Sunday, February 17, 2013

Passionate for parenting

God can put a parenting yearning in your heart. That is rarely the motivation for becoming a parent. Certainly, your father and I were not aware that we needed the call of God to become parents. We were not surprised at the imminence of the events, when it happened. We studied and listened to tapes and sermons on the subject of parenting and made it our hobby to be parents who participated in the molding of our children. All of this can only put the tools in your hands. I dare you, dear child to put your heart into the relationships that God has planted in your heart already. Ask God for help and strength to be the best sister and daughter and see if He doesn't complete your life with the blessing of children to rear and mold. Making a living and mothering a living, is a calling from God. I dare you to target that goal as much as the beauty that you embrace and embellish. "Let your adorning be the adorning of a meek and quiet spirit; which is of the Lord of great price!" When the time comes...