Filling UP Mom with God's Love
Filling up mom with God's love is from the Vintage Collection of Mommy Jammies Night and this wonderful presentation is by Judy Dudich who stopped blogging some time ago to focus on her family and homeschool. Her very popular blog was enjoyed by many. Enjoy this presentation.

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Homeschooling mothers are vastly different and unique from one another; and yet, most likely, every group of homeschooling mothers usually has some things in common, as well.

Think if five "common" adjectives you would use if we were to generalize the personality
of "the average homeschooling mother":

* Creative?
* Innovative?
* Multi-tasking?
* Diligent?
* Devoted?

A common thread among homeschool mothers:
* They are too HARD on themselves!
* They spend time praying, reading, researching, learning, practicing, and instilling
gentleness in their children, and they, themselves ARE gentle with children...

But not with themselves -- is this you? The time has come for homeschooling mothers to hear a message of LOVE...a message that encourages you to be gentle with yourself.

What does God expect of Us?

* Does He expect us to know everything?
* Does He expect us to succeed in everything we do with our children?
* Does He expect our kids to score perfectly on the SAT’s?
* Does He expect us never to grow tired or weary or frustrated?
* Does He expect us never to fail?
* Does God expect us to try our best?
* Does He expect us to surrender ourselves to His holy will each day?
* Does He expect us to persevere in times of struggle?
* Does He expect us to pray?
* Does He expect us to LOVE?
* Does He expect us to forgive others AND ourselves?

Do whatever He tells you~
* In Mary, the mother of Jesus, we find an example of complete trust, hope, persistence, and surrender in the Lord; as well as confidence in prayer.
(See John 2:5)

Do you trust God completely with your marriage, family life, and the education of your children? Or, have you fallen into the enemy's trap of thinking YOU are responsible for the outcome of these things and therefore, feeling like a failure when it doesn't turn out the way YOU have planned?

* Mary is persistent in her plea to Jesus.
Much like the Canaanite woman (See Matthew 15:25) who continues to ask Jesus to help her, even after He has seemingly answered "in the negative", so too, does Mary persist (after Jesus says, "Woman, how does your concern affect me, my hour has not yet come") by instructing the servants (i.e. US) to 'Do whatever He tells you".

* Our faith is tested in homeschooling and we must persist; like Mary, the Canaanite Woman, and the determined widow who makes her plea to the judge. (Luke 18)
They had complete trust and persisted until their need was met. Think for a moment of what Jesus tells the servants next. He tells them to "fill the jars with water". These were jars used for ceremonial washing and each jug held about 20-30 gallons of liquid. The servants fill them to the BRIM.

We must do the same!

The work you do each day and the efforts with which you serve, care for, teach, and nurture your family is the water with which you are filling the jars!
* God does not need us to perform His miracles/work. ~ Think of the Miracle at the Wedding in Cana  Jesus did not need the water to be there in order to ...