To Train up a Mom

“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And…

““This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don’t let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured ….After Hezekiah received the letter…, he went up to the Lord’s Temple and spread it out before the Lord. “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned…

“Say to those with anxious heart, “Be strong, have no fear!” Behold, your God! Vengeance is coming! God’s recompense—it is coming! Then He will save you…Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing. For water will burst forth in the desert and streams in the wilderness. The parched land will become a…

“And the effect of righteousness will be peace, And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever. Then my people will live in a peaceful surrounding, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭32:17-18‬ ‭AMP‬‬ I gave up everything and took all the debt. I had one pay check to…

“For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” … Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is…

“I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’” ‭‭Hosea‬ ‭10:12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ This verse captivated my imagination today. Just that picture the words…

““Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her. I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the…

“In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.” ‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭29:3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ One of my go-to interview questions for leadership positions is “what’s first? Describe your day one and first month goals and plans.”   The concept of “first things first”…

“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock…Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:3-4, 8‬ ‭NLT‬‬ For several years the…

“So Adonai will strike Egypt—striking yet healing—so they will return to Adonai, and He will respond to them and heal them.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭19:22‬ ‭TLV‬‬ “It’s not nice to hit,” is a phrase I’ve uttered more than once as a teacher, an aunt to 3 rowdy boys, and as a mom.  When I first read this…