Bottles, Sippy Cups, Pacifiers...

Funny title, I know!  It's funny the things God will use to speak to us as women and moms!  Jayda turned ONE last month and most of you probably know that according to the 'rules' she should be COMPLETELY off of her bottle by now and on to a 'sippy cup'....WELL....here is a little glimpse into what my cabinet looks like at the moment.......

I CANNOT seem to find a ONE that she will take besides her BOTTLE!  With her being #3, I have to say that I have eased up a bit on all the rules, but there is still a part of me that wants her to be RIGHT ON SCHEDULE with what is "supposed to be" for one year olds.  As I caught myself getting VERY frustrated yesterday about the whole bottle/cup scenario, I felt the Lord speak to my heart about the "suppose to be's"

You know the definition of "suppose" is to ASSUME SOMETHING.  And in most cases it causes us to have false expectations....

Well, that right there spoke VOLUMES to me....false expectations can cause a LOT of heartache!  Silly I know when we are talking about a baby moving over to a cup from a bottle, but more serious when those false expectations cause us to try and be someone we are not.
Take for example - Jayda trying to play her big brother's DS

It just won't quite work out like she has in mind and because she doesn't know how to even work the thing she is going to get VERY frustrated and throw it.....I know this very well because I see it ALL DAY LONG...ha!  But it's in our very nature to keep trying to be and do something we are not!  

These might be very silly illustrations, but I know God is working on me to just be ME!!!  I don't have to try and be someone I am not and honestly, when I try that - well, it doesn't quite work out so well and I get frustrated!!!

God CHOSE me and made me EXACTLY who He wanted me to be, now that doesn't give me a right not to  continue growing and doing my part, it just allows me to know that I have been chosen BY GOD and FOR GOD and nothing I do can separate me from Him, His plan, and His love for me!

SO, I say all of that to say - remember that God made you exactly the way He wanted to...we don't have to keep trying to FIT THE PART...WE ALREADY HAVE IT!!! Because HE CHOSE US!

Jeremiah 1:5
"before I formed you in the womb I knew AND approved of you as my chosen instrument, and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; and I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

-Britt Xx