encouragement

I have been praying for a "mentor" or an older woman who I can watch and learn from when it comes to life and mothering. Well, I met two sweet women the other night and am excited about learning from them and talking with them in the future. Both of these ladies are on the tail end of their homeschool journey and are eager to share and encourage others. May I always be one to encourage and spur others on towards love and good deeds! (Hebrews 10:24)One of the ladies compiles quotes that have encouraged her over the years and I just LOVED them both and wanted to put them out there.


"Here is a sweet, fragrant mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God; and the body in which it dwells is worthy all it will cost, since it is the abode of a kingly tenant. I may see less of friends, but I have gained one dearer than them all, to whom, while I minister in God's name, I will make a willing sacrifice of what little leisure for my own recreation my other darlings had left me. Yes, my precious baby, you are welcome to your mother's heart, welcome to her time, her strength, her health, her tenderest cares, her life-long prayers! Oh, how rich I am, how truly, how wondrously blest!"
By Elisabeth Prentiss from http://girltalk.blogs.com/girltalk/motherhood/index.html

"Faith toward God is the foundation of effective mothering. Did you catch that? Here it is again: Faith toward God is the foundation of effective mothering. Success as a mother doesn’t begin with hard work or sound principles or consistent discipline (as necessary as these are). It begins with God: His character, His faithfulness, His promises, His sovereignty. And as our understanding of these truths increases, so will our faith for mothering. You see, it is relatively easy to implement new practices in parenting. But if our practices (no matter how useful) aren’t motivated by faith, they will be fruitless."
By Carolyn Mahaney from http://girltalk.blogs.com/girltalk/motherhood/index.html