things i am learning.

For those of you who have known me pre-Clint Ochoa this will not be shocking. I never dreamed or even desired to be married or a mother or at stay-at-home mom. The Lord started to gradually change my heart towards those desires after I started dating Clint. I actually think it was pretty bold of my husband to even consider dating someone who openly admitted that she didn’t want kids.
And here I am. Blessed with a fabulous full-time ministry. Flying by the seat of my pants. Part of me learning how to best serve in my role is to glean wisdom from women who have succeeded in this role. Discipleship is a beautiful thing. So I watch very closely at the successes and failures of women I know and have seen to be great women of God.
So amongst the many things I am learning are discipline, patience and how to best serve two of the most laid back people in the world. I love that Clint is so willing to pitch in and help and I have to fight pride and pray for grace as he attempts to do things that are way out of his realm of understanding. So I remind myself of something Carolyn Mahaney said in a message to women a few months back…”you can’t expect a man to think like a woman, that is not how God designed them.” You probably think, ‘well of course.’ This was revolutionary to me, not the statement, but that on a daily basis I was expecting my undefined standards out of Clint who was just trying to serve. Then I would get frusterated that he was even trying. Oh how silly we are in our sin.

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