A few months ago I read a devotion from a mom who said her New Year's resolution was not to be a great wife and mother, just a good wife and mother. And my first thought when reading this was, "Amen, sister!" There's no way I can be a great wife and mother as tableaus of Martha Stewart's picteresque dining room table and Mrs. Cleaver's startched white aprons flashed through my head.
But that same day in my Bible reading I came across Psalm 18:35. David says that the Lord stoops down to make him great. That verse has been somersaulting around in my mind for a while now. And my prayer has become that God will reach down and make me a great wife, mother, and teacher. Not great in a Martha Stewart perfect sense, but great in a Godly paradoxical sense. I've praying that God will stoop down and make me so great that I will rise up to serve others.
Psalm 18:31-35
For who is God besides the LORD ?
And who is the Rock except our God?
It is God who arms me with strength
and makes my way perfect.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
he enables me to stand on the heights.
He trains my hands for battle;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You give me your shield of victory,
and your right hand sustains me;
you stoop down to make me great.
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