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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
About Life4Him-Moms Encouraging Moms: Being a mom can be...
About Life4Him-Moms Encouraging Moms: Being a mom can be...: I want to share just two words about being a mom.... It's hard! Sometimes it seems like moms are the good guys, but unfortunately a lot of...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Being a mom can be...
I want to share just two words about being a mom.... It's hard!
Sometimes it seems like moms are the good guys, but unfortunately a lot of the time, moms seem like the bad guys. Sometimes, we have to say things that would be easier to leave unsaid and sometimes we make mistakes and jump to conclusions that are incorrect. There are even times when we say and do the wrong thing, thinking it was the right thing...yet, sadly, it is still the wrong thing and it crushes their spirit. It's funny that the most rewarding job in the world is also one of the hardest jobs. We plan and work to try to make our children's lives wonderful, but sometimes wonderful just doesn't happen...and life is difficult instead.
One thing that I have learned through the years is that even when being a mom can be hard, it is worth any headache that it can bring. No one can fill your shoes for your sons and daughters except you, so even though it would be easier to give up...Even though it would be easier to give in... And even though it would be easier to ignore the difficult things...It is still great to be a mom and to have been given the responsibility of loving and raising our children...If it were easy, it wouldn't really be such a huge honor to have been entrusted with the children that God gave us....So, when life seems overwhelming and being a mom seems like a job for someone else, remember that God chose you because He knew that you were the right woman for the job. Whether you gave birth to your sons and daughters or whether you were chosen to adopt your sons or daughters, He knew it would be you that would be pouring your life into your children. He knew, so He can be trusted to help you through any difficulties you might face as a mom.
We can trust Him. He can carry our burdens. He can help us be the best mom we can be.
Sometimes it seems like moms are the good guys, but unfortunately a lot of the time, moms seem like the bad guys. Sometimes, we have to say things that would be easier to leave unsaid and sometimes we make mistakes and jump to conclusions that are incorrect. There are even times when we say and do the wrong thing, thinking it was the right thing...yet, sadly, it is still the wrong thing and it crushes their spirit. It's funny that the most rewarding job in the world is also one of the hardest jobs. We plan and work to try to make our children's lives wonderful, but sometimes wonderful just doesn't happen...and life is difficult instead.
One thing that I have learned through the years is that even when being a mom can be hard, it is worth any headache that it can bring. No one can fill your shoes for your sons and daughters except you, so even though it would be easier to give up...Even though it would be easier to give in... And even though it would be easier to ignore the difficult things...It is still great to be a mom and to have been given the responsibility of loving and raising our children...If it were easy, it wouldn't really be such a huge honor to have been entrusted with the children that God gave us....So, when life seems overwhelming and being a mom seems like a job for someone else, remember that God chose you because He knew that you were the right woman for the job. Whether you gave birth to your sons and daughters or whether you were chosen to adopt your sons or daughters, He knew it would be you that would be pouring your life into your children. He knew, so He can be trusted to help you through any difficulties you might face as a mom.
We can trust Him. He can carry our burdens. He can help us be the best mom we can be.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Enjoying God's Blessings!!
Last night, Monday night, was such a blessing to me. I just love it when God reveals something to me that I wasn't looking for or even expecting at the time. You know how sometimes you pray and pray about something and you wait as patiently as you can for God to show you the answers. Then, as you pray and ponder about it, He leads you down a path for you to understand what He wants you to do. Sometimes, He speaks to you as you read scripture and sometimes He speaks as you listen to godly mentors...
Yesterday, after I participated in a Bible Study on raising sons, God revealed something to me that felt huge...The blessings I'm experiencing today are the blessings that I began praying for many, many years ago! He showed me that many of the things that are being taught in the study were things that He had shown me when I was a young mom and our family has been living out, in many ways, ever since that time. He has been leading me every step along the way. I'm so thankful to the Lord for reminding me that I am now experiencing the answers to many of the prayers that my husband and I prayed for my boys when they were much younger. I know that the process of praying for my sons is not over, but the blessing of realizing where we were when they were younger and where we are now in our walk with the Lord was a huge revelation to me. Years of feeling overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising them against the tide of the mainstream world was definitely exhausting, but was, and still is, well worth the cost.
Years of letting my children be children and play for hours on end has paid off with sons and daughters that love "family" and the joy that comes from being all together. It has also contributed to having children who realize that people are more important than schedules. I am now getting to live in the presence of some of my children who are all grown up or are close to being all grown up who are stronger and wiser than I ever was...who deal with adversity in a more Godly way than I ever did and who bless me daily with spiritual conversations.
Why do I want you to know of the blessings that God has been giving to me...It is simple...I know that many of the mothers that will be reading this are young and have young children and I just want to say at the top of my lungs...
Don't give up!!! Don't think, for a minute, that your love, prayers and sacrifices for the sake of your children's spiritual growth are all a waste of time. There will hopefully come a day when you will be able to look back and proclaim, "Praise you, Lord, for blessing me with young men and women who love YOU more than anything."
Even when you see darkness instead of light...Even when you think you are the only one who feels the way you do about raising children...Even when you think that there is nobody who can fix the things that you think you have made a mess of...Don't give up!!!
There is HOPE! Look to the Word of God...Look for Godly guidance to become the parent that God wants you to be... Keep using tools like good, solid Bible studies on parenting. Don't think that you are supposed to know everything already for every stage of parenting. Realize that you will make mistakes along the way. Be willing to learn and change the direction you are going if it isn't the path God wants you on and keep praying for God's wisdom!!!
My hope for you is that God will shower you with blessings today and every day to come and that you will recognize each and every blessing!!!
Yesterday, after I participated in a Bible Study on raising sons, God revealed something to me that felt huge...The blessings I'm experiencing today are the blessings that I began praying for many, many years ago! He showed me that many of the things that are being taught in the study were things that He had shown me when I was a young mom and our family has been living out, in many ways, ever since that time. He has been leading me every step along the way. I'm so thankful to the Lord for reminding me that I am now experiencing the answers to many of the prayers that my husband and I prayed for my boys when they were much younger. I know that the process of praying for my sons is not over, but the blessing of realizing where we were when they were younger and where we are now in our walk with the Lord was a huge revelation to me. Years of feeling overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising them against the tide of the mainstream world was definitely exhausting, but was, and still is, well worth the cost.
Years of letting my children be children and play for hours on end has paid off with sons and daughters that love "family" and the joy that comes from being all together. It has also contributed to having children who realize that people are more important than schedules. I am now getting to live in the presence of some of my children who are all grown up or are close to being all grown up who are stronger and wiser than I ever was...who deal with adversity in a more Godly way than I ever did and who bless me daily with spiritual conversations.
Why do I want you to know of the blessings that God has been giving to me...It is simple...I know that many of the mothers that will be reading this are young and have young children and I just want to say at the top of my lungs...
Don't give up!!! Don't think, for a minute, that your love, prayers and sacrifices for the sake of your children's spiritual growth are all a waste of time. There will hopefully come a day when you will be able to look back and proclaim, "Praise you, Lord, for blessing me with young men and women who love YOU more than anything."
Even when you see darkness instead of light...Even when you think you are the only one who feels the way you do about raising children...Even when you think that there is nobody who can fix the things that you think you have made a mess of...Don't give up!!!
There is HOPE! Look to the Word of God...Look for Godly guidance to become the parent that God wants you to be... Keep using tools like good, solid Bible studies on parenting. Don't think that you are supposed to know everything already for every stage of parenting. Realize that you will make mistakes along the way. Be willing to learn and change the direction you are going if it isn't the path God wants you on and keep praying for God's wisdom!!!
My hope for you is that God will shower you with blessings today and every day to come and that you will recognize each and every blessing!!!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
About Life4Him-Moms Encouraging Moms: From "moms of sons" to "moms of seniors"
About Life4Him-Moms Encouraging Moms: From "moms of sons" to "moms of seniors": Hello everyone! I thought I'd give a little update on Moms Encouraging Moms. Last night a group of mothers of sons met to begin a six week B...
From "moms of sons" to "moms of seniors"
Hello everyone! I thought I'd give a little update on Moms Encouraging Moms. Last night a group of mothers of sons met to begin a six week Bible/book study on "5 Conversations You Must Have With your Sons." I was excited to be able to attend it and I'm looking forward to all that I'm going to learn. One of the reasons that I was so excited about it was because of all who were there. When we met for our first Mom's meeting a while back to evaluate the needs of the mothers in our church, one of the biggest needs mentioned was how to parent boys and raise them to be godly men. One of the blessings to me about the Bible/book study was that the women who asked for encouragement in this area actually came and an added blessing was that many other women came, too!
Sadly, our society is failing our boys... We, (their mothers), must take an active role in teaching them and guiding them to go against the way of the world and become the men of God that He created them to be. God has blessed us with the privilege of raising them and with that privilege comes a huge responsibility. It can be daunting at times, but so worth it in the long run. Praise the Lord for all of the moms who are striving to raise up godly men!!!!
Speaking of raising our children to adulthood...
I am beginning to plan another evening for Moms Encouraging Moms. I don't have the date or time yet, but I'll tell you the topic now....I would like for any moms of seniors to have a time to meet together and talk about our changing roles as our students graduate. It's an emotional time for me as a mother to Bethany, my graduating senior, who is supposed to still be 10 years old. I think we would all benefit from talking together about how fast the time has gone and how to be handle and encourage each other along the way in the coming months. I'm looking for a home and a date to meet. If you think this would benefit you or if you would like to host the evening, let me know. I think maybe a Tuesday evening for about an hour or so might be good, or maybe a Saturday morning brunch. I'd like for it to be soon because life is just going to get busier in the next few weeks. Let's try to make it happen:)
Sadly, our society is failing our boys... We, (their mothers), must take an active role in teaching them and guiding them to go against the way of the world and become the men of God that He created them to be. God has blessed us with the privilege of raising them and with that privilege comes a huge responsibility. It can be daunting at times, but so worth it in the long run. Praise the Lord for all of the moms who are striving to raise up godly men!!!!
Speaking of raising our children to adulthood...
I am beginning to plan another evening for Moms Encouraging Moms. I don't have the date or time yet, but I'll tell you the topic now....I would like for any moms of seniors to have a time to meet together and talk about our changing roles as our students graduate. It's an emotional time for me as a mother to Bethany, my graduating senior, who is supposed to still be 10 years old. I think we would all benefit from talking together about how fast the time has gone and how to be handle and encourage each other along the way in the coming months. I'm looking for a home and a date to meet. If you think this would benefit you or if you would like to host the evening, let me know. I think maybe a Tuesday evening for about an hour or so might be good, or maybe a Saturday morning brunch. I'd like for it to be soon because life is just going to get busier in the next few weeks. Let's try to make it happen:)
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