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A little garden of these sweet knits cropped up over the weekend. I finally found some knitting patterns I could relax with. Simple, straight needle projects. Something to try with ends of skeins I have around.    

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"Mothering (or nurturing) is a calling not just for women who have biological or adopted children. Mothering is a calling for all women. Every Christian woman is called to the spiritual motherhood of making disciples of all nations. Our nurturing is, by nature missional.... [O]ur maternal instinct needs to be conformed to the shape of the cross, and... Jesus himself does this in our hearts from the inside out.
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As we taste more and more of the real hope of the gospel, our appetite for fake hope will start to disappear. We need to remember that this kind of growing pain, while painful, is ultimately a joy. God creates each of our days with opportunities to be glad-hearted, life-giving, glory bearers. Only Christ is strong enough to accomplish this work in and through us. Missional motherhood isn't an exercise in muscling up strength to do stuff for God. Missional motherhood is a walk of faith where the weak (that's all of us) must keep before them the scenic view of the cross."

Gloria Furman

Missional Motherhood

(Chapter 1)