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Mother’s Classic———(Feeding What Feeds You)🫧
<p>I came across something recently that left me thinking.</p><p><br/></p><p>There is a substance in breast milk called Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs). It is the third most abundant solid component in breast milk, yet a baby cannot digest it.</p><p><br/></p><p>At first, that sounds like poor design.</p><p><br/></p><p>Why would a mother’s body produce so much of something her child cannot even use?</p><p><br/></p><p>Then I learned something beautiful.</p><p><br/></p><p>HMOs were never meant to feed the baby directly. They were designed to feed the good bacteria living inside the baby’s gut. Those bacteria, once nourished, help protect the baby from disease, strengthen the immune system, and build an environment where the child can thrive.</p><p><br/></p><p>In other words, the baby benefits from something it never consumes.</p><p><br/></p><p>That thought stayed with me.</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps life has always worked this way.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not everything prepared for you is meant to satisfy you immediately. Some things are sent ahead—not to feed you, but to feed the systems that will eventually sustain you.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some relationships don’t change your life because they stay. They change your life because they cultivate something within you.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some jobs don’t make you wealthy. They make you capable.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some seasons don’t make you happy. They make you ready.</p><p><br/></p><p>We often judge value by direct results. If I can’t use it now, if I can’t see the benefit today, I assume it serves no purpose.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nature quietly disagrees.</p><p><br/></p><p>A mother produces something her child cannot digest because the child needs something deeper than food. The child needs an environment where life can flourish.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe that’s true for us too.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe some of the prayers that seem unanswered are simply nourishing places we cannot yet see.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe some delays are feeding the roots before growing the branches.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe the greatest blessings in our lives are not the ones that touch us directly, but the unseen provisions working tirelessly beneath the surface.</p><p><br/></p><p>I’ve realized that not every gift is designed for immediate gratification.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some gifts are designed to prepare the ground before the harvest.</p><p><br/></p><p>And perhaps that is one of the quietest expressions of love: providing not only for what someone needs today, but also for what will keep them alive tomorrow.</p>
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