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“The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.”
Proverbs 14:1
A messy, casual tea with friends over hours of talking, sharing dreams, confessing inner secret thoughts, being understood, loved—that is a gift. Wish you could have joined me!
I have prayed about the priorities the Lord has for me in the years ahead, and I I still want to leave a legacy of encouraging, teaching, coming alongside mothers who are in the trenches. I still think if is some of the most profound work of life.
Many years ago, I realized that because I was a mother, I was automatically under a different set of responsibilities than my unmarried friends or my married friends who had no children. With the privilege of bearing children comes the responsibility to commit wholeheartedly to the care of those children.
As a woman who has enjoyed a career of teaching, speaking, counseling, and writing, I have had to make many difficult decisions to cut my career opportunities in order to focus on my family priorities. However, I have come to realize that embracing God's call to the duties of motherhood doesn't diminish my abilities to use my gifts, strength, and training, but fulfills a part of God's design.
Loving my children, protecting them, building them into a godly heritage is a life's work worth far more than any money or status I might find in a career. If the mother who gave her children life is not willing to do what it takes to provide security, love, protection, instruction, and stability for her own children, then who will be willing to do so? Many will be as orphans in a crowded world, longing for the security they were supposed to find in their own family.
If we want to experience a sense of wholeness to our lives: we must understand His original design. We will then have a map by which to travel toward God's destination. We need to do more than understand. We must commit to living as mothers with undivided hearts—dedicating ourselves fully to the task of building a home, nurturing our children.
Lots of fun on Tea Time Tuesday today—children’s books, music, a brunch menu, a fun story—So glad to have you join me.