Quotes About Womanhood

"Oh, Mothers of young children, I bow before you in reverence. Your work is most holy. You are fashioning the destinies of immortal souls. The powers folded up in the little ones that you hushed to sleep in your bosoms last night, are powers that shall exist forever. You are preparing them for their immortal destiny and influence. Be faithful. Take up your sacred burden reverently. Be sure that your life is sweet and clean."~JR Miller


"What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and the work flow."
~Martin Luther


"A gentle and quiet spirit is not only imperishable; it is precious in the sight of God. It's also one of the hardest qualities to cultivate. Far from a sign of weakness, a gentle and quiet spirit is the sign of a woman who is strong in faith, mind and character." --Anna Sofia & Elizabeth Botkin


"I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England."~John Wesley


"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is place in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse into the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into it's soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,-she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no others hands the sacred and holy trust given to her."~JR Miller


"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage."~Martin Luther


"A true wife makes a man's life nobler, stronger, grander, by the omnipotence of her love 'turning all the forces of manhood upward and heavenward.' While she clings to him in holy confidence and loving dependence she brings out in him whatever is noblest and richest in his being. She inspires him with her courage and earnestness. She beautifies his life. She softens whatever is rude and harsh in his habits or his spirit. She clothes him with the gentler graces of refined and cultured manhood. While she yields to him and never disregards his lightest wish, she is really his queen, ruling his whole life and leading him onward and upward in every proper path."~JR Miller


"The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies. A true mother is one of the holiest secrets of home happiness. God sends many beautiful things to this world, many noble gifts; but no blessing is richer than that which He bestows in a mother who has learned love's lessons well, and has realized something of the meaning of her sacred calling."~JR Miller


"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing."~C.S. Lewis

Source: A Virtuous Heart

Quotes From My Friend's Statuses...

♫ "When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I would have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything you gave me." -Erma Bombeck

♫ "If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.'"

A Baby

Hushed conversations

Whispered suspicions

Quiet excitement

Almost daring to believe

Growing hopes

Querying, wondering

Waiting impatiently

Starting to believe

Asking, confirming

Really!?

Are you sure?!

It definitely looks that way!

Elation 

Hardly able to believe it

Such news: 

A new baby! 

Another miracle 

An unexpected and delicious one 

God is good

We are blessed.

~CLM 
December 2010

Roads

|The|

__________
----roads----
__________

up here

< go >  

{c 

    u
     r

    v
  i

n
   g}           

          p/   
    u/


|and|  

\d
   \o
       \w
           \n

.......

through
.......


   all
  those
 beautiful
  green
     trees
    ||
    ||
    ||


sw
  a
    y
i  
    n
g


|in

the|

:::breeze:::

~CLM

(I wrote this up in Massachusetts in the middle of the night [or pretty close, for those of my literal friends])

Good Thought!!

♫ "I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter." - William Carey

 Many thanks to Rebeka for sharing this by putting this in her chat status. :)

Paths

I do not know

What lies ahead;

The paths

Which I

May be called

To tread upon--

L

O

N

G,

lonely

w

  i

      n

d

  i

n   g ?

short

cRaZyYY!! 

Sh

      arp?

Where do I turn

When I run out of me?

When I no longer have

Ideas,

Plans

When I am 

cOnfuSed?

and

Certain!

[Un...?]

When the road ahead 

looks exactly

Like what lies behind

And I want to see

When

If

It changes

And how

And why.

Where does it lead, 

This path I tread?

Why is the direction

celanur

Foggy

Mysterious 

Unknown?

I want to see!

But then 

The Answer comes:

I must learn to trust

The One who

KNOWS

and cares

for me.

  
~CLM, October 2010

Every Once in Awhile

Every once in awhile,
Behind this smile,
There resides a little sigh.
You may wonder, "Why?"

Sometimes this mind
Gets stuck behind
In all this mess
Of worldliness.

Sometimes these eyes no longer see
The beauty He made for me.

Sometimes this heart, confused,
Remembers not the love infused.
By my Savior, my King--
And His praises cease to ring
Within my heart.

Oh! Let them not depart.
Never cease to fight
For what you know is right.
Though the night seems long
And you have forgotten your song--

Remember Him
And every whim
Of doubt--
Throw out!

He is the rock:
Let your trust lock
And your heart be filled
With His love, revealed.
Remember, when your heart despairs:
Your hope is found in prayer.

~CLM, October 2010