{"id":249,"date":"2023-05-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendramartin.org\/https-wwwkendramartinorg-a-mothers-limitations\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T20:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:48:04","slug":"https-wwwkendramartinorg-a-mothers-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendramartin.org\/https-wwwkendramartinorg-a-mothers-limitations\/","title":{"rendered":"a mother\u2019s limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"249\" class=\"elementor elementor-249\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-588f1522 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"588f1522\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce86bf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce86bf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\\&quot;sqs-html-content\\&quot;\"><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">What do you do as a parent when God has entrusted four little people to your care and you do not have four sets of hands, four sets of eyes, or four bodies to watch their moves and attend to all their needs? What do you do when you have one laying on the changing table waiting for a fresh pamper <em>because of a blow-out<\/em>, another sitting on the toilet pulling toilet paper as fast as he can off the roll and stuffing it in to the toilet he is sitting on <em>because of toilet-training, <\/em>and two boys wrestling on the second level of the bunk bed prior to quiet-time <em>because we are boys.<\/em><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-250 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amother27slimitations.png?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amother27slimitations.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amother27slimitations.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amother27slimitations.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amother27slimitations.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amother27slimitations.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"\\&quot;\" data-test=\"\\&quot;image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\\&quot;\"><figure class=\"\\&quot;\" style=\"0max-width: 4004px;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;image-block-wrapper\\&quot;\" data-animation-role=\"\\&quot;image\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;sqs-image-shape-container-element\" hidden=\"\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"0display: block;\" data-src=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/8ea490ee-5818-4554-97c9-c9a30280e228\/IMG_8614.jpg\\&quot;\" data-sizes=\"\\&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/8ea490ee-5818-4554-97c9-c9a30280e228\/IMG_8614.jpg?format=100w\" alt=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" width=\"\\&quot;4004\\&quot;\" height=\"\\&quot;2897\\&quot;\" data-stretch=\"\\&quot;false\\&quot;\" data-image=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/8ea490ee-5818-4554-97c9-c9a30280e228\/IMG_8614.jpg\\&quot;\" data-image-dimensions=\"\\&quot;4004x2897\\&quot;\" data-image-focal-point=\"\\&quot;0.5,0.5\\&quot;\" data-load=\"\\&quot;false\\&quot;\" data-loader=\"\\&quot;sqs\\&quot;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"0display: block;\" src=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/8ea490ee-5818-4554-97c9-c9a30280e228\/IMG_8614.jpg\\&quot;\" sizes=\"\\&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/8ea490ee-5818-4554-97c9-c9a30280e228\/IMG_8614.jpg?format=100w\" alt=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" width=\"\\&quot;4004\\&quot;\" height=\"\\&quot;2897\\&quot;\" data-stretch=\"\\&quot;false\\&quot;\" data-image=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/8ea490ee-5818-4554-97c9-c9a30280e228\/IMG_8614.jpg\\&quot;\" data-image-dimensions=\"\\&quot;4004x2897\\&quot;\" data-image-focal-point=\"\\&quot;0.5,0.5\\&quot;\" data-load=\"\\&quot;false\\&quot;\" data-loader=\"\\&quot;sqs\\&quot;\" \/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><hr \/><div class=\"\\&quot;sqs-html-content\\&quot;\"><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">Or.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when your 4 and 5 year old sons decide to crawl out through the third floor window and see the city from the vantage point of the roof<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when the 4 year old breaks the neighbors\u2019 window while excitedly hitting on it to communicate with the neighbor boy inside the window<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when they play ding-dong-ditch on neighbors\u2019 doors one afternoon<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when they find a cardboard fort in a different neighbor\u2019s (who had been previously friendly and invited the boys onto his property multiple times) yard and accidentally mess it up by crawling into it.\u00a0 but the neighbor does not view it as an accident<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when they bike so fast down the sidewalk that they scare a elderly neighbor lady<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when they yell at neighbor children several houses down from us<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when they pick up pebbles to throw across the street and the new neighbors, who don\u2019t understand English, think they are throwing at their vehicle.<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when they accidentally break a neighbor\u2019s rickety gate<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>when we have \u201cplaydates\u201d with neighbors where I think we could model a good, loving family who plays well together but reality sets in when I spend all my time helping one of my boys learn the value of sharing his toys when he doesn\u2019t want to or kissing the bruise of another son who was pushed by his older brother<\/em><\/p><\/div><hr \/><div class=\"\\&quot;sqs-html-content\\&quot;\"><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\">We chose to live in the city with the intent of sharing Jesus\u2019 love with our neighbors.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\">And here we are &#8211; offending one neighbor, trespassing into anther\u2019s yard, destroying property at yet another.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I am pretty sure I am failing you, Lord, at being Your hands and feet to the people on our street.<\/p><\/div><hr \/><div class=\"\\&quot;sqs-html-content\\&quot;\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-686 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=1024%2C819&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/819;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-686\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=1024%2C819&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kendramartin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LIMITED.png?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">And Jesus reminded me.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">Kendra, you are not capable of watching your children at ALL moments of ALL the day.\u00a0 I gave you these four sons for you to love and train, yes.\u00a0 I want you to discipline, form good rhythms and routines, rise early, and be proactive in your teaching and training.\u00a0 But you cannot protect them from all things.\u00a0 You cannot control them at all times.\u00a0 You cannot always be present.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\">They are boys.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\">They are human.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\">You will all make mistakes.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">This is exactly where I want you.\u00a0 Realizing your own limitations.\u00a0 You are dependent on ME &#8211; you need me to watch over your boys.\u00a0 You need to ask me for help on a continual basis.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">This is exactly where I want your boys.\u00a0 While I expect you to teach and train them as much as you are able, there are also times when I will call them to learn lessons outside of your jurisdiction.\u00a0 One day they will leave and go to school or go to the job or go with their friends.\u00a0 You will not be able to be with them in all those scenarios so start trusting them to me today; in the little moments when you need to attend to the baby or go to the basement to switch the laundry.\u00a0 I am their ultimate teacher.\u00a0 There are times when they will need to simply learn the lessons that I have for them to learn.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">And you can also trust me with the ways that I am choosing to use your family in the neighborhood.\u00a0 If I would have wanted your neighbors to see a perfect family, I could have done that.\u00a0 I am not asking you to be perfect; but rather, yielded to me in the many imperfect situations of this broken world.<\/p><\/div><hr \/><div class=\"\\&quot;sqs-html-content\\&quot;\"><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">Maybe this is right where I want you.\u00a0 Limited.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" style=\"0white-space: pre-wrap;\">Because then you and everyone else can see Who I Am. Limitless.<\/p><\/div><hr \/><div class=\"\\&quot;\" data-test=\"\\&quot;image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\\&quot;\"><figure class=\"\\&quot;\" style=\"0max-width: 2000px;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;image-block-wrapper\\&quot;\" data-animation-role=\"\\&quot;image\\&quot;\"><div class=\"\\&quot;sqs-image-shape-container-element\" hidden=\"\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"0display: block;\" data-src=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/ddf58907-fc78-4281-9f0b-a6c28b17adea\/LIMITED.png\\&quot;\" data-sizes=\"\\&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/ddf58907-fc78-4281-9f0b-a6c28b17adea\/LIMITED.png?format=100w\" alt=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" width=\"\\&quot;2000\\&quot;\" height=\"\\&quot;1600\\&quot;\" data-stretch=\"\\&quot;false\\&quot;\" data-image=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/ddf58907-fc78-4281-9f0b-a6c28b17adea\/LIMITED.png\\&quot;\" data-image-dimensions=\"\\&quot;2000x1600\\&quot;\" data-image-focal-point=\"\\&quot;0.5,0.5\\&quot;\" data-load=\"\\&quot;false\\&quot;\" data-loader=\"\\&quot;sqs\\&quot;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"0display: block;\" src=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/ddf58907-fc78-4281-9f0b-a6c28b17adea\/LIMITED.png\\&quot;\" sizes=\"\\&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/ddf58907-fc78-4281-9f0b-a6c28b17adea\/LIMITED.png?format=100w\" alt=\"\\&quot;\\&quot;\" width=\"\\&quot;2000\\&quot;\" height=\"\\&quot;1600\\&quot;\" data-stretch=\"\\&quot;false\\&quot;\" data-image=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/636ea7e1f1c98358b43aea9f\/ddf58907-fc78-4281-9f0b-a6c28b17adea\/LIMITED.png\\&quot;\" data-image-dimensions=\"\\&quot;2000x1600\\&quot;\" data-image-focal-point=\"\\&quot;0.5,0.5\\&quot;\" data-load=\"\\&quot;false\\&quot;\" data-loader=\"\\&quot;sqs\\&quot;\" \/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><hr \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\\\"\\\" style=\\\"white-space:pre-wrap;\\\">One mother entrusted with the care of four children &#8211; what is a person to do when she only has one set of arms, one pair of eyes, and one physical body to care for and attend to the needs of FOUR little humans?  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