Motherhood is not for Whimps

Hey yall! Hope this day finds you doing well. God laid something on my heart that I hope will be a blessing. My sister is having a baby, so needless to say I have been going to a lot of baby showers. I want to thank God that he has allowed me to be a mother. I know its not mother's day or anything, but I thought of how society belittles a woman that stays at home with her kids. I was around many different women, some that had degrees and were managers of businesses, they had different careers. They were bragging on all the things that they do and how successful that they were and my heart began to feel intimidated. I thought to myself I'm just a keeper at home. I almost cried because I thought well, i'm not much of anything. Just then the Holy Spirit smote my heart and said, they may be alot in this world, but you are doing what I have called you to do. I want to thank God that he had allowed me to birth 3 girls. They have been so precious to me! Next to the Lord and my husband, they are the best gifts God has ever blessed me with. I begin to think about what i would do if I was on a job away from my kids. My heart began to break because I would miss all the cute and precious things that they do and say. For example, I had to go out of the room for a minute and my 2 year old had put a chair in front of the sink and was running water when I came in and said, "What are you doing?" She said, "Me are washing dishes and cuppies, and these things." She lifted up a bowl. I thought if I had not been there I would have missed something so cute. i had to laugh, it was so adorable.
I want to thank God that my husband allows me to be at home. I thank God he is willing to cut back on some things to allow me to be in my place. Being a stay at home mom is a blessing and honor. This poem fits our lives as stay at home moms. Hope you enjoy!

Motherhood is not for Whimps
(I'm sorry I do not have the author because it was sent to me)

There are those who would spurn the vocation of mothers
and say it's inferior to the career of others,
I'll have to admit that it's not easy work,
It's relentless and from it you cannot shirk.

It takes all your energy to be a mother and wife,
It requires daily commitment and a disciplined life,
It demands all your resources of patience and love,
Long-suffering and wisdom from God above.

It takes self-control and continual endurance,
It takes constant and faithful preserverance,
It is total sacrifice and forgetting your self,
You may sometimes think you are left on the shelf!

And what about time? It's no longer yours,
It belongs to everyone else who comes in your doors.
Can you claim your own rights? No, there gone too,
Like your right to sleep the whole night through!

It's not so easy to crawl in bed with a book
Or go off and dream in some quiet little nook.
It seems like you're totally losing your life
To be a good mother and a godly wife.

But oh, dear mother, please do not despair,
In God's great vision you have a share,
Your are fulfilling your destiny planned before creation
which is to nurture children and BUILD A NATION!

You are walking in the footsteps of Jesus your Lord
Who lived a life of sacrifice out-poured,
He didn't cling to His rights with selfish futility,
He didn't claim any privileges but walked in humility.