A Woman Who Perseveres

She is tired

but she works anyway

She is grumpy

but she smiles

She is busy

but she stops when she hears,

“look mom! look at me!”

She just wants nap time to be a little longer

but she greets her little ones with dancing eyes

instead of rolling ones.

She doesn’t feel like reading her bible today

good thing He is with her always

she reads it anyway

and it breathes life into her weary bones

it teaches her that to escape is to flee living

and He came to give us life

so even when she wants to escape

just for a day

she perseveres

in love

and she thanks her God

for the ability to live fully

for laughing souls

for a providing man

for warmth

and…

for coffee.

I’m learning, by grace, to become her.