A new season!

I love the changing of the seasons, especially the change that happens between summer and fall! The change that takes place between summer and fall is so beautiful and so evident, it is almost the sign of nature coming into maturity and wisdom. The young buds of spring have grown and blossomed through out summer and now are arriving to their final stage of glory in the changing of their colors into fall vibrancy! Our lives change seasons just as nature does and I am grateful for each season.


Why am I writing this blog? What is gospel mothering?? Who am I to write on something about gospeling??


I am writing this blog as a way to keep track of what the Lord is teaching me in this next season of my life, which I see as a possible fall type season. A season where I have the opportunity to mature more evidently into the woman, wife, and mother that the Lord desires me to be. I also hope to be able to be an encouragement and place of support to other women who are desiring to enter into this season of their lives and feel the Lord calling them to be more intentional in gospeling at home!


I am still discovering what Gospel mothering is, so stay tuned as I learn what this means in my life. But I do know that what I mean by naming this blog that is, that the gospel means "good news," for me this means the Good news of Jesus Christ! In our family we strive to live out the Gospel and how it effects us everyday, through our families, friends, neighbors, community, work, strangers, and actions. Philippians 1:26 "...so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus...",   Philippians 3:17 "Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us." 
I have seen more and more a lessening of the importance of mothering and what it means not only to our families, but to the world around us and the message of the gospel. Also the lessening of the confidence of the women around me to be able to mother with the wisdom and knowledge that Christ gives to them. Our culture has clung so hard to seeking the "professionals" opinions about how to raise our children, structure our home, handle our money, function in our marriages, and live out our faith that we no longer trust that "the Lord will provide what I need and I can do it with Him!"
Don't get me wrong, the Lord may use "professional" opinions to help give us wisdom and knowledge and I know that not everyone has had great examples in their lives to follow after. But I still believe that part of truly living out the gospel in our lives as mothers is making sure that we start at home with our husbands and children and believe that through seeking Him in our lives daily through His word, prayer, conversations, and community, we CAN do this and we are CAPABLE of knowing how to do this and God will provide what we need! And what we do as wives and mothers is IMPORTANT!  Proverbs 6:20-22 ESV "My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. (21) Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. (22) When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you."
I am no one to be writing about the gospel. I am simply a woman who is desiring to honor Christ in my life and see a need for redefining and growing in my understanding of what it means to Gospel at Home!
So stayed tuned as I share what the Lord is teaching me on this journey through this next season in my life!