"Your body is the first thing any child of man ever wanted. Therefore dispose yourself to be loved, to be wanted, to be available. Be there for them with a vengeance. Be a gracious, bending woman. Incline your ear, your heart, your hands to them.... To be a Mother is to be the sacrament - the effective symbol - of place. Mothers do not make homes, they are our home." from Bed and Board, Robert Farrar Capon

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Blog Post Recommended - Gel Pen Faith

This post from the Femina blog  encouraged me once again in my vocation as a mother and homemaker. It is a good reminder of our priorities in normal, ordinary, daily life.  Below is an excerpt, but I think the whole post is worth reading.

"When push comes to shove and it is either the house or the kids, God chooses the kids, and He tells me to. When it is the laundry all done or the kids all loved, it had better be the kids."

"Of course God is honored when I am combining joy with closet organizing. Laughter with clean floors. Gratitude with getting all the dishes done. But you know what? If something has got to go around our house, it better not be my attitude. Because that is the one thing that God actually told me to keep track of."
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5 comments:

  1. AubriOctober 9, 2013 at 7:50 PM

    Thank you so much for sharing that post. Truly what I'm learning right now and so hard, or at least what a Loving Father is wanting me to learn. I'm 4 weeks from birthing my 6th baby in 6 years and scared out of my mind about how to handle all the work, love, servitude, etc that comes with mothering 6 children 5 and under. And knowing that in a few more months I may be pregnant again with baby #7 if He wills that.

    So it's good to be reminded again and again that I CAN'T DO IT. I am actually too week. But HE isn't.

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    1. JaneOctober 12, 2013 at 8:29 AM

      May The Lord bless you as you await the arrival of your new baby.

      Grace and peace be unto you.

      Jane

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  2. RahRahOctober 16, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    http://www.familylife.com/audio An interview with Rachel...one of three I think?

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    1. Mary POctober 16, 2013 at 4:09 PM

      Thanks Sarah! I'll definitely be listening to those over the next few days :-)

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  3. CathyNovember 2, 2013 at 5:32 PM

    "If something has to go, it better not be my attitude, because that is the one thing God actually told me to keep track of." I'm so glad she said that. Many, many times, my husband took the pressure off of me by reminding me that his priority was that I enjoy the kids, and have an atmosphere of peace and joy in the house--not having all the housework "done"(which it never is with lots of little ones.)

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