59 Quotes by Sally Clarkson

If we are consistent in guiding our children in the right direction, and extend grace to them to be immature on the way to maturity then we will have the best chance of maintaining both our standards and a close relationship with our children.

We should never expect the world to behave according to our morality, our standards of holiness, or our wisdom. Jesus would still call us to “owe them our love” to fulfill the law.

The mother who reaches the heartfelt needs of her children by helping them feel loved and secure, by believing in their dreams, by noticing when they stray and gently steering them back in the right direction, and by teaching them what they need to know to live full and meaningful lives accomplishes a great work for the Lord.

Of course we are called to be instruments of His peace, to live righteous lives, and to care for others. But ultimately, our calling is to bring glory to God and to let Him perfect us into the image bearers He always meant us to be. I think sometimes we can bring much more glory to God by being cheerful and delighting in the world and people He has given us than by living a “useful” life where we trot grimly around with a martyr complex that annoys everyone we encounter.

I didn’t think I was the only one who loved my children but struggled with isolation and boredom in the sometimes overwhelming details of daily life. I believed that, among like-minded women, there was a need for community as we strived to raise godly children without many people to teach us or to share our burden.

We allow the habit of busyness to replace our habits of prayer and Scripture reading.

Words make worlds.

Home is your garden of life, so to speak, and you are free to order it and plant it as you will. But all great works of life must be planned in order to make them productive, useful, and flourishing.

Beauty is about picturing God’s unchanging goodness and daring to bring it into my own small, dusty days.