Really, do you are you emotionally prepared to follow God when it's awkward?

No, I only want to lead a small group of people that like me, who arrive early and bring snacks.

And then write me lengthy thank you notes in appreciation for my sacrifices and my sage wisdom in convening the group.

I only want to volunteer in the nursery for children that sleep while I hold them.

That has not been my experience.

We sign up to follow the Lord when it's disruptive and the ideas of how I thought it should

work seldom do.

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This is kind of fun. I did a Mother's Day sermon last night and I have a different Mother's Day sermon today. This is kind of fun.

You know for many years I've preached the same message four times on the weekend.

And now because of circumstances and other needs and opportunities, the messages are different.

And so this weekend, I got two Mother's Day messages.

Made me smile.

The title for this one is The Unwanted Parts of Motherhood and there are some of those.

Some parts of it are wonderful. I see the joy on the more experienced mom's faces

when they see a new mom with a new arrival.

And then I suspect they don't tell them the whole story.

Because it's the best memories that bring that irrepressible joy when you see a mom whose children are growing and they see a new baby.

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