Melodee DeVevo from the Christian band Casting Crowns has just shared her struggles with motherhood and narrated the importance of being emotionally and spiritually prepared to raise children.
Before she had her kids Jesse Dean and Rory, Melodee actually suffered two miscarriages and it was only when she thought of her misfortunes as necessary stepping stones to motherhood that things fell into place.
"Both times I asked God what it was I was supposed to learn. The first time it was that I needed to take this parenting a lot more seriously than I was. The second time was just how much more intently and deeper I needed to pray in my life as a whole. So with those 2 things in mind, I had 2 children within 2 years," she wrote on their Facebook page.
Because she developed crippling Psoriatic arthritis during her first miscarriage, Melodee had difficulty carrying her kids. She felt deep pain whenever she tried to pick up her four to five pound baby, and there were so many things she was unable to do for them - give them baths, catch them as they took their first steps, and even feed them in the middle of the night.
"Do not take for granted the little mundane things we do for our children. They are a privilege and a treasure of memories," she said. "Those instances on their own don't communicate as much as they do together. Together they are a driving force for how I want and should (at God's direction) raise my children."
What Melodee got to do, on the other hand, was pray for her children and talk to them incessantly about how God wants His children to live and why. She stressed the importance of homeschooling one's children too, even if it's just for a short period of time.
"The relationship that it fosters with them and putting great importance on knowing God is so important. Especially in these days. A mother knows her child better than anyone, so why shouldn't the mother be the best teacher?" she said.
