Before I was a mom, I always had this inclination to be the mom who’s house everyone wanted to hang at but I had no idea how to become her. Children made me nervous and I always seemed to think they were up to no good. All things that don’t jive well with children who can sense your weakness like a shark smells blood. It took Jesus to open my heart to see them as he does. It took Jesus to take my desire from within and make it to manifest authentically. This week, I got to share our #StoryTime with some of those beautiful neighborhood kids and I have to tell you the joy at all their smiling faces was something I couldn’t have known if it hadn’t been Jesus stretching my heart to receive it. When my own children can back the next afternoon telling me their friends were here for Story Time, I felt the Joy of the Lord in a profound way. This is letting them come! For the first time I knew fully what a joy it is to him to see them come. There is nothing more joyful than sharing the Lord with children. 💛❤️💙 Allow yourself to be stretched. Grow. Learn to love like Him and he will show you the desires of your heart are just like the little children, let them come. #StoryEgg #EasterLove #SnackTime #NeighborhoodMom #CatKids #raisingreaders #homeschoollife #EncounterHim https://www.instagram.com/p/CNI_sCnAH0Y/?igshid=ds4lw6za2cqh