This is from the Motivation for Moms on my sidebar for today:

Pray over your children while they are sleeping.

With a heart like Hannah, give them over to God.

I had just mentioned to someone this week that I can't imagine having been Hannah and giving my child over to God, much less when they were still young. Yes, I understand my children are "my children" because God wanted me to be their mother. Either one of my boys could have been parented by their birth mother, but that was not the way it was to be. But God chose me -- sometimes I really wonder why did He choose me, with all my flaws and lack of patience. Then I remember how depressed I was just month before we were able to adopt Joshua. Distraught thinking about a life with my Basset Hound and husband and no children. Yes, depressing. As for the Basset Hounds, they are easier and sometimes DH and I still joke that having Bassets would have been easier than  kids.   But then I think of what happened this morning. I went to work while DH was still here with the boys. Caleb had just gotten up, but Joshua wasn't yet. I came back home and Joshua comes running to me, arms open wide, huge smile on his face and declares "Mommy, I'm glad you're home!"

So thank you Lord for allowing me to be their mom!!!

~~CheleLew~~