Ouch… a Painful Look in the Mirror

| October 24, 2011

A convicting read over at Raising Homemakers: What is my own attitude telling them that I really believe at this moment? That my Jesus isn’t big enough to calm the storm in my own heart, to empower me with self-control to hold my tongue and watch my temper? That being interrupted to have to train and discipline [...]

Quote of the Week ~ Oct. 21, 2011

| October 21, 2011

“‎As He is, so are we also in this world.” You must take the manger, or you shall never take the throne; you must have the cross, or you shall never wear the crown; you must be despised and rejected, or you shall never be accepted and crowned; you must wade through the mire, or [...]

Motherhood is Application

| October 10, 2011

Excellent insight from Rachel Jankovic: The good news is, you don’t need to have been through some elite mother’s training camp to apply the gospel in your life. You need to believe. Trust God, give thanks. Laugh. Believe — and that will feed your children. Rest in God, and your children will learn to. Extend [...]

Motherhood Is a Calling (And Where Your Children Rank)

| July 14, 2011

 A must read. This beautful and powerful post from Rachel Jankovic  reminds us that in dying, we truly live: But a Christian should have a different paradigm. We should run to to the cross. To death. So lay down your hopes. Lay down your future. Lay down your petty annoyances. Lay down your desire to be [...]

The Royalty of God

| July 14, 2011

From Jess at Making Home, a wonderful reminder of the servanthood of our Saviour and the example He set for us: A King had sent His Son to save the peasants, and not only that– that Son took “the form of a servant”. Christ– the Messiah, the hoped-for King– took the role of a humble [...]

Physician Wholeheartedly Gives Up Medical Practice to Be a Wife and Mother of Eight Children for the Glory of God!

| March 21, 2011

This is a wonderfully inspiring testimony from a woman who gave up the temporary prestige of a career for the noble and eternal work of a wife and mother: This is not a story that the feminists want you to hear. Despite their appeals for a women’s choice, the idea that and “intelligent, educated, woman” would [...]

The End of Not Me

| March 16, 2011

Self sacrifice does not come easily to our naturally selfish natures and is not encouraged in our “Me-First ” culture. It is, however, a virtue and discipline that must be learned and practiced – and the sooner the better. To be like Christ we must die to self, and there we find true joy.  Here are some [...]