Loving the Little Years book

This isn't a paid review and I didn't get this book for free.....

But if you are a mom with little ones, trying to become a Godly Mother, I'd REALLY recommend reading Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches




I bought my copy from Amazon.

It's all about motherhood by a mom in the midst of the crazies. She has GREAT insight and some great things for teaching yourself and your little ones.

A few of my favorite lessons and analogies so far:

1. Telling your kids that emotions are like horses. God gave us these "horses" when we were born and we will ride them our whole lives. It's not wrong to have emotions but we must learn how to control and guide them and keep them on the path. This is how we "walk in the light as He is in the light, and have fellowship with one another." (1 John 1:7) When our emotions act up, is like the horse trying to jump off the path and we must learn to control them and if you see another gone off the path, it's our job to pull them up, willing or not, back to the path.

2. Infighting (fighting amongst each other) is like being a picky chicken. Chickens peck at each other to boss one another around and end up leaving scabs and pulling out other chickens feathers with their fighting. You don't want to be the biggest, ugliest chicken in the house pecking at the others, hurting them and ruffling their feathers.

3. Thanksters or Cranksters. Are you being thankful for the things you have or cranky about the things you don't? Thinking of all their blessings when they "want" more and thinking of the silliest thing to be cranky about.

4. Words are like knives. Sometimes grown up us words that kids cannot. (Kids catch on to hypocrisy if you say they can't say what you say!) Kids cannot say certain things (like stupid or idiot) because they are sharp words and can hurt if you use them wrong. So kids can watch and learn how to use those words, but cannot use them until they are older and responsible.

5. This is the work God has called us to even if it seems no one appreciates your hard labors-you are like a fruit tree that works diligently to grow fruit. It doesn't matter if anyone picks it-it's simply your job to grow it and let go when needed. We don't need to know what happens to our fruit once it is off our branches or if someone checks on our fruit every day. But while it is on our branches, it is our life's work. It is an offering to God and we ought to care intensely about the quality of our fruit.


I hope it's as motivational and inspiring for you as it was for me! I really doubt you'll regret buying this book, if you're in the midst of raising little ones with a heart for God.

Enjoy!
Teresa



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