Thank you for sharing!
On Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 18:32 Pamela Smith <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't know if any of you follow Ruth Chou Simons, but she had a great
way with words. This is in regards to motherhood, but the principles can be
applied in so many ways.
“I could try to persuade you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and
love your life and every aspect of motherhood. But you and I both know that
just muscling through in itself is unsustainable and will never produce
joy. It’s how and what we love that most shapes our joy.
...So learning to love what must be done—what is assigned for you to do as
a daughter of God, a wife, and a mother, what circumstances you have to
traverse—is not a form of self-help, attitude adjustment, or esteem
building. Rather, it’s choosing to do what Peter saw believers doing—preach
to ourselves the truth of how we’ve been rescued and then respond with
rejoicing in the here and now.
If faith in Christ means that we are new creations in Him, is it any
wonder…
…that we begin to love what he loves?
…that what he calls valuable, we learn to find worthy?
…that when the Scriptures tell us that we can do all things to the glory
of God, including the things we don’t desire to do, the things not
according to plan, the harder-than-we-can-stand things, the unwelcome
pain…that when they tell us, “whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31), we can and are empowered in
Christ to do just that?
The weary mom can become the persevering mom.
The impatient mom can wait with hope.
The numb mom can become compassionate.
The bitter mom can forgive.
Those who live a story they weren’t expecting—in the mundane or in
pain—can “rejoice with a joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
obtaining the outcome of your faith,” as Peter says, and learn to love what
must be done.”
More from Ruth Chou Simons, from GraceLaced, in today’s article!
https://www.risenmotherhood.com/blog/learning-to-love-what-must-be-done
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