Sunday, September 21, 2008



You may place upon the brow of a true wife and mother the greenest laurels; you may crowd her hands with civic honors; but, after all, to her there will be no place like home, and the crown of her motherhood will be more precious than the diadem of a queen ~ Francis E.W. Harper, Enlightened Motherhood

Thursday, September 11, 2008

A woman's heart should be so close to GOD that a man should have to chase HIM to find her!
~CS Lewis~


May I cultivate a heart that follows hard after my Father so that I am submissive and respectful not only to my heavenly husband, but my earthly one as well. For in that manner I am living the gospel in the truest sense. In this way I am "exercising myself toward godliness" (1 Tim 4:7)

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

"I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him.
I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me."
- J. Hudson Taylor
How often do we find our own agenda's taking precident over what God's will for us in our lives...Father God, help me today to wait for you, ask you before I even take one step, so that I will be walking moment by moment in YOUR will, not mine!

More on Gratitude

When it comes to life the critical things is whether
you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. ~GK Chesterson

  • No tears in school this past week

  • New Mercies every morning!

  • The Smell of breakfast as I feed hungry bellies

  • Sleepy morning hugs from precious children

Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues but the parent of all others. Cicero, 106-46 BC

Monday, September 8, 2008

Gratitude
How often do I go thru my day rushing from one thing to another, not stoping to notice the ways the LORD blesses me and my family. Gratitude is giving thanks for how well we are loved. I desire for that attitude to be my personal soul fixture. At any moment I can CHOOSE to have an attitude of gratitude, a posture of grace, commitment to joy. And what an effect that attitude and outlook has on my home as I go about the calling the Lord has placed on my life. Sometimes it simply and beautifully overwhelms me at how much my Abba Father loves me. I do not desire for those moments and memories to pass me by and so I begin a list...a list of things I am grateful for, so that I never forget and so the generations that come after will always remember.

  • My kind, merciful, loving Abba, daddy

  • The cool morning and waters drops on green grass after a early fall rain

  • The amazing, deep love and respect of a godly husband

  • The fresh and earthy smell of the rosemary growing in the garden

  • Watching my children's awe as they inspect the new growth each morning in the garden

  • Blessed friends to walk with on the journey of life.

Saturday, September 6, 2008



"Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and to bring Him nearer to our own image. The flesh whimpers against the rigor of God's inexorable sentence and begs for a little mercy, a little indulgence of its carnal ways.


It is no use. We can get a right start only by accepting God as He is and learning to love Him for what He is. As we go on to know Him better we shall find it a source of unspeakable joy that God is just what He is. Some of the most rapturous moments we know will be those we spend in reverent admiration of the Godhead. In those holy moments, the very thought of change in Him will be too painful to endure."


A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God