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Alright, fasten your seatbelts, it's soapbox time. This blog is, after all, Life According to Amy! I was inspired on this one from a friend who had a run in with a real life Cruella Deville. Yep, that's right, she exists in real life...fur coat and all. She was shopping with her little one, he was all bundled up and warm except....wait for it...he...didn't...have...a...hat...on! Inside of a store at that! I mean I always make sure to keep ALL my gear on when I am shopping so why did this Mom feel like it was OK to NOT have a hat on her son! Along with his fleece outfit and thick blankets...I mean, someone should give her the memo, right? <<<<Sarcasm, ya'll like it? Enter, Cruella Deville. This woman in her long fur coat decides to do just that, give her a memo. She tells my friend "shame on you, that baby needs a hat, it's 43 degrees outside". My friend replies "come again?". And Cruella repeats herself. OK, I have to admit, I have done that exact same thing when confronted from another female in regards to my Mothering style, jaw hits the floor as does my stomach. And I stand there, at a loss for words. What started out as a good day or bad day turned bad or got worse because no matter how much you want to forget the 2 minutes it took for this person to judge you, you spend the rest of the day fuming. Am I right or am I right? I thought so. Of course, you play many ways in your head as to how you should have responded to this person but didn't. A mother and her son who was bundled as she would see fit for her child and yet someone had to judge her. She is one of the funniest girls I have had the privilege of knowing, full of compassion and love. She has a happy home and raises her children wonderfully. There are so many mothers who throw that all away for many reasons and we still shouldn't judge because we don't know their hurt, their reasons for it all. As a Mother I have dealt with these sort of comments, many times even from family and it hurts. But who are they that judge? To judge and speak unkind words comes from an unhappy heart. Whether someone just upset them and they are angry or maybe they have deeper wounds. They are not happy. So to my other Momma friends, who have stood at a loss for words, I have come up with some food for thought that may help next time you stand confronted. I pray that you stop and think these words: Word of God Speak. God places many people in our lives at different times for different purposes. Don't let Satan steal your joy, while you are shopping with your little ones, or sitting in a Dr's office with a very sick child, or while you are at the park enjoying the sunshine. Wherever you may be, let God win. We are never alone, we never walk alone. Pray that God would equip you with words of love and kindness that would speak to those who are unkind. That may be the sole purpose of them running into you and without those unkind words we would never know the love we need to share right there in that moment. He will guide your heart. What a wonderful lesson this teaches our children, we are after all, their role models. We don't have to travel to a foreign country to be a missionary for God, serve wherever you are. That is what he calls us to do. What Satan intends to destroy, God will build upon a solid ground. "Spirit lead me, where my trust is without borders. Let me walk upon the waters, wherever you would call me. Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander, and my faith would be made stronger in the presence of my Savior." - Oceans by Hillsong United.
I am HIS, and he IS mine...how precious it that. The King of Kings, chose me? And I can call upon his name.
XOXO, Amy
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