Focused on Him

Melissa over at Missionary Mama, posted something from this site very similiar. Then I found this one, for busy moms. It says it perfectly. Perfect reminders of our days. 

Manifesto of Joyful Parenting

1. Life is not an emergency. Life’s a gift. Just Slow.

2. Now is not a forever grace but amazing grace.
Do whatever it takes to wake to wonder right here.

3. Sometimes the slowest way is the fastest way to joy.
Make time today, even a moment, to read Scripture and
memorize it. Without the lens of His Word, the world warps.
{Slowest=fastest to joy}

4. Laughter is the cheapest, holiest medicine. Preschoolers laugh 300 times a day. Aim for
double that. Tickle someone, (yourself!), if necessary. This is good!

5. Motherhood is a hallowed place because children aren’t commonplace. Co-laboring
over the sculpting of souls is a sacred vocation, a humbling privilege. Never forget.


6. Homemaking is about making a home, not about making perfection. A perfect home
is an authentic, creative, animated space where Peace and Christ and Beauty are embraced.
{Perfect does not equate to immaculate.}

  7. Believe it: I have all I need for today. The needs of our day are great, but God is greater
and we call Him Providence because we believe: He always provides. {And when God provides,
He should be praised, and if God always provides, shouldn’t praise always be on the lips?}

8. Slow. Children at play. Hurry hurts kids. Time’s this priceless currency and only the slow
spend it wise enough to be rich. If we actually bought our time, would we spend it more wisely —
spend it more slowly? {God’s Word never says Hurry Up. God words only whisper: Wake Up.}

9. Love is patient. Parenting’s this gentle way of bending over in humility to help the scraped
child up because we intimately know it takes a lifetime to learn how to walk with Him. Patience.
Love always begins with patience.

10. The art of really celebrating life isn’t about getting it right – but about receiving Grace.
The sinners and the sick, the broken, the discouraged, the wounded and burdened — we are the
ones who get to celebrate grace! Regardless of the mess of your life, if Christ is Lord of your life,
then we are the celebrants out dancing in a wild rain of grace — because when it’s all done and
finished, all is well and Christ already said it was finished.

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