What is Important to You

Shine for Jesus

Great Faith, Great Trouble

The Anchor That Holds

Saying Yes to One Thing Means Saying No to Something Else

I have been behind on catching up with some old emails. I finally had time to try to get caught up. The following are two devotionals that my mother sent me. How appropriate that I read them both on the same day because they go together.

I have learned (but needed to be reminded) that saying yes to one thing usually means I am saying no to something else. Sometimes, what I said no to is what I should have said yes to.

I pray you would read and ponder these thoughts shared by Pastor Rick Warren.

Learn to Pause and Pray Before Adding to Your Schedule

You Can Accomplish More By Doing Less

A Weak Mother

I read an article in one of my magazines that I thought was good enough to share. The article was reprinted in the magazine (with permission of course) from a site called, Desiring God.

Here is the portion that really struck me, but go to Desiring God to read the entire article-A Weak Mother is a Good Mother.

"This is so what I want: to know deep in my soul that a good mother is not one who bakes intricate treats, who schools a certain way, who manages her household within an inch of its life, or who has her children in a million wonderful activities. A good mother is one that acknowledges her need for the power of God to train and teach and change the hearts of her children.

The most important thing I can do for my children each day is to trust God and acknowledge my weakness, not rely on myself. He will take my meager offering and turn it into a miracle."

God Deserves Our Best

Submission

Who Am I, Lord?

Sending Our Children to Caesar

Worth More

Motivated by the Spirit

God Wants to do the Impossible

Perpetuating the Republic

Mother's Wages

Mother's Wages

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If I could charge a cent each time

I washed my children's clothes

Or tied a shoe or gave a bath

Or wiped a runny nose

Or made a bed or acted as

Their judge or referee

It could be possible that I

Could live in luxury.

If I were paid a nickel

For each diaper that I pinned

For every Band-Aid I've applied

When arms and legs were skinned

For every toy that I've picked up

And put back in its niche

There wouldn't be a single doubt

That I could be quite rich.

If just one dime would be my fee

For giving them a pill

For making meals or wiping 

The milk they often spill

For darning scores of tiny socks

For fixing things they break

It wouldn't  be too long before 

A fortune I would make.

Although it's true I don't receive

A solitary cent

Yet I'm repaid in many ways

For all the times I've spent

Their smiles, their love is my reward

For this unending care

And I am richer, yes-by far!

Than just a millionaire.

Everything is Sacred

Let Go and Let God

Become the Change

As God is Exalted

Become the Change