So sorry, Carrie. Sending hugs.
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 6:56 AM, Carrie Hub<carriehub060300@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
More and more I am hearing phrases about how the Gospel changes our everyday
life. This is a good example, and I needed to hear it. Thanks, Pam.
Pray for me. With Charity leaving, the 7th anniversary of our lost little one's
birth, and busyness, I am edgy and grumpy, but wanting so to love those in my
sphere (for God and for them).
On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 12:13 AM Renee O'Leske <larsen.renee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, thanks for sharing, Pam!
By the way, happy anniversary Chris and Liz!! Been thinking about you all &
praying for you.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 10:47 Bonnie Bayless <bbayless5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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