“When home is ruled according to God’s word, angels might be asked to stay with us, and they would not find themselves out of their element.”

I love this quote. I strive as a mother to make our home an atmosphere that God and angels dwell in. A place of refuge for my family; a loving, warm environment where we can be ourselves, faults and all, and forgive one another and continue to show forth the love of God to each other. As my children’s teacher, I aspire to make our home an atmosphere of continual education. Learning in reading “living books,” working in the kitchen, painting, listening to beautiful music. It’s all possible and not something unattainable. The Lord is my source and He walks with me throughout my days as a wife and mother.

As time goes on, I realize more and more the huge responsiblity of being a mother. I don’t want to just “raise” our children and that be it. I want to help cultivate what the good Lord has started in them since birth, building up the virtues and casting down the evil. I want my boys to be gentleman who love God and others, care for each other and show brotherly kindness towards one another, be generous, kind, meek and humble; be well-rounded, well-spoken boys who get along with their peers and respect their mother and father and their elders; be virtuous in thought and deed. It can be done. It’s my highest aspiration right now in life. It’s my purpose. The Lord is my strength and He gives me wisdom to fulfill these promises.

Welome, angels…

Today, I am feeling very overwhelmed. I am overwhelmed at just how blessed my life is. I have been married to the absolute best match for me for 11 amazing years. It’s crazy to think it’s been that long already! We have made a beautiful life for ourselves and I owe all of it to God. We have a 3-year-old little boy who we adore and love beyond words. And now…another little blessing is on the way…Tanner. We have a lot of love in our little family and I feel so priviledged to be able to share it by being a mother. It’s a tough role some days but I’ve never done anything so rewarding.

We have a wonderful church family and we feel like this is where the Lord wants us right now. They truly are family. We can count on our friends and family and that feels good.

Easter has come and gone and I am humbled at the Lord’s sacrifice. The love he has for His children is immeasureable. A song I recently heard describes it as a hurricane. It’s all encompassing. I can’t say enough how thankful I am that I know the love of Jesus in my life. He has made me who I am and who I will eventually become. He’s the potter and I am the clay. A quote I read the other day talked about God being the potter and we are the clay. Sometimes the potter has to put the clay back on the potter’s wheel many times to fix a crack. But nobody remembers that when they are looking at a beautiful piece of artwork. I am the Lord’s artwork and I want him to mold me, use me and fill me.

I am blessed beyond measure and I am forever grateful to my source…Jesus Christ.