Having More Than We Need to Endure

I had a really tough mothering day today. Our power was out all day yesterday due to the snow and ice, and I didn’t have our school week planned.

I started out behind and I stayed behind.

There were a variety of parenting and homeschool mama “challenges” (i.e. character issues) for me to address before any book learning could take place.

I was cranky, discouraged, weary, and most of all defeated.

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Then I read this:

For just as Christ’s sufferings are ours in abundance [as they overflow to His followers], so also our comfort [our reassurance, our encouragement, our consolation] is abundant through Christ [it is truly more than enough to endure what we must].

2 Corinthians 1:5 (Amplified Bible)

To paraphrase the last part: Christ’s comfort is so abundant that it is more than I even dream I need to endure my circumstances.

He gives me more than I need. And I need a lot, let me tell you.

His Word is perfect on a multitude of levels. We just have to read it for the perfect-to-us solution that He has set before us.

Thank you, Lord, for providing more than I need to endure what you’ve placed before me. Thank you for allowing me to be a mother. It is the privilege of my life. Amen.

Lauren Hill

Lauren Hill is a Christian mom to 5, ages 19 to 7. She homeschools her children in the classical education tradition and is currently in her 15th year of homeschool. She creates engaging worksheets and hands-on printable activities for Preschool and Elementary age children to supplement their daily studies.

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