Last week we began exploring the discipline of submission as it relates to our hearts as mothers. I’ve mulled over the verses in Ephesians: Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Ephesians 6:1 Fathers, do not provoke your children to [...]
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Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 Typically, we think of submission in terms of the marriage relationship … but before Paul explains any specific roles and relationships in [...]
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Remember waaaay back when we started a series on the Spiritual Disciplines as they relate to mothers? We got two posts in and my life got crazy with moving … but I promised we’d get back to it. And so, here we are in September and I think it’s time, don’t you? Wednesdays this month [...]
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Lots of exciting things to share over the next few weeks here on Parenting from the Overflow. Let’s start with this … Okay, so technically it’s not happening here but I’m thrilled to be a part of this amazing commitment to pray for our children fervently during the month of October. Then there is “little” [...]
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I so want to dig deep into the spiritual disciplines and how they relate to a mother’s heart. And right now, with our move back to Alabama and that transition ahead of me, I know I will only be able to scratch the surface. So, I’m putting that series on hiatus. We’ll get [...]
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“Simplicity is freedom, not slavery. Refuse to be a slave to anything but God.” Richard Foster Simplicity is my one word for 2011 … the prayer of my heart is to learn to live simply. This discipline speaks volumes to how I parent as well. Engaging in the subtle but serious mindset of parenting [...]
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One of my favorite stories about Susanna Wesley is that she would kneel in the middle of her kitchen floor, cover her head with her apron, and pray for her family. The children all knew to leave her alone while she was in this position – all nineteen of them! Most of us moms [...]
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The classical Disciplines of the spiritual life call us to move beyond surface living and into the depths. Richard Foster,Celebration of Discipline One of the topics about which I am most passionate is the spiritual disciplines. Since my first introduction to these centuries-old practices of the disciple’s life, I have found myself drawn into them. [...]
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