Understanding of what God has done for us in Christ pulls us out from under the heavy load of guilt and shame. It releases us from the feeling that we have to someone prove ourselves by what we do or accomplish or how we preform. It frees us to enjoy and delight in our tasks because we aren't on trial for our ability to do them all or do them perfectly.

This year I feel like I am emerging from the postpartum fog and truly seeing that if every scary thing that I am afraid of about myself is true, God is still good, powerful, available, kind, and forgiving.