Kaps Kids: The Shape of a Mother

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Shape of a Mother

I saw this today on Facebook by a group/blog I follow:

http://starvingartistink.com/the-shape-of-a-mother/

Can I just say ... wow.

Just wow.

WOW.

And then she talks about it here:

http://starvingartistink.com/living-in-the-glow-of-love/

She says:

"i sent those pictures to a friend first- she asked 'how do these pictures make you feel?'

proud.

oh so proud. i love that body that's cradling that sweet babe. i love that body so much- because i remember a similar picture i took of myself- but i could only see it through a blur of tears. hatred, and ugly words.

oh how it's changed."

Proud! She said they made her proud. I have birthed 4 children in 4 years and I have yet to be proud of what I see in the mirror ... at least, what I see in the mirror today.

And then:

"i'm a mama…
my body is so imperfect and soft and sexy in a different way. in a real way… in a way that my husband grabs me and wants me. in a powerful way that- i carried life, i gave birth, and i nourish this babe. in a way that- i know i look more like you and less like airbrushed images. genuine and honest and imperfectly perfect."

I cried.

Yep, tears baby.

I know that my Creator sees me this way.

I know that He designed my body to stretch and grow and expand as He gently knits a little human being, another new creation, in my womb.

I know that in His eyes I am perfectly beautiful. Stunning even.

So why, oh why, can I not see myself that way?

Because Satan's remarks are louder than God's whispers?

Because our culture has turned the tables upside down and now worships the impeccable, toned, thin body?

Because my insecurities are more pronounced to me than to anyone else?

Oh Lord that I would cling to Your truths, not the enemy's lies.

That I would see my body as You see it - a beautiful, fragrant offering to You and Your will.

Oh that I would be able to have just a glimpse of myself through Your eyes.

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Connected to the Vine and the Gardener

Life is a never-ending series of movements, moments, breaths, activities, and steps. We can choose to either live these moments and breaths in connection with the One who is the Vine whose source is the true Gardener or we can separate ourselves from the tree and live in darkness, searching, groping in the night.

Our goal is to be ever connected to the Vine and to bear His fruit in our own lives and to sow it in the lives of our children. We fail daily and He prunes us and we seek His grace to stay connected, and He lovingly provides it.

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."