Praying
On September 10, 2019, at 12:41 PM, Renee O'Leske <larsen.renee@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Oh, Carrie, I am sorry. This is hard... praying for you!
On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 7:04 AM Elizabeth Lovelace
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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