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My name is Mariasol
Cook and I’m a mother in prayer currently in Toronto, Canada. I have an
18 month old daughter named Izabella. I know that I’m only beginning this
wonderful journey called motherhood but I have learned many things throughout
this short time.
When I first found out
that I was expecting I was overwhelmed and completely surprised and frightened.
After 10 wonderful years of marriage I was facing a situation that would change
my life completely. I was definitely not ready for it.
I had so many fears,
so many doubts. I didn’t know how I was going to take care and raise this being
growing inside of me in the presence of God. I feared that I wasn’t going to be
a good mother. I feared that my relationship with my husband would change and wondered
how he would react to the news. Worst of all I feared that this would get in
the way of me serving God.
You see, I was so
afraid because in my mind all my thoughts about having a baby were completely
negative. I wasn’t thinking that this unexpected situation could become a
blessing in my life. Until one day, in the midst of all my fears and doubts,
God spoke to me “Fear not, for I am with you.” From that moment on I decided to
look at this situation as a blessing, not as something negative, as a learning
experience to grow even more in the presence of God and an opportunity to help
me help others even more.
Having a baby was
definitely a life changing experience. But, like many other problems,
situation, or unexpected events that happen in our lives, the outcome depends
on how we look at the situation. If you think of your children as problematic,
or that they will never change, or that they’ve always been like that then,
that’s how it will be. But, if you start looking at them as a blessing, as
children of God no matter what age they are, then that’s who they will become.
Either we let fear and doubts drown our faith and trust in this Living Almighty
God or we use this faith to turn the situation into a great blessing or victory
in our life. With God in our life we have the power to turn any situation
around.
There’s a popular
saying that states that if life gives you lemons, make lemonade! I’m
definitely making my lemonade!!!
Mariasol Cook
Toronto Canadá
very nice!
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs Mariasol,
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! A child in a mother's life can be a great blessing if we choose to trust in God and not in our own strength and wisdom. I am a living testimony to that. Before I had my daughter I considered myself to be an impatient person towards children, but now I see how much God changed me after she was born. And this helped me in other areas as well.
And for you who think it's too late for your children to turn to God, He left us a message written in Jeremiah 31:16-17: 'Stop your crying and wipe away your tears. All that you have done for your children will not go unrewarded. They will return from the enemy's land. There is hope for your future. Your children will come back home. I, the Lord, have spoken'.
Simone Abreu
Hi Mrs Mariasol,
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! A child in a mother's life can be a great blessing if we choose to trust in God and not in our own strength and wisdom. I am a living testimony to that. Before I had my daughter I considered myself to be an impatient person towards children, but now I see how much God changed me after she was born. And this helped me in other areas as well.
And for you who think it's too late for your children to turn to God, He left us a message written in Jeremiah 31:16-17: 'Stop your crying and wipe away your tears. All that you have done for your children will not go unrewarded. They will return from the enemy's land. There is hope for your future. Your children will come back home. I, the Lord, have spoken'.
Simone Abreu
Hi Mrs Mariasol,
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! A child in a mother's life can be a great blessing if we choose to trust in God and not in our own strength and wisdom. I am a living testimony to that. Before I had my daughter, I used to consider myself an impatient person towards children, but now I see how much God has changed me after she was born, and this helped me in other areas as well.
And for you who think it's to late for your children to turn to God, He left us this message written in Jeremiah 31: 16-17 'Stop your crying and wipe away your tears. All that you have done for your children will not go unrewarded. They will return from the enemy's land. There is hope for your future. Your children will come back home. I, the Lord, have spoken'.