gorgeous jill phillips song

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I was just praying that my mothering would MATTER! I so want my children to grow up loving the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind and strength. But, oh yess, I can never fill their cosmic needs: Only He can.

I AM by Jill Phillips
Oh gently lay your head upon my chest
And I will comfort you like a mother while you rest
And the tide can change so fast, but I will stay
The same through past, the same in future, same today

I am constant and I am near
I am peace that shatters all your secret fears
I am holy, I am wise
I'm the only one who knows your heart's desires
Your heart's desires

Oh weary, tired and worn, let out your sighs
And drop that heavy load you hold 'cause mine is light
And I know you through and through, there's no need to hide
I want to show you love that is deep and high and wide

'Cause I am constant and I am near
I am peace that shatters all your secret fears
I am holy, I am wise
I'm the only one who knows your heart's desires
Your heart's desires

I am constant, I am near
I am peace that shatters all your secret fears
I am holy, I am wise
I'm the only one who knows your heart's desires
Your heart's desires

Oh gently lay your head upon my chest
And I will comfort you like a mother while you rest

Living life gloriously in miniature

Yesterday as I was reading a bedtime story to my children, I learned the true wisdom of this last Chesterton quote. I was dramatizing Corduroy the way I used to act for highschool/college plays, Which used to be one of my favorite things to do. The question is: why should I put less excellence in my readings for a few little minds as I used to for crowds? And all of a sudden I felt the pleasure of God. His ideas of success are different than our world's.

Lord, I want so much to mother out of freedom and joy and after a trying season of just putting my head down and trying to just get through the day without anyone at the doctor's, I want to learn to mother, not with duty but with passion.

Mommy Vitamin

A Favorite:

"To be Queen Elizabeth within a definite area, deciding sales, banquets, labours, and holidays; to be Whitely within a certain area, providing toys, boots, cakes and books; to be Aristotle within a certain area, teaching morals, manners, theology, and hygiene; I can imagine how this can exhaust the mind, but I cannot imagine how it could narrow it. How can it be a large career to tell other people about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own children about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone and narrow to be everything to someone? No, a woman's function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute."
— G.K. Chesterton

This blog still exists? Hey passionate women

I'm so embarrassed. I started this blog to keep those who were in our fellowship and moving away from South Haven from feeling too far away and then found that they didn't use it after all! Then, I thought it would disappear from not being used, just like the juicer in my basement.

However, since it is still here, I will begin enjoying the sound of typing with the quiet sound of three children in the distance.

So, here it goes: I want to be a passionate spirit-filled "when I run I feel God's pleasure" kind of mom. Remember Chariot's of Fire? Eric Liddell was passionate about running...passionate about God AND passionate about running. He ran IN God's presence and enjoyed His company as his head went back and his arms began flailing, sprinting for the finishline tape (I'm being handed plastic food as I write this and my baby is making adorable growling noises...oh, and there are numerous goals being scored by my 5 yr old against manchester united in our living room. I'll make this short:) I want to be passionate about mothering...for goodness sake, this is what I was created for! I figure that there's no reason why I can't ask the Heavenly Parent to fill me with His parenting ability through the Holy Spirit.

I don't want to just do my duty...but be filled with the spirit to live as a joyful mom, passionate and running toward every bedtime with joyful abandon.

I recently found some podcasts on DESIRE by John Eldredge which was a copy of a conference he had done years ago on this subject. He is inspiring the heck out of me. Thank You God!!!

Love you all!