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1 " The nearness of God is our good. And the trials we endure in this fallen world awaken us to this truth. "
― Tony Reinke , Mom Enough: The Fearless Mother's Heart and Hope
2 " Recognize the cost is your life, and willingly lay yourself down. The world hates the smell of that sacrifice, because it is the smell of grace. They hate it because it is the smell of something living and burning at the same time—something that is impossible without a risen Savior. "
3 " By God’s grace, I can resist the temptation to treat my children as interruptions to my will for my life. Instead, God enables me to treat my children as precious gifts he is using to shape me into his image according to his will for my life. "
4 " Live the gospel in the things that no one sees. Sacrifice for your children in places that only they will know. Put their value ahead of yours. Grow them up in the clean air of gospel living. "
5 " A busy mother’s day produces millions of transformations. Dirty children become clean, hungry children fed, tired children rested. Almost every task a mother performs in the course of a normal day can be considered a transformation. Dirty clothes to clean, unhappy children to peaceful, empty fridge to full. Every day we fight against disorder, filth, starvation, and lawlessness, and some days we almost succeed. "
6 " we are tempted to terror and anxiety, until we cling in dependency on the promises of God. "
7 " We tend to forget about tomorrow and eternity when our days are filled with the tyranny of the urgent. "
8 " God always has been, and always will be, God enough. The battle is over, whether or not I believe it, and whether or not I delight in God’s enough-ness. "
9 " motherhood isn’t a task to be checked off like laundry. It is a calling. "
10 " It is easy to think you have a heart for orphans on the other side of the world, but to resent the demands of the children in your living room. You cannot have a heart for the gospel and fussiness about your life at the same time. "
11 " Through Christ, God offers us grace in our mothering. He takes our meager efforts and produces spiritual fruit in us and in our children. He is enough. "
12 " When we look back at God’s past faithfulness to us, it gives us confidence and hope in his future faithfulness. "
13 " Look at your children in faith, and see how many people will be ministered to by your ministering to them. "