Encouragement

I received this encouragement in an email the other day and wanted to pass it on to all you mothers or soon-to-be mothers. I needed to hear this!

Subject: StrengthFor a Weary Mom

Source: girltalk -Conversationson biblical womanhood and other fun stuff

Author:Kristin Chesemore

Galatians 6:9says: "Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."

This verse was a source of strength to me when I was carrying my one year old, chasing my two year old and correcting my four year old. I didn’t feel like I was bearingmuch fruit, but this verse provided faith forthe future.

My kiddos are now five, six and nine, and the challenges area little different. I’m dealing with arguments between myfive and six year old and the heart issues of my nine year old. But I’m still holding on to this wonderful promise.

May I encourage you to hold onto this verse as you seek to faithfully sow into the lives of your little ones? The harvest won't come today.And it won't come tomorrow. Maybe not even next year or the year after that.

But we must be faithful to sow today. Faithful to train. Faithful toteach. Faithful to discipline. Faithful to love. Or, as it says in this passage, faithful to "do good." And we must trust God that He will fulfill His promises, that we will reap a harvest in due season if we do not give up.

My expectations are not for today, or even tomorrow--but myhope is in God who has promised that, someday, my labors will bear fruit for Him. Even though my body is weary, my soul gains new strength from this promise.

I pray it strengthens you as well.