Mother's Day Peace

“And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.”  Colossians 3:15

When I moved to Southern Florida I did not have many ideas of what that would look like in the friend department.  Being a TCK(third culture kid) one knows It takes time to grow friends. The average time, I was once told was two years when you move. 

I have been very blessed to have found many here including Eily (pseudonym). 

A stay at home mom of three boys. When I first met her they were all under the age of 3. She reminds me of many of the hero women of the Bible who rise above stereotypes to do what they were called. Life has been tough for her family but she is constantly giving testimony towards what God is doing. 

Recently they have had to move in with Her inlaws. This seemed like a toxic situation. We have been praying for some time that there would be an other option but none came through. So they packed up and moved. About a week later I got a phone call from her.

We had discussed creating this blog previously. On the phone Eily told me something like "I didn't have time to write anything but I have answered prayer."

I am going to prerequisite this by clarifying that my friend is one of the cleanest people I know. When she is stressed she cleans and when she isn't stressed she still has her boys clean up at night (or so I am told by her husband.) When not packing, she aims to feed her family healthy meals and they come to church dressed in cute button up shirts and kaki pants. 

So on the phone the other day she had this to say....She told me excitedly example after example about how she had peace in what would normally be anxiety causing situations. She wasn't calling her husband crying about the second hand smoke her children were getting from his mother. Instead she was able to have peace that God would take care of them. She wasn't trying to change his mother's cleaning habits either. She had been able to see past her "OCD" tendencies and focus on having a peace filled relationship with her mother in law, her boys and husband. And she is seeing positive results.

I don't don't about you, but I saw this as a big answer to prayer. I know of many times in my life where when I felt like I was losing control and so just held on tighter to what I felt needed to happen. I chose to be Martha instead of Mary.

My prayer is that the testimony of Eily blesses you on this Mother's Day. That you will be able to rest in your relationship with the Father and your family and let the rest of life's cares go.  I love you.