Good morning, it is Tuesday, the 19th of May. I can’t believe we are almost at the end of this month. It’s not even 6 AM yet, it’s actually a few minutes before 6 AM and I have been thinking a lot about my daughter who’s been weaning, and she’s tried so many things and she’s really just been, you know, she’s welcomed a lot of the different things that she’s tried, some things she likes more than others, some things she’s unsure about, but it just reminds me of how much children are a heritage of the Lord. She’s such a blessing and it’s amazing to see how much she’s grown and every day just looking at all the things that she’s doing that are so different to what she did last week or a few months ago. It’s incredible to see her development.
She’s tried things from all the way from broccoli, she tried sweet potatoes, she’s tried a little bit of chicken, she’s tried some eggs, she’s tried spinach. She’s tried cabbage. She’s tried a bit of some oranges, I think, as well. So many, so many things. So far, so good in terms of, you know, no reactions to these foods and we were blessed to be gifted a high chair from my goddaughter’s parents, my husband and Is goddaughters parents.. So that was really sweet. We’re just over 2 weeks now on her weaning journey.
Yeah, it’s such a wonderful thing to see a child grow and to see them so lively and curious, that curious nature of a child and just to see how much she is trying to understand the world outside of being in the womb. It’s pretty ncredible. It’s amazing because everywhere we go with her, she’s always seems to be, you know, welcomed so beautifully and people wanting to hold her. She loves people, very sociable and it just makes me think about how every child is a blessing and the Lord is good.
The fruit of the womb is his reward.
It says it in Psalm 127, verse 3, “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” As is says in verse 4 “As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.” And then verse five. “Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
It’s definitely made me think a lot about this and I’m excited to just see how she continues to try different foods and, you know, we are still breastfeeding. She’s still mainly breastfed and she tries at least maybe one meal every other day and so far, it’s been going pretty well. Sometimes she’s like, I don’t want to try stuff today and that’s absolutely fine. I’m big on you know, working with her to see what she’s also interested in and just, you know, with moods and everything, you know, she could be tired. I feel like sometimes we forget that these children, they know also what they want to. So, I try to encourage her to try things, but then if she’s just done. She’s done, and that’s fine, and we try again. There’s so much patience and grace that one has to give in being a parent.
I feel like that’s what’s pretty incredible because I’m relearning again, like the learning does not stop. I’m constantly just reminded about the blessing of having a child and I just want to encourage you to really like if you’re having a challenging day and maybe you’re not feeling so good right now. Maybe you’re so exhausted. You’ve not slept, you, you know, baby’s crying. You don’t feel like anyone’s really being there for you.
In this moment just know, your child, that they are a heritage of the Lord, that he loves you, and he loves that child, and they are the fruit of the womb, and this is his reward. So just focus on that and let that encourage you in your day and continue to just show up. It’s all for a wonderful purpose. It’s for his purpose. It’s for God’s purpose. So just keep thinking about that.
Today we have swimming with our little one and it’s it’s been going well, getting her used to water but I might save that for another voice journal and kind of update you maybe later on her swim journey, but I just pray that this blesses you and that you have a wonderful day. I can hear the birds singing, chirping outside. Being up at this time has actually been quite nice. Yeah, what a wonderful thing it is to be a mother and to just see a child blossom every day and grow. It is truly something that shouldn’t be taken for granted, and I just hope that this encourages you, and I look forward to sharing some pictures in regards to what she’s been trying. I really try not to reveal too much of her. I want to protect that space but I will definitely let you know through some maybe some sort of picture gallery what she’s been eating and if you have anything that maybe I should try. She’s still in the 6 months period,Then let me know. But until next time and I pray that you will have a blessed rest of your day.
May your home be filled with peace this week. That’s all, just to just go in grace, go in kindness and be a blessing to others as well.
Take care.
Speak to you soon.
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