Breakin’ in My New Boots

I feel like I’m breaking in a new pair of boots. Although they are cute and stylish boots, they are a little uncomfortable and will take some time to get used to.

These new boots represent a new season for me. A season of change and a whole lot of newness.

My personal new season, my new pair of boots, is motherhood.

Yes, I recently announced that I am pregnant with our first babe {Yippee!}.

Although I have many friends and family members who have traveled this path before me, it’s still a new experience for me. I feel like I’ve just put on a new pair of cute {albeit slightly uncomfortable} boots and I’m beginning my journey, one step at a time.

Recently, like many of you, I had the pleasure of reading Desperate by Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson. Even though this book opened my eyes to the MANY unknowns of motherhood; I left feeling encouraged and hopeful. I felt encouraged because I realized I don’t have to embark on this journey alone. I don’t have to travel this trail in stiff boots that are bound to give me blisters; I can walk beside a friend, someone who has gone before me, who can guide me along this mysterious path as I break in my new boots.

We’ve all been in these boots before. Maybe they aren’t the boots of motherhood, but maybe they are the boots of a new home, a new city, a new job, a new blog. Maybe they are the boots of a new relationship, one that is perhaps headed towards marriage. No matter what new boots we find ourselves in, there is always someone who has broken in boots similar to ours before we try them on.

We don’t have to break in our boots alone.

In fact, we should never go it alone.  The beauty of relationships is modeled in the Trinity; the very partnership and relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How can we not see that this is the way we are to live?

My heart has grown passionate about sharing in the burdens that make up the journey that is life.  Now I don’t mean to suggest life is merely a series of struggles, but during our times of need we tend to isolate ourselves, closing doors in our trials, fears, and pain.  Yet many have walked similar paths.  Many can bring Light into our personal darkness, many can shed Light on the unknowns in life.

All we have to do is ask someone to journey alongside us.

The Allume community is about encouraging women to walk in the Light, encouraging each other to boldly step into our individual callings, to walk confidently and comfortably in our boots, and above all, support one another as those new boots are broken in.

Ladies, let’s not let each other break in our boots alone, let’s do this life together.

What new boots are you walking in today? What kind of support and/or encouragement do you need? Who could you ask to journey alongside you? 

By Mandy Scarr