Wisdom from Above

"If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you.  He will not rebuke you for asking."  James 1:5

I have to tell you from the start, that in writing these devotions/blogs, I am totally out of my comfort zone.  I am in no way an expert at breastfeeding, but I do have a calling to do it.  Several months ago, God started nudging me to write devotions for breastfeeding moms.  I first thought it would be in a book form, so I starting brainstorming topics and gathering materials.  Yet I kept putting off writing any form of a complete devotional....I was fearful.  I feared that I don't have the kind of wisdom or knowledge it takes to create a nursing devotional.
Through a Bible study I am doing, the book of James has been showing me that all the wisdom we need comes from above.  Not wisdom from ourselves, or from others....just from Him.  So, I started.  As I was looking for scriptural material for this devotion, I came upon the lyrics of the old hymn "Trust and Obey".  By no means am I lover of old hymns, but the its words speak volumes to the amount of trust we need to have in Christ, and the imperative need for us to obey all He calls us to do.
You may be sitting there reading this (and possibly nursing your precious baby at this very moment) questioning whether you have the wisdom it takes to nurse your little one through all the struggles.  Will I have wisdom to handle let-down frustrations?  Will I have the wisdom needed to jump the hurdles of low milk supply?  Will I have the wisdom for anything that comes my way?  The answer is YES!  God has called you to breastfeed your baby.  Trust and obey.  He is all you need in your times of need.
Whenever I doubt in my ability to continue nursing my daughter, I have to remind myself that there were not books like "What to Expect The First Year", or the aid of a lactation consultants hundreds of years ago....yet, women were breastfeeding their babies....and they were successful at it.  God gave them wisdom and He will give you wisdom too.  Like James 1:5 says, you just have to ask Him for it.  We don't need self-confidence....we need God-confidence.  "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'  Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me." 2 Corinthians 12:9.
I encourage you today to have peace in knowing that God has all the wisdom you need, and He is so ready to give it to you...just ask Him for it.

Suggested Prayer:
Dear God,  I come to you asking for wisdom.  I am struggling with__________.  I don't have the wisdom in me to handle all that comes with nursing this beautiful baby you have given me.  I do know you have ALL the wisdom I need.  Please grant me the peace and discernment that I need.  Speak to me and guide me in the direction you want me to go.  I love you Lord, and I thank you in advance for the answers you are going to give me.  Amen.

Link to "Trust and Obey" lyrics http://4praise.com/cgi-bin/files/lyr/2699.htm
Link to "Trust and Obey" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVoVD8kLiY