing all that he has called me to do....and right now that is to be the Mum of my beautiful children and to introduce them to my Lord Jesus ,so that they may have a relationship with him and to be able to walk and talk with him ,in the good times and bad.........

To those of you who have lost a child , my heart breaks for you....I cannot imagine your pain ...but knowing that you have done your job here on earth and trusting that he/she returns to our Heavenly Father must somehow soothe your broken hearts.... but in saying that, to lose a part of ones very heart , seems too big to even think about. It would surely be the greatest pain of all.

Lord thank you for allowing us the blessing of being a Mother... for your peace , your protection, your love , your wisdom and your strength that we have called on throughout our childrens lives.

Refresh us with full hearts ,with your wisdom and with your understanding ...but Father most of all, help us to release them into your hands when that day comes..so that we can truly say ....It is well ..It is well ...It is well, with my soul.

Jewell x

written Friday, March 07, 2008

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL ~ AMY GRANT


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