I’m kind of interested to hear from the girls along with the guys on this one and excuse the Spice Girls flashback but there’s no better title. The last thing I would ever want to do is place myself in a rigid or prejudicial role that assumes “guys work and girls stay home” but my wife and I had talked for years about her being a “mommy” and thus far it has worked out real well. I’ve always been amazed by the way Paul points out a woman’s sensitivity, encouragement, and love in Titus 2:3-4.
Most days I get home from work and my wife stands “barefoot and in the kitchen” always ready to chase around my two year old son. She has a congenial smile on her face, glows as if prepping for a Cosmo-mag shoot, and smells as if running in a field of daisies. I’d say most days I still catch my breath or get that funny pit of the stomach feeling when I see her. But, there towards the end of her pregnancy with baby Peyton things changed slightly. By the time I got home she was kind of tired and actually wanted me to help with dinner.
My natural tendency on these days was to smile sarcastically and run through the skeptical analysis in my head. How hard can it actually be? You sleep in when you want, feed the kid some Cheerios, throw a dvd in, put him down for a nap, and then sleep some more. I mean come on, the world’s nuclear stockpiling and human injustices aren’t exactly being cured here! Four days ago it all changed… The moment a surgeon hacked into Bre and prescribed her 3 weeks of bedrest my world and sense of sanity collapsed as I became mom.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve been there before or not, no baby should ever poop tar and that’s just the beginning. Women have this special gift called “multi-tasking” that God never wired into us guys. Let’s be honest sit us down in front of a football game with a drink and remote and we’re about maxed out but somehow girls manage to change diapers, discipline two year olds, cook food, clean the dishes, put away laundry, vaccuum, grocery shop, and still put up with the dude in their life. This doesn’t even take into account their relationship with God or extra “lovin” for their husband. Even writing it makes me tired!
It’s only been four days but I can truly say that I’m overwhelmed. Our house isn’t clean even though I am constantly picking up, we eat lame food even as I’m forever in the kitchen, and Ethan constantly looks like one of the Alabama kids on a 1987 episode of COPS no matter how much I bathe and dress him. So, I have a new found respect for my wife, mothers, and ladies in general who are called to be multi-taskers and have talents far beyond my comprehension…
Ladies, please know you’re appreciated and please write down some of the ways the guys can appreciate you more! Do you see yourself as a stay at home mom someday or working mom?
We’ve spent weeks planning and dozens of hours praying over our new series which will launch on July 16th! The series will deal with world religions that are leading people into false hope and we’re praying for sensitivity as we provide the objective truth of the gospel. We’ll be unleashing the artwork, evites, and cards soon so you can invite friends but wanted to take a minute and find out which religions you deal with most frequently.
Been intrigued to watch the Kobe/Shaq issues flair up again after Shaq “freestyled” a little in a nightclub this past week. In case you haven’t heard, Shaq was clear that Kobe should “befriend a certain portion of his anatomy” and this of course riled up the News media to pursue Kobe’s response. As of yet, there’s been no comment from the Kobe corner.
It got me thinking about how often we as Christians and churches go after one another. Sometimes in jest (Ephesians 5:4) and sometimes seriously. Attacking the charcter, conduct, and choices of others and more specifically churches. It amazes me how many people spend all of their life being adversarial and “against” something as opposed to focusing on what they’re “for” and proponents of.
Thought I would include a great picture originally from Ben Arment http://www.benarment.com/. What are your thoughts? How can we focus more on the cause than on combat? How do we balance truth telling with unity?
Tomorrow morning Kaiser has asked that Bre and I be at the hospital by 6am to begin pre-surgery prep for the c-section and baby Peyton’s arrival. I’m not sure why they have scheduled such an early time and am praying that the Doc diligently drinks his or her coffee on the way in.
I mean it’s quite a feat to cut into my wife, take a few inside parts out, yank my daughter out of her silent cave, and place everything back into tip-top tidy shape but to do it half asleep makes me mildly uncomfortable. Definitely hoping that at the very least our Doc is a morning person and fell asleep before Seinfeld finished at 11… it’s kind of a big deal I suppose.
Thanks for your prayers, know that we love you all, and will post pics asap. Excited to introduce baby Peyton to the world, Crossroads, and our Generate family!
I’m kind of interested to hear from the girls along with the guys on this one and excuse the Spice Girls flashback but there’s no better title. The last thing I would ever want to do is place myself in a rigid or prejudicial role that assumes “guys work and girls stay home” but my wife and I had talked for years about her being a “mommy” and thus far it has worked out real well. I’ve always been amazed by the way Paul points out a woman’s sensitivity, encouragement, and love in Titus 2:3-4.
We’ve spent weeks planning and dozens of hours praying over our new series which will launch on July 16th! The series will deal with world religions that are leading people into false hope and we’re praying for sensitivity as we provide the objective truth of the gospel. We’ll be unleashing the artwork, evites, and cards soon so you can invite friends but wanted to take a minute and find out which religions you deal with most frequently.
Been intrigued to watch the Kobe/Shaq issues flair up again after Shaq “freestyled” a little in a nightclub this past week. In case you haven’t heard, Shaq was clear that Kobe should “befriend a certain portion of his anatomy” and this of course riled up the News media to pursue Kobe’s response. As of yet, there’s been no comment from the Kobe corner.
Tomorrow morning Kaiser has asked that Bre and I be at the hospital by 6am to begin pre-surgery prep for the c-section and baby Peyton’s arrival. I’m not sure why they have scheduled such an early time and am praying that the Doc diligently drinks his or her coffee on the way in.
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