In anticipation of Susan Hunt’s arrival for the Women’s Conference in March, I wanted to share something from her book, Spiritual Mothering.
Don’t we all long to nurture and be nutured? Is the Lord calling you to a particular relationship in either of these capacities? Consider praying for the Lord’s leading and the courage to follow his lead.
“As a woman’s growing desire to imitate God produces obedience to His Word, she develops mothering characteristics. Our femaleness gives us the capacity for mothering; our faith produces certain characteristics of mothering. Some characteristics we see from the Scriptures are strength, excellence, tenderness, generosity, desire to nurture, comfort, compassion, affection, protection, and sacrifice. These characteristics are relational - they simply will not allow a person to be an isolationist. The possesion of these charateristics creates an intense desire to nurture and to be nurtured. The results in the recipients are security and fruitfulness. They will flourish like grass.”
Don’t we all long to nurture and be nutured? Is the Lord calling you to a particular relationship in either of these capacities? Consider praying for the Lord’s leading and the courage to follow his lead.
And don’t forget to mark your calendar to join the Ladies of Grace on March 31st when Susan will be here to share with us all!
