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Ordinary Chores, Extraordinary Love: Imaging God’s Care for Us
God’s commitment to faithful, ordinary provision for his children infuses purpose and perspective into our own repetitive tasks and chores as moms.
Managing Multiple Callings in Motherhood
Remembering our identity in Christ and his care for us anchors us when we feel like we’re juggling many competing responsibilities in life.
Tending Your Garden
Whether your days are spent primarily in an office or at home (or in an office at home), you have been given meaningful work to do. The God of creation has given you the ministry of bearing his image, making disciples, and tending your garden.
God’s Unexpected Purpose for Motherhood
I don’t need to tell you that motherhood is hard work. It’s physically grueling, emotionally exhausting, and intellectually numbing. But one hardship we often overlook as moms is the challenge it makes to our sense of purpose.
Through the consuming trials of motherhood, we lose many of the earthly ways we used to understand the purpose of our lives before—we may no longer work out of the home, our friendships may change, our relationships with our husbands may differ as we make room for the family, and so on.
Because the challenges of motherhood strip away our old identity markers, we are tempted to replace them by finding our purpose in godly motherhood.
Although godly motherhood is valuable, it is not our purpose. It is not our first calling, but the result of it.
Our purpose is first and foremost to love God more.
Therefore, we don’t wrap our purpose up in our children—or in any other relationship. Roles and relationships don’t define who we are and why we are here. Only one relationship defines us: our relationship with God.
Dear Mommies, we are so much more than the summation of our children. His purpose for your motherhood is that you would know him better, love him more, depend completely on his strength, and understand his faithfulness in a new way.
Dishes and Desk Work: All Moms Work for the Glory of God
Whether you’re doing dishes or doing desk work, God has called all moms into the service of Christ within the context of their particular families. No matter what kinds of work we do, we can reflect the image of God who is always at work in the world and in our lives.
Motherhood Builds a Legacy of Glory for Eternity
I think every person has a desire to see results - to feel like something is happening from our efforts, that they're making a difference. We are a culture of instant gratification after all. But when all you're doing most of the day is picking up fuzz, crumbs and toys off the floor, it can be hard to see the value. It feels very ... small. But the truth is, motherhood is not small work. It is a slow process, one that isn't obvious or grand to the world - it takes stamina, patience and vision - but the results are things legacies are made of.
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