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Sep 14, 2012

Thirty Devotions for Mothers

Welcome! Because I am a young budding homeschooling mom I feel its nice to share encouraging things  with you. BUT I haven't been doing this: mothering, schooling, wife-ing long enough to share my own advice. Therefore, I think it more wise to share positive things with you (and with myself) to remind myself to rely on women who have, the proverbial, 'been there, done that.' Here are thirty devotions all of which I really like and am truly encouraged by them.

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Mother kissing her child
1. Motherhood: A Rigorous Training Ground

What an awesome responsibility mothers have to their children. Cultural stereotypes promote the idea that giving birth miraculously endows a women with kindness, compassion, and goodness. But we all know better. Many of us can witness that we are made more aware of our weaknesses and impatience after becoming mothers than we were before. Godliness and generosity are not prerequisites of giving birth; they are characteristics that God hones and whittles into our characters over time. Motherhood provides a rigorous training ground where we can daily practice and model the disciplines of love, honesty, and compassion before our children.

Dear God, help me to teach my child what it means to be a Christian by my example every day. Amen.
---Rebecca Laird

Grace to You,
Jenna

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