Up until I got married, I used these skills and talents to make a living for myself. I did things like open up an Etsy shop and work with children. I had a heart for the home years ago and was doing these things to get by until I could one day stay at home as a wife.
Now that I am married and this dream of being at home has been finally given to me, I have still felt unsure. Unsure that I was not being known. I have these gifts that need to be used elsewhere. Somewhere where people will see me, know me, and affirm me.
Thoughts and pressures would fill my mind of things I could do…things I am good at. But every time I would stop to really consider it, I would become overwhelmed. I felt like I was not being true to my calling at home. I felt conflicted yet I felt unknown.
I cried, I prayed, I stressed. I needed to find where I could be known.
It was then that I realized that I did not need to be known by the world. But instead to embrace that I am known by my Heavenly Father and that I am known by my husband. And suddenly I realized I did not need to be known for anything else.
