{"id":4596,"date":"2016-06-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calledtolifecoaching.com\/?p=4596"},"modified":"2016-06-20T19:45:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T00:45:54","slug":"book-notes-divine-mercy-for-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calledtolifecoaching.com\/book-notes-divine-mercy-for-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Notes: Divine Mercy for Moms"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s been a while since I’ve shared some notes from a book I’ve recently read. Let’s change that. Today I’m going to share my book notes<\/strong> from Divine Mercy for Moms. Direct quotes will be in italics and my thoughts will follow.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This post may contain affiliate links<\/a> to products I love and recommend.<\/span><\/p>\n Ours is a vocation of service, and as our daily actions are filtered through the prayerful lens of Divine Mercy, our hearts grow softer and more compassionate, until they are more like Christ’s.<\/em> Christ is calling all of us to bring God’s mercy to others.<\/em> \n Click To Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n Motherhood is a vocation of service and constant love.<\/em> In our constant striving to do better, to improve our ways, we can lose sight of our need to trust in the Lord.<\/em> We are capable of so much more with Christ strengthening us.<\/em> \n
\nFirst, I need to continually remind myself that my vocation is one of service–otherwise, I become selfish and resentful…just keepin’ it real. Second, my daily actions need to be filtered through the prayerful lens of Divine Mercy–Wow! I need to put on my prayerful lens each morning just like someone would put on their glasses in the morning so they can see. Morning prayer is key!<\/strong> It will do me no good to pray for a softer and more compassionate heart, if I’m not filtering my day through a lens of prayer and Divine Mercy.<\/p>\n
\nThis has to start in my home! Being merciful in the soup kitchen, church nursery and emergency pregnancy center is not my primary calling. Those places are important, but they do not take priority over my home and family.<\/p>\n
\nAgain, motherhood is service and I have our Lord’s example throughout the Gospels of what that service looks like.<\/p>\n
\nThis reminds me of Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”<\/p>\n
\nAnd this quote makes me think of 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\u2019s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ\u2019s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”<\/p>\n