Put yourself in this Mom’s place. Traveling alone with a baby.
Look closely. What’s “unusual” about this picture? I’m pretty sure this would not be what I would look like if I were at a major airport, ready to travel a number of hours with my baby on a plane…ALONE! What about you?
What’s unusual??? She is smiling! She is a real, live person and she is smiling! And at peace! At the airport with a baby strapped to her and a huge amount of baby “necessities” on a cart. How did this happen?
Lindsay sent me this picture.
I asked her if I could use it on my website, so Moms can see what is POSSIBLE through Christian Mentor Coaching. She inspires me. What a blessing to work with her…this Mom wanting to trust God with her all of her circumstances.
You will not believe her response!!
I told her I thought it would encourage other overwhelmed Moms. Her response was stunning. Sit down before you read this…
Her response was “Yes (you can use it)…but…I wasn’t overwhelmed.” WOW! She wasn’t overwhelmed??? Astounding!!! How is that possible?
What do you suppose was Lindsay’s secret?
Lindsay had a plan. Since she was preparing to move to another continent in a few short weeks, she began being very intentional about speaking God’s promises out loud to herself as she packed and as she took care of her baby. She was intentionally reciting out loud (so she could hear herself) the Scriptures she had memorized.
She had little time to sit and read the word during this season of her life.
Her husband was far away…on another continent because of his work. It was unavoidable. His job required that he be gone. This was a fog she was going to have to find her way through without her husband’s help.
She wanted to be victorious…even though her life was in an uproar! But you would not know it to look at her, would you?! She was victorious over her circumstances!
She had consciously chosen her plan.
Life is a series of choices. This Mom had also chosen to listen to praise music. The things in her life were in chaos. So she downloaded Christian music to help her praise her way through the chaos.
While helpers were shouting questions at her. While she had to make a ton of last minute decisions. While she had to remember to eat. While she had to remember to change the diapers and nurse the baby. While movers came and went. While her apartment looked more like a war-zone than a home…with all the sorting and packing materials strewn around.
Lindsay had chosen to have God on the throne, rather than let her feelings rule her.
She did what she could do. She fed her Spirit Soul food and it nourished her to the point that her countenance would actually shine! You can see that for yourself!
She did what she could and left the rest to God. He likes that! 🙂
She is an an ordinary woman like you and me!
And yet you are witness here to what God had done as she yielded to Him. I wanted to share a bit of her story with you. I pray it inspires you to remember that nothing is too big for God to handle. IF we let Him. (THAT is the big IF! He is a gentleman. He will not force His way into our lives.)
She made a conscious choice to meditate on the promises of God in the Scriptures.
And…to feed her soul with music. Not just any music. She chose music that nourishes her and exalts God.
Proving: You definitely are what you “eat”.
His Word (the Bible) is her nourishment. AND…Praises helped her rise above her circumstances. God has a plan and she followed it. And this is the result!
This could be you! Victorious in your circumstances. Feeding your soul the “food” that it craves! With the results that are promised! I hope you choose to forward this on to your friends. So they can be encouraged, too!
“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work,” Jesus said. (John 4:34 NAS)
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Lindsay Nichols Estes is a coach for women in transition. She walks her talk, and more often than not, she comes forth trusting God’s promises. She knows the secret of success. Here’s where you can reach her: www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaynicholsestes
