Mothering Prayer
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On Friday, February 23 rd, 2007“…and with him comes my own heart.” Philemon 1:12 “…the child’s most fixed and dominant habits are those which the mother takes no pains about, but which the child picks up for himself through his close observation of all that is said and done, felt and thought, in his home.” ~Charlotte Mason Father, these children will take my heart and my example out into the wo...
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This is Your Life
On Wednesday, February 14 th, 2007“I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the LORD your God,by obeying His voice,and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life… “ ~Deu. 30:20
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Today’s Mothering Prayer: The Purpose
On Tuesday, February 13 th, 2007“The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a genuine faith.” ~1 Tim. 1:5 Lord, there it is: the point of my instruction in this home. Love. And Love can only come from Pure hearts, Clear Consciences, A Genuine Faith. Will You instruct me on how to instruct them in what the pu...
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moreToday’s Mothering Prayer: Why we do what we do…
On Wednesday, January 10 th, 2007“We want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship with Christ.That’s why I work and struggle, so hard,depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.” ~Col. 3:28 Lord, the flakes are falling softly here, in the morning quiet. I will work and struggle today… it will be hard.But what will work in me will be grea...
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Today’s Mothering Prayer
On Monday, January 08 th, 2007“Look, I have put my words in your mouth!” ~Jeremiah 1:9 They will press in today. It will get loud in here. There will be bickering. Tears. A meltdown or two. Put Your words in my mouth today, Father—what Your heart would express to these little ones. So they may know You, and Your love. “He could if He chose, repair our bodies miraculously without fo...
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moreTracks…
On Sunday, December 10 th, 2006From the archives and published in “The Gift of Family Writing”…. I thought of tracks again today as I looked out the windows…their first snowmobile tracks of the season, rides from a friend. I am glad to return to the quiet of cross-country ski tracks and footprints pushing giant snowballs… Today is the first fall of the season. Wh...
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moreHome: Filling and Pouring
On Thursday, December 07 th, 2006In the cool early of summer mornings, before the smothering heat of the July day seeps in, I haul a hose around to lavateras and hollyhocks, waking in their beds. Spray nozzle lost once again by curious, wandering children, I walk along with hose, continually filling the old aluminum water can, tilted to offer gentle morning showers to the flowers. I chuckle to...
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moreToday’s Mothering Prayer: Under the Wing
On Friday, December 01 st, 2006Heavenly Father….Thank you for bringing us into a new day…. how today we want to dwell in the shadow of Your wing, to feel Your warmth, Lord… to derive our strength from the essence of You. Today will have trying times… times when our flesh wants to give way…. then pull us close, Lord… remind us of Your presence in these...
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moreLove Song
On Thursday, November 30 th, 2006As a teen, I used to sing love songs, dreaming.Now in middle-age, (yes, it is that time already) I am singing the only genuine love song. The words are radical, transformative, supernatural. We sing daily as we clear the dishes… I am trying to wrap my head, my life around this kind of true love: Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love doe...
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moreBlotted Secrets
On Wednesday, November 29 th, 2006“In these pages I tell secrets about…myself because I believe that it is not only more honest but vastly more interesting than to pretend that I have no such secrets to tell. I not only have my secrets, I am my secrets. And you are your secrets. Our secrets are human secrets, and our trusting each other enough to share them has much to do with the secret o...
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moreAll His
On Wednesday, November 29 th, 2006From the pen and heart of Madeleine L’Engle: “In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there’s no...
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moreThe Gift: Use it
On Saturday, November 25 th, 2006There are some gifts I have unwrapped, like that glass reindeer salt and pepper shaker set from a most kind uncle who shall, out of respect, remain nameless, over which I have smiled sweetly, expressed genuine gratitude…. and quietly set a storage room shelf in the basement, never to use. I can receive a gift, accept a gift, acknowledge the gift, be thank...
