The past six weeks have been sleepless.
Newborns require round-the-clock feeding and care, and ours in particular has been experiencing stomach issues and allergies that have made the nights even shorter; causing each evening to leave us increasingly only more exhausted.
I have had several moments of wondering if we are ever going to really sleep again.
But I pray that as sleep returns (or as we get used to being without), that I never forget that my body is sustained by Him foremost – and I need Him in my energy as much as I did in my exhaustion.
The past six weeks I’ve been navigating extreme change as I learn to be a mom.
Life is now pretty much defined by an inexplicable combination of monotonous routine and overwhelming transition.
The days have all kind of blurred together into one beautiful but challenging lump.
But I pray that as she grows and the seasons pass and parenthood evolves again and again, that I never forget that I will need Him years into this journey just as much as I do right here and now as it all begins.
I need Him.
And I have to fight to not let the dailiness of life lead me to ignore that truth.
I have to fight to not be distracted by routine occurrences of our every day, but to press in all the more to choosing to sit at His feet and ask for Him to take over, even what I falsely believe I can do on my own.
A life of worship includes offering up not only the obvious, but also the overlooked.
Giving all to Him, and receiving more of Him.
Living out John 15 in an active and intentional way – even (and especially) when time and energy are short and replaying demands on me are high.
I have a choice.
Will I cash in on the blessing contained for me in abiding – not only in the monumental moments, but also in what feels minuscule?
Will I steward well the gift I’m given of each day; knowing they add up and fall away, and I’m left with the sum of what remains eternally?
What about you?
What is your seemingly small? Your mundane, your routine?
What is your daily that would be easy to attempt to take on alone — but is actually beckoning you to build into rhythms of worship?
Let’s not miss out on the opportunity for His glory contained within our every moment.
There is so much more.
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This piece originally appeared at the author’s blog, published with permission.
