Continue On

A woman once fretted over the usefulness of her life.
She feared she was wasting her potential being a devoted wife and mother.

She wondered if the time and energy she invested in her husband and children would make a difference.

At times she got discouraged because so much of what whe did seemed to go unnoticed and unappreciated.

"Is it worh it?" She often wondered. 
"Is there something better that I could be doing with my time?" 

It was during one of these moments of questioning that she heard the still small voice of her heavenly Father speak to her heart.

"You are a wife and mother because that is what I have called you to be. 

Much of what you do is hidden from the public eye.

But I notice.

Most of what you give is done without remuneration.

But I am your reward.

Your husband cannot be the man I have called him to be without your support.

Your influence upon him is greater than you think and more powerful than you will ever know.

I bless him through your service and honor him through your love.

Your children are precious to me.

Even more precious than they are to you.

I have entrusted them to your care to raise for me.

What you invest in them is an offering to me. 

You may never be in the public spotlight,

but your obedience shines as a bright
light before me.

Continue on.

Remember you are MY Servant. 

Do all to please me."

– Roy Lessin via Michelle Duggar, who is blessing me through her latest book. 

You may not feel very successful today.  You may not be able to boast of the perfect marriage.  You may be anxious over one of your children.  You may know all the many ways you and your life fall short of your ideals.  This was never about perfection, but about faithfulness.  It was never about how this looks in the eyes of the world, but about how it looks in the eyes of eternity.  

Continue on.  

"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling." Phil 2:12

It is easy to be faithful when you appear to be a shining success.  How much more difficult in the apparent absence of that success?  But what is faith, but evidence of things NOT seen?  There is still a God Who notices, Who can work for good.

Continue on, no matter how foolish it seems to the rest of the world.  It matters.

"…let him become a fool that he might become wise.  For the wisdom of the world is foolishness with God." 1 Cor 3:18-19

(images of my children gathering daisies for me at the Dachau Memorial.  Just struck me at that moment how painfully beautiful that was. A testimony to the triumph of beauty and goodness over evil.)