Walking into the Future…

We are the generation of women who must re-start the living of what we instinctively know.

We are the generation of women who must pay attention so that we can come to know ourselves, and know who we are to God: the Peace-loving, Nurturing hands of God; the Creative, Working hands of God.

We are the generation of mothers who must pay willing attention so the next generation of mothers can know who they are . . . and the next generation and the next generation and the next.

We have to be walking and talking and praying in the Spirit . . . without ceasing . . . or we will not survive. We can all feel this. We are knowing this right now. There is an urgency in the air! There seems to be a silent danger siren sounding that so many of us hear, and we look in each other’s faces for confirmation, and we look to each other to be sure that someone else is going through this . . . and that we are not crazy.  

But we aren’t crazy. In the Spirit there is so much work to do. So much demand for prayer warriors. So much feeding of the spiritually starved to be done. So much teaching and preaching, comforting and pushing along a path. We don’t have time to wonder, anymore, whether we are capable. We have to walk, gaining capability. And there is no more time to wonder if our daughters will make it to the highest end of themselves. We have to grab them by the hand and pull them along, no matter how old they are.

The time for planning has passed, and now we are to join the procession of women walking in their knowing to their High Places of Faith. Holy Spirit is shining like the sun and is our Wisdom.

Faith is no longer an option but a necessity. The future that has been waiting outside of our world is now in our faces, and the time of allowance for our uncertainty has passed.

We are the generation of women who have to pay attention and listen to what the Spirit of God is saying so that we will know in which direction to begin walking.

From Raising Up Queens: Loving Our Daughters Loud and Strong

Mothering is Divine Work, and Divine Work requires Divine Connections

Sometimes this mission of mothering looks too painful, too arduous, too impossible. Your task may be to wrestle the principles with your child. Your task may be to soften his heart, or teach her focus or discipline, to build him up or open her eyes. Chances are you will have to do all of the above.

You may have learned to do more of some things and less of others. The conditions in your life may not be as you would have them be. You may feel too young or too old . . . or just not up to this. Your checkbook may say you’re too poor. But apparently, right in the face of all of the adverse conditions and opinions, God has appointed you to the precious and favored position of “Mother, Mama, Mom, Ma, Momma, Mommy.” God apparently wants your child to walk through these experiences with you. God has appointed you. 

God’s Wisdom is infinite. It goes way back and it goes way forward. God gave you the mother you have so that you would come to mother the child you have in a certain way. God will supply what you need and prepare you to do all that you will have to do—if you ask.

God will teach you the ropes. Send you helpers. And counselors. Strength. Peace. And Courage.

Believe that this mothering task is the work God chose you to do.

Love & Light,
Esther