The Mama Type

11/04/2024

I was surrounded but nothing could enter

So it was Halloween night, my husband was out of town and the kids and I were relaxing around the house.
Everyone went to bed except me.
I stayed in the living room watching movies.
As I was getting into the movie, the house grew silent.
Then I heard it!
I heard a noise at the back door.
Then at the front, and even at the side door!!!
My face grew pale, You can imagine the fear that crept in.
For a split second anyways.
Then it hit me.
There are things going on around me, scary things, things that try to enter but can’t!
I’m blood bought!
I’m covered in the blood of Jesus Christ!
I know that I’m protected by angels and the Holy Spirit dwells in my home and INSIDE ME.
There was complete peace in my home while it was crazy outside.
I don’t know what the noises were but that mess wasn’t about to come inside my home!
WE ARE COVERED!
IT WILL PASSOVER!
The Lord said that we would have peace that we don’t understand and wouldn’t make sense.
It made perfect sense because it wasn’t me but He who abides in me!
It reminded me that as long as I have the Holy Spirit abiding within me then nothing can enter.
We have to continue to pursue His Holy Spirit.
We can’t get content in our relationship with God, we have to keep pursuing Him.
We have to keep learning and keep praying to our Lord to not let His Spirit leave us.
When you pray, pray as long as it takes until you get to that place of surrender.
REACH FOR HIM.
The Holy Spirit will reach for you.
He will lift you up.
And He will send His Holy Spirit to dwell within you if you let Him.
And then total chaos could be happening around you and you will still be at peace!
Nothing can enter!

09/19/2024

You can’t protect them from their testimony!

As a parent, I’ve cradle my kids from day one.
I’d do anything for them!
They are my actual heart outside of my body.
I’m on the front lines for them.
I will walk though hell fire for them.
But… Yes theres a but.
When it comes to God himself. I have to take a step back.
I will continue to pray, fast, and speak life over them. But I will step back.
This was one of the hardest things for me to do as a mom. Watching my child hurt. Seeing the tears that poured from their eyes. And just seeing the pain cover my child brought me to my knees more times than I could count. I realized this isn’t my battle. I knew God loved them more than I could ever imagine. Their best interest was in mind when God let the trials begin. He knew it was time to send them through the fire. For the refining. Whether I believed it was time or not. God said, it’s time.
I couldn’t protect them from their testimony. They can’t see Gods goodness when it’s good all the time. It’s those times where we feel broken. The times where we feel like we have nothing left. Those times where we hit rock-bottom and can’t even see the light. Those are the times when we will notice God’s goodness. Those are the times when God will strengthen us. And when we are so desperate, we are down on our knees, We are in tears and wanting to hear the voice of God. He knows in a world with so many distractions. He has to get us alone and deal with us. Sometimes getting us alone will mean losing all of our friends. Sometimes it will be losing everything we thought we needed in life to get us to see that all we really needed was Him. This is humbling. And it takes a humble heart to cry out to Him.
It's not our job to fix things for our kids, it's our job to love them, be there for them and teach them where their strength comes from during their trials. This isn’t for me to figure out this time. This was between God and my child.
This test will become their testimony.
God knows what He’s doing and I trust that. His goodness and mercy will follow us all the days of our lives and I hold to that.
The pain that covered them, became the blood of Jesus Christ that covered them. The loneliness that consumed them was consumed by the fire of the Holy Spirit!
God says that He will finish what He started🙌🏻🙌🏻
Hold to that and don’t protect them from their testimony.

09/09/2024

09/09/2024

“God, I can relate”

When our children are born, we look those innocent little faces in the eyes and we promise them the world. We always promise them that we’re going to do things better than how our parents did with us. Not because it was always bad, but just because we want to be the best parents we can be. That first little cry seems to break our hearts. And we will do anything just to take it away for them.

And that doesn’t change as they get older.

We always wanna be strong for our children. We always wanna be smart for them. We always want to provide the happiness and love for them. We just always want to give them our best.

We don’t care how good or bad they are. We still want them to feel like they are loved. We don’t care what they’ve done in the past we want them to feel like they can always try to do better. We don’t care if they’re the smartest kid, we still love them. They don’t even always have to prove themselves to us. We just love them for who they are and we want them because they are ours.
As they get older and hug us less. We long to hear their voice. And when they go through the most hurtful things they could possibly go through, we want them to know they can trust us and we’re always here for them.
And God feels the same about every one of us as we do our children but more.
We still wish we could take away their pain. We still wish that we could cast their burdens on us.
We wish that we could take their place.
As parents we are the ones to train them up and discipline them. This too can cause us to feel for them and just wish we could take their place.
I know I would give ANYTHING to take my kids place when it comes to pain or suffering.

Then I thought…..
That’s exactly what God did for us!
He sent His perfect son Jesus Christ.
And he took our place on that cross.
He saw all the sin and still said THEY ARE MINE AND I WANT TO REDEEM THEM!
I WILL TAKE THEIR PLACE!
He chose us!
Jesus went right in front of the king and didn’t try to defend himself.
He took the suffering that was intended for us.
And he walked right up to that mountain and let them hang him on that cross.
Because He loves us so much.
He loves us so much, HE TOOK OUR PLACE ON THAT CROSS.

I pray often that if I could take my child’s suffering instead of them then I will take it in a heartbeat.
I pray that if it’s possible let this cup pass from them but let it be according to his will and not my own because I know He knows what my children need and when they need it.
I trust Him.
And I can understand why He took our place..
Why He took the pain, the suffering, and the death.
He did it for us.
So… “God, I can relate.”

09/08/2024

Terrifying but beautiful

I was laying on the bed in the back part of the house listening to my 15 year old daughter talk about her day with friends.
As we sat there I hear my husband’s voice talking to my son. A minute went by and next thing I hear is my husband calling out my son’s name in the most terrifying way. I heard him call out again and again as my daughter and I ran through the house as fast as we could. And my heart dropped.
As I approached the front bedroom my son was laying there once again having a seizure. I fell to the floor, My husband covering my son praying in the Holy Spirit, I look up to my daughter, hands up in the air, praying to our Lord and Savior, and I knew then I needed to just do the same.
God said “PRAY”. And I did.
I felt the Holy Spirit so strong in that moment. I felt His love, His warmth, His comfort in a moment of pure chaos and feeling like my world was falling apart. I felt Him holding me while my husband held my baby.
And I knew in that moment He was holding my baby to.
It was terrifying but it was beautiful. I’ve not witnessed my family praying like that together in a long time. I hated that it took this. I hated that he had to hurt and I hated that he’s suffering. It’s gut wrenching but it’s beautiful.
See it was beautiful to see that in moments where we’re helpless, my family knew where to get our help from.
In a moment where we were all taken over by fear, we knew who to call on.
In a moment we felt our weakest, we knew where to get our strength.
There may be weeping tonight but joy comes in the morning.
It was beautiful to watch my husband hold my son, the size of a grown man, and cover him in love and prayer.
It was one of the most beautiful things id ever witnessed.
A moment of torment and fear, God used for His glory.
A moment that shattered our hearts once more, God used it for our good.
A moment that was absolutely terrifying, God made it beautiful.

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