“God has called us to something vastly bigger than our happiness or that of our children.”

“Because of the gospel -- the news about what Jesus did on the cross to save sinners -- mothers who make Christ their treasure can rejoice in their work as God works in them.”

“If we want to give grace to our children, then first we must be willing to receive it ourselves from God.”

“Through the grace shown to us in the gospel, there is something distinctly Christlike about a mother's love for her child.”

“When your eyes are fixed on the horizon of eternity, it affects your vision for motherhood.”

“The great problem a mother has is not a lack of creativity, accomplishment, or skill, but her inability to love God and others as Jesus loves her.”

“Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.”

“People dont realize, he said, how important it is to wake up every morning with a song in your heart. J. Krishnamurti. The song stands for a sense of joy in existence, a joy that is free of any goo...”

“It is beyond a doubt that everyone should have time for some special delight, if only five minutes each day to seek out a lovely flower or cloud or star, or learn a verse to brighten anothers dull ...”