Each night at about one in the morning I am emailed a daily bible verse along with a little devotional. Last night however I didn't get my email. At the time I was too busy tending to a certain young lady to notice. Emma Claire decided that two hours was a sufficient amount of sleep for the both of us. We went to sleep at midnight and were up at two and she hasn't slept for more than 30 minutes straight since. Sigh. She just fell back asleep and I'm afraid to try and sleep for fear that she'll just wake up again in 15 minutes. Anyways, this morning around 8 I got my daily bible verse email and it couldn't be more perfect for the stage of life I'm in. All of you brand new Mamas out there will totally understand where I'm going with this. I hope by sharing this it will give you some comfort as it did me this morning. I have a feeling that this is also going to become my middle of the night mantra!
"To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven" Ecclesiastes 3:1
Yes it's true I didn't get but a few hours of sleep last night but this is a season of my life and I know that it is going to pass and once it is gone I will miss it. While getting no sleep is frustrating in the moment, when I stop and think about the time I'm getting to spend with my baby girl I remember that I should cherish these moments because soon they will be gone. I am also going to work on something that was said in my devotional this morning:
"Try to remember in the hard times as well as the good times that God is with us and will walk us through whatever season we are in and we will learn as we come through. He is faithful!"
"Try to remember in the hard times as well as the good times that God is with us and will walk us through whatever season we are in and we will learn as we come through. He is faithful!"
Now I'm going to try and get a little bit of sleep and I hope this sweet one will cooperate and let Mommy sleep for longer than 30 minutes ;-) We will all be much happier if that happens!
8 comments:
I love that verse!!!
She is so precious. I hope you get a good stretch of sleep soon!!
I have to say you are wise beyond your years. (Of course, we know true wisdom comes from God. ;)
We should all slow down and enjoy (or at least learn to cope with) whatever season we are in.
I was soooo busy with my three babies all at the same time that I don't feel like I truly enjoyed all the moments I should have. Never too late to start.
Thanks for the reminder, Mallorie. It's a God-thing. :)
Great blog! Where do you get the daily verse and devotional from? I would lvoe something like that. Hope your baby girls gets some better sleep tonight!
you have a much better outlook than I did!
It is so true! While this season of disrupted sleep is hard and exhausting and frustrating at times, it will pass too quickly. Cherish those times in the middle of the night where you get to just hold and cuddle your precious, precious gift from God!
I hope you got some sleep! You are such a good momma! :)
Oh, I know, those seasons!! I was thinking about you this morning when I was up early with my 2 little ones. They get up like clockwork at 6:15 every morning, and I was grumbling in the kitchen to myself that it's just a season and they'll sleep in later on down the road. But then it hit me, that I've been saying "it's just a season" for months--like it's the only thing that gets me through it, so yes, we all enter different seasons, but I need to find joy in that particular season at that moment instead of just wishing it away. This blog post helped me come to that realization! Thanks, Mallorie!
Mallorie...I have tears reading this as my sweet little one is curled up on my shoulder b/c it's the only place she's happy today. I've been saying the same thing to myself...cherish every moment. Thanks for sharing the verse and message!
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