A wonderful and thought-provoking post on reading the bible for all of us stay at home mothers, and finding daily inspiration, motivation and encouragement in doing so, for ourselves, our children and families. Beautifully written.
Cultivating Home: My unscientific way of reading the Bible: "If you are a sinner, like me, relying on our own guidance to get us through each day is not an pleasant option. God's Word to me is so much. I don't pick up my Bible in the quiet of each morning because of guilt or unseen obligation but because it is life and breath of my day. Keeping God's words settled in my mind and heart from the start of each day is what gives me strength as a mother. I think this is what people sense when they comment to me that I 'must have a special gift to raise children'. It's no special, only for Hannah thing, its the life and breath and sustenance available to any believer or unbeliever for what God has called you to do - and so I find myself gritting my teeth to bare comments like that one. Meditating, or keeping near in my mind, the words of strength and life of God is such an empowering, peace bringing thing."
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