Not an innate personality bent so much as a divine fruit of the Spirit, gentleness is something we receive from Christ and then pass on to our children—strength under control.

Just as we willingly (and repeatedly!) stand by to help our children get dressed, so is the Spirit pleased to help us daily put on Christ’s righteousness.

Instead of trying to control every outcome for our family, we can depend daily on the One who alone produces the fruitfulness we long for.

When we struggle with impatience as moms, we turn to Christ as our perfect example of patience and hope.

God’s faithfulness to us enables our faithfulness in motherhood.

It’s easy to tell our kids that “patience is a virtue,” but we need the work of the Holy Spirit to truly demonstrate it.

Joy doesn’t come from an ideal day of motherhood, it comes from the One who is sovereign over all of our days.

When we’d rather indulge ourselves and our sin, self-control is God’s grace working in us to love and serve like Christ.

No matter what is going on around us, we can have peace in motherhood because, in Christ, we have peace with God.

A good mother isn’t good because of what she does, but because of what Christ has done for her.

Moms can be gentle tools, used by the Lord to form our children into the image of Christ.