God is Still Teaching Me
God is Still Teaching Me
I thought the other day: “What would it be like to be an artist in New York City?” Now, I’m not an artist. I’ve only been to New York City once and it was completely overwhelming. I was really asking myself: what if I were someone different? Simply put, I guess I wondered if I would be the same person, have learned the same lessons, or even been on the path I am now? I sometimes wonder if I would have learned about love, joy, peace, and patience without children?
Sometimes we mothers say “Of course not! I would have never learned these lessons without children…” We look at single women and think “How selfish.” We look at women without children and think, “How free!” We pat ourselves on the back and say “I am so glad for my children, they have taught me so much.” Although this is true, it is NOT true that God cannot teach these lessons without children. God can teach you about love, joy, peace, and patience without children just as easily.
Single women.
Married women.
Women with children...
and Women without children.
Women living alone;
and living with their parents.
Women in the business world.
and Women at home.
It doesn’t matter – God still teaches you.
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“God teaches us all – no matter the circumstances.”
I need to be careful not to judge others. For example, I cannot know what God is teaching the young woman down the street who longs for a husband. I cannot know what truths are written in the heart of the older saint sitting on her porch at night. Similarly, I may never know all the heart-change that goes on in the lives of those around me. God teaches us all – no matter the circumstances. Mine just happens to be “married with children while adopting.” God can teach a single young women about joy, love, peace, and patience just the same!
That is the... beauty in His Word.
The comfort in His promises.
It is the hope we have in Him.
Sarah E. Frazer is a writer and Bible study mentor at sarahefrazer.com. She is the wife of Jason and mother of five who all serve as full-time missionaries in Honduras. Her passion is to encourage women to fall in love with the Bible. Sarah is the author of several Bible study resources for women. She shares tools for deep-rooted Bible study at sarahefrazer.com. Follow her on Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/sarah_e_frazer) and join her free prayer challenge at sarahefrazer.com/prayer