Toddlers are unpredictable. One day they love the food you make and the next they refuse it- and keep refusing it every day after that. As annoying as this trait is, I find myself begrudgingly admitting that I can identify all too well with this attitude. It's amazing how, even as adults, we can find ourselves going from loving something that is good for us to hating it. Whether it's exercise, healthy food, or someone's personality, we all walk away from things that are good. I have noticed myself doing this with the Bible. Deep down I find myself yearning for it, but there's also a part of me that finds the more I get into it, the more I want to pull back. It's frustrating. And annoying. It makes me want to pull out my hair. It turns something that should be a joy into a fight. A fight that I don't always win. I think I know why, though. Hebrews 4:12-13 says: For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as...
To motherhood and beyond....