"The highest house of congress is the domestic circle; the rocking-chair in the nursery is higher than a throne." -T. DeWitt Talmage

Quality Without Quantity?

"There is no such thing as quality time [with your children] as an entity separate from quantity time. You can never know when a moment of angst or curiosity will hit your child, and you have to be responsive to that moment or feeling in your special way. Quality moments occur only when there is quantity time for them to spontaneously occur." -Dr. Laura Schlessinger

A Work So Noble

"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 placed 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 its 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...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 other's hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." JR Miller

As I read this, I wonder, what in this life can compare to the feeling of spending each day with my sweet baby? What is worth sacrificing the time I am able spend cuddling him, talking to him, helping him learn and grow, enjoying his smile, learning what each facial expression means, and loving on him as he begins to love back? The answer: Nothing. Nothing is worthy of that sacrifice. Not money, or a career; not a bigger home or more expensive clothing; not the empty satisfaction that comes from placing other duties above the calling to be a keeper at home.

The fact is, God has given me an immense responsibility in the raising and training of my son. How I choose to do this will directly affect the man he becomes. If I am home with my child, I have the best opportunity to ensure that he is being trained in the way God is leading me (through His word) to train him. I consider it a joy to be given this noble work and am thankful that God has laid out the best plan to accomplish all that was entrusted to me when my son, Levi Joseph, was placed in my arms.

Jessica

Grace

Indescribable grace fills this heart until it is bubbling over. His grace saturates and illuminates the life of this unworthy sinner. And the words won't come. No mere words to pour out this uncontainable joy and gratitude and thanksgiving. Just tears of bliss trail down my face. These tears are my offering, my praise to the Giver of life. I pray that these tears express the words I cannot speak.

Levi Joseph

gift from God ...
healthy...
beautiful...
precious son of my beloved daughter

"Grandchildren are the crown of the aged..." Proverbs 17:6

Three Questions

Lamb of God