Encouragement Today ~ Mothering

Good Morning Sweet Friends,
A dear and wise friend of mine sent me an email yesterday and included this passage in it. I found such encouragement from it that I wanted to share it here as well. I sought her permission before reposting it and she graciously agreed with the hopes it encourages you as well.

This excerpt came from a mothering chapter in an Elizabeth George book.

 

1. A heart that prays - begin each by praying for your children - it benefits then in countless ways

2. A heart that provides - we provide motherly affection, food, clean clothing, and a safe home

3. A heart that is happy - children need to know that you will be happy. We need to be consistent with our moods.

Psalm 113:9 "He maketh the barren woman to keep house and to be a JOYFUL mother of children."

Are we "lighting up" when we see our children?

 

 

4. A heart that gives - do we give and serve with affection, warmth, and energy?

 
Three reasons to give:  

 
Give because it is your role ~  we give the smile, the cheerful greeting, the hug, the compliment, the encouragement, the praise, the time, the listening.

Do these things because you see your family as worth fighting for, you see mothering worth calling a career, worth the hard work of training a child in godliness, worth relentless tasks involved in running a home. - Mrs. Schaeffer

Give generously ~  "whatever a mother sows, that she will also reap."     Galations 6:7

Do I sow patience or impatience, faith or lack of faith, kindness or selfishness?

Give expecting nothing in return ~  we serve our children simply because God says to!

5. A heart of fun - if you lack this - develop a sense of humor!

I just want to encourage each of you - that when mothering and all the tasks involved seem to be just a check-list and you are feeling under appreciated, run-downed and tired - to remember that God has called us to mother joyfully. We were given this special job from our Father. Find your rest in Him and let Him restore your strength, your fight, and your desire to meet your children's need with joy.