What are you producing?

By on September 3, 2008 in building the family, making a home

“Busyness is not godliness. God is not impressed with your production capacity as much as He is concerned that the product of your home – your own children – be chiseled and molded and perfected to the best of your ability. You may tire of this mundane task, but the Lord admonishes you not to grow weary and promises to supply the energy and strength as needed in this all-important task (Isa. 40:28-31). God’s strength is for what He plans for you to do – not stamina for everything you might want to do!”

~Dorothy Patterson, Handbook for Ministers’ Wives

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Lindsay Edmonds is first a lover of Jesus, wife, mother of four, homemaker, and writer. She loves inspiring women around the world toward simple, natural, and intentional living for the glory of God.
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3 Responses to What are you producing?

  1. Anna August 14, 2011 at 3:20 pm #

    “Mundane task?” How about exhausting, tiring, overwhelming and downright hardest job ever?
    When I think about it, it seems far from mundane as I understand mundane. The hardest job in the workplace I had was a cakewalk compared to the extreme responsibility on a mother’s shoulders when it is put in such terms.

  2. Angie September 4, 2008 at 8:02 pm #

    Thanks for this post it helped to bring me back again in my thoughts.

    Blessings

  3. Tracy September 4, 2008 at 8:32 am #

    Wonderful reminder and encouragement. Thanks for posting!