"If our devotion is to the cause of humanity, we will be quickly defeated and broken-hearted, since we will often be confronted with a great deal of ingratitude from other people. But if we are motivated by our love for God, no amount of ingratitude will be able to hinder us from serving one another."
~Oswald Chambers

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Your Children Want YOU!

I am ever grateful to my cousin, Debbie, for sharing this post with me in an email.  I have to safeguard myself against the pressure of what being a good mom looks like from the world's eyes.  I have managed to steer clear of Pintrest, because I know how damaging it will be to me, but still there are times I feel I fall short of being the best mom.  The truth is, God gave me sons, Joseph, Elijah and Titus. Therefore, because He doesn't make mistakes, He deems I am the BEST mom for them.  Yay!  My desire is to be the mom that God has called me to be, not the mom the world says that I should be.  I pray you are as blessed and encouraged by this article as I was when I read it.


There’s this crazy phenomenon going on right now. Good, devoted mothers get on Pinterest . . . and blogs . . . and Facebook . . . and Twitter . . . and then they flip through parenting magazines and TV channels (full of advertisements and media hype) . . . and they’re convinced they’re not enough.
They’re convinced that everyone else has magnetic, alphabetized spice containers,
Photo source: Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/pin/274086327292186801/)

and unless their garden parties are thematically accessorized with butterfly lanterns,
Photo source: Pinterest, http://tinyurl.com/6lsuurc

and they’re wearing the latest fashions (in a size two, of course), there’s no point in even showing up for the day.  continue reading here.
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Andrea said...

So glad I took time to read all of this and so grateful for your sharing it! Nearly had me in a puddle of tears:)~
Love you and I say we hold each other accountable to this great encouragement. Every now and then a little "Your children want YOU" would be good to hear, I think.

11:01 AM, April 18, 2012
Momofboys said...

Me too Andrea...i literally am holding back a lump in my throat as tears pool in my eyes. So many times I feel like I don't measure up that I don't give my family what they "deserve". I look around at what others are doing just as she said and say "wow that's great why am i not doing that" so thank you I truly needed to read this today. Love and hugs

4:10 PM, April 19, 2012

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