Mom Heart Moments #47

. . . strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT because their own pasts were difficult, it is impossible for them to create a lifegiving home for their families. I have known many excellent women over the years who had extremely difficult backgrounds. By following the Lord through studying and obeying His Word, they became beautiful reflections of Christ. It’s a question of priority: Who will you spend the most time with? Who will you pay the most attention to? Whose voice will you tune your ear to hear? Whose words will be held nearest to your heart?

How can you become a lifegiving person, whether you had a lifegiving background or not? Determine that you will read the Word of God every day. Choose to believe in and trust Him each moment, in every circumstance. Pray for His guidance, and know that His presence goes with you. It is the engaged, loving heart that points others to Jesus, the wellspring of life. There is nothing else to replace it —no cleverness or self-strength or rules or formula that can replace the palpable life that comes from living day by day, holding on to God’s hand.

Do you want your children to draw from the life that is bubbling over from your heart, mind, words, and attitudes? Then you must spend day after day with the Word of Life who will give you the true source of wisdom and love you long for. Even as a house is built one brick at a time and yet has the potential of becoming a mansion, so a wise woman builds her house —one brick at a time —into a home of spirituality that comes from spending regular time with Him.

Was the home you grew up in lifegiving? Because God has strengthened you, you are qualified to build your own lifegiving home! Begin by spending time with Him.