Venturing into Vulnerability

It's amazing how God teaches us lessons that we didn't know we needed to learn.

I like to be feminine and keep up appearances all the time. I like to try and hold myself to an ideal I have in my head of "how Kelly is." And then I was blessed with a little person that's turned my life upside down.

Pregnancy has forced me to be vulnerable with Larry right off the bat. If you had told me a few months ago that some of my sweetest memories of my husband would be him collecting hair-ties, a glass of water, and tissues for me as I spent quality time with a bowl...I probably would have been horrified. Yet, he really has been that wonderful, and I've had to shamefacedly cast off my preconceptions of personal perfection. And the most amazing thing is that it is more freeing than I could have ever imagined to be totally "human" and yet completely loved by another human being.

Christ has begun to teach me, in that "subtle" way He likes to dump me into learning opportunities, how to open the door of my heart not only to a new husband, new child, and new life, but also to a deeper understanding of true, daily humility and love. Praised be Jesus Christ! (Even if He's sneaky!)