answer is “yes it is possible” and that God loves
it when families thrive and draw upon Him for his
strength and grace, which I have so desperately
and unashamedly needed from the moment I
started my journey of motherhood.
Many times I would hear the Holy Spirit speak to
my heart and say:
“a healthy household has
My love at the very centre
of it.”
Too often culture will tell us that we need to feed
our kids only organic food, bake sugar free cookies and to have the latest educational apps or
toys for our children to be healthy and confident.
The more I hear God speak to my heart the more
convinced I am that everything comes down to
love. A healthy household must be filled with the
love of God. That kind of love is always patient,
always kind and never keeps records of wrongs
(1 Corinthians 13:4-8).
Too often we replace real genuine heartfelt love
with counterfeit materialistic things. We (myself
included) sometimes allow distractions to come
our way such as social media or the dream of
‘one day’ and that robs us from drawing upon
the love of the Father to pour into our family,
friends and those around who we may not even
know.
Even if our families are filled
with the latest gadgets or
the best toys they will remain in poverty unless they
are filled with love.
Mother Teresa summed this up when she said
“the most terrible poverty is loneliness and the
feeling of being unloved”. During all the busyness, housework, cooking, dirty nappies, making
ends meet, commitments such as church and
work, are we allowing an atmosphere of loneliness and feeling unloved to be created in our
household? The Bible so clearly tells us that there
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is no greater thing than love. Nothing is greater!
I remember going through a stage, and I know
I’m not alone, where I’d think the dreams and
desires I have are so far out of reach, all of ‘my’
time has disappeared. Well actually I would say
that I am dying to myself, and I didn’t mean that
in a Godly sense I would say it having a pity party
where I was the only one attending.
Maybe, just maybe, the time and season of having little ones, that are actually a blessing from
the Lord, can teach us some incredibly valuable
lessons. Such as dying to yourself so Christ will
live freely through you, learning not to take yourself too seriously, how to have childlike faith and
how to enjoy the simple things in life.
The Christian life is not
about success it is about
faithfulness.
Are we being faithful stewards of the children
the Father has entrusted us with, and are we
allowing ourselves to be emptied of our selfish
desires to be filled with His love?
Mother Teresa also said that “love begins at
home, and it’s not how much we do...but how
much love we put into action.”
A healthy household is a
place that allows love to be
planted right in the centre,
allowing it to take root in
every area, every motive
and every action.
Material things can never replace love. I look forward to the day when my children will take the
love they have received in their home and use it
to spread the goodness of God.`
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