Comments on: More Grace for Mothers http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:23:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Monica http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-5315 Monica Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:46:59 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-5315 This reminds me of how I felt after reading about mothers and daughters and how careful I need to be to not be harder on my daughters than on sons. I have three daughters and no sons, but I can see myself being too demanding of them, especially my oldest, and I've been convicted for a while of the need to show her grace as I have been shown grace. Thanks for this extra reminder. This reminds me of how I felt after reading about mothers and daughters and how careful I need to be to not be harder on my daughters than on sons. I have three daughters and no sons, but I can see myself being too demanding of them, especially my oldest, and I’ve been convicted for a while of the need to show her grace as I have been shown grace. Thanks for this extra reminder.

]]> By: Sara http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1689 Sara Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:35:54 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1689 I ask for wisdom every day. I have to with three boys 6 and under! Even then, I still fall short of what God calls me to be as a mother. Then I get on my knees at the foot of my sons' beds and pray for His forgiveness, after asking for their's, and ask for more wisdom for the next day, when it all begins again! Good post-especially needed it after yesterday-Whew! I ask for wisdom every day. I have to with three boys 6 and under! Even then, I still fall short of what God calls me to be as a mother. Then I get on my knees at the foot of my sons’ beds and pray for His forgiveness, after asking for their’s, and ask for more wisdom for the next day, when it all begins again! Good post-especially needed it after yesterday-Whew!

]]> By: Katie http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1653 Katie Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:56:51 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1653 Thank you, so much! Thank you, so much!

]]> By: nancyann http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1649 nancyann Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:18:33 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1649 Please feel free to use it, and thanks for checking. Please feel free to use it, and thanks for checking.

]]> By: Katie http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1645 Katie Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:51:04 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1645 So wise and encouraging. May I ask for permission to share your words with my bible study group? I think this is such an important reminder. So wise and encouraging. May I ask for permission to share your words with my bible study group? I think this is such an important reminder.

]]> By: Heather http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1641 Heather Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:56:36 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1641 Thank you for saying that hospitality begins with children! While cashiering at a grocery store I have seen so many mothers give out of petulance. I am convinced that so many of our national troubles (obesity, cancer, homosexuality--abortion being the obvious one) come because we hate our children. I hate seeing mothers indulge their child in order to get them to shut up. In time, I think the children become demanding because the candy and cereals become a substitute for the mother's attention and love. Thank you for saying that hospitality begins with children! While cashiering at a grocery store I have seen so many mothers give out of petulance. I am convinced that so many of our national troubles (obesity, cancer, homosexuality–abortion being the obvious one) come because we hate our children. I hate seeing mothers indulge their child in order to get them to shut up. In time, I think the children become demanding because the candy and cereals become a substitute for the mother’s attention and love.

]]> By: Josef http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1639 Josef Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:09:58 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1639 hi i enjoyed the read hi i enjoyed the read

]]> By: Karla http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1630 Karla Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:50:02 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1630 Very timely indeed! We work so diligently on our children's behaviors, that we neglect to check our own! Thank God for his grace. Very timely indeed! We work so diligently on our children’s behaviors, that we neglect to check our own! Thank God for his grace.

]]> By: Luma Simms http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1613 Luma Simms Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:54:11 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1613 Oh Nancy, thank you so much! I needed this desperately. I am ashamed to say that in the midst of things sometimes I forget to ask the Lord for more grace to keep going. And sometimes I just think "well He's given me so much I probably shouldn't ask right now." I don't know where I ever got the idea that God is stingy with His love and His grace but I find myself thinking in those ways at times. I think it's time to ask for even more grace to change those thinking patterns. Oh Nancy, thank you so much! I needed this desperately.

I am ashamed to say that in the midst of things sometimes I forget to ask the Lord for more grace to keep going. And sometimes I just think “well He’s given me so much I probably shouldn’t ask right now.” I don’t know where I ever got the idea that God is stingy with His love and His grace but I find myself thinking in those ways at times.

I think it’s time to ask for even more grace to change those thinking patterns.

]]> By: courtney http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1603 courtney Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:49:31 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/08/15/more-grace-for-mothers/#comment-1603 Always painfully convicting, yet encouraging and creating hope...thanks, Nancy. Always painfully convicting, yet encouraging and creating hope…thanks, Nancy.

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