This morning I sat down early to catch up on my blog reading, I found a few quotes I just had to share. Since Thomas is currently sitting in my lap I'll let you ponder them on your own instead of adding in my own two cents.
Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. (Isaiah 49:15-16)
"we must walk by faith in our own homes, trusting in the guidance and wisdom of the Holy Spirit to show us every day how to best relate to our children. Our goal is to reach their hearts with the messages that are on His heart, and to transfer to them an understanding of his Kingdom and our stewardship as His children to be stewards of that message"
Sally Clarksen
"Now I’ll explain. I believe wholeheartedly that children need to feel valued, cherished, and loved. But think back to any other period of history other than the last 20-30 years. Do you think our grandparents or great-grandparents were concerned about spending one on one time with their children. Uh, no. I think that the idea of one on one time is a pop-culture idea that has come, in large part from secular psychology. I believe that it has come out of this crazy world that we live in where we are so busy in our two income families, or even just running from errand to errand and event to event, that our children were beginning to be neglected. We are so focused on ourselves and our own lives, that we are not allowing our kids to be kids. We are not allowing them to just BE.
Somewhere along the way, someone must have noticed this, and come up with this idea to artificially create “quality time” with our children by scheduling them one on one time with their parents. Otherwise, they’d never see them. In her book, In Praise of Stay At Home Moms, Dr. Laura says this:"Quality moments occur only when there is quantity time for them to spontaneously occur." "
http://www.courageoushomekeeping.com/featured/what-about-guilt/
Did you catch that? Marriage as a picture of the gospel wasn't an afterthought. It wasn't a backup plan. It was the purpose for marriage from the beginning. And God's purpose hasn't changed. Reflecting the gospel is God's ideal for all marriages at all times.
It is good. It is glorious. It is for the gospel.
http://www.girltalkhome.com/blog/gods-ideal-for-marriage
“People are like stained glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
that is when their true beauty is revealed,
only if there is a light from within.” Elizabeth Kubler Ross
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