Real Mom Real Jesus... (written on Jan.1, 2010)

One of the books I recently bought is called "Real Moms, Real Jesus..." by Jill Savage. And I can't believe how much revelation, encouragement, inspiration, and motivation I got out from this book! What a wonderful Christmas and New Year's present the Lord has given me this year!

Being a Christian for over 10 years, I have heard, known, and believed that Jesus understands everything we are going through. Why not? He is God and omnipotent, right? But I never really thought of the possibility that I can totally relate to Him as a mom and that he can totally understand how we feel as a mom. After all, He was never a mom, right?

But, Jill Savage painted and showed me how Jesus perfectly relate to us mothers in our daily lives! This revelation brought Jesus so much more closer to me in my everyday life. When I am doing my everyday routine as a mom, I feel comforted that Jesus knows how I feel and what I am going through.

Although He was never a mom, Jesus' life was full of the same things that we go through as moms: non-stop interruption, "popularity" with the crowds that constantly followed Him, disappointment that he felt towards people including his own disciples, constant physical and emotional exhaustion, etc. etc.

When we see Jesus from this perspectives, we can totally relate to Him as our best friend. When I get to have a chance to hang out with other moms, I feel reenergized and refreshed and am able to go extra miles. Now I know that Jesus can be my best "mom" friend! This helped me to see Jesus as Someone who is in my life rather than a supernatural figure who's high up there.

Not only that I learned this wonderful truth about the relationship we can have with Jesus in a practical way, but also have I learned how to keep the peace and close relationship with God in the midst of craziness from everyday life from Jesus' examples. It is possible to keep our focus on God while we go through the ministry of motherhood. I desperately needed this revelation before our #3 comes in 10 more weeks when our lives will surely be turned upside down for a while. And to be honest, I was starting to panic a little bit wondering if I can survive it with sanity... well, now I know I can!

I highly recommend every mom to read this book!