Drinking Deeply from the Satisfying Spring

Jeremiah 2:13 (NKJV)

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.”

Proverbs 31:30 NKJV

Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.

1 Peter 3:3–4 NKJV

Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

Proverbs 3:5–6 NKJV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Matthew 6:19–20 (NKJV)

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.”

Isaiah 54:5 NKJV

For your Maker is your husband, The Lord of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.

“I held the empty cup of my soul to my husband and begged him to fill it. I held out my cup to a bigger house and a minivan. But only Jesus could fill my soul. I tried my children and my girlfriends, but again, they could not fill the place designed by God for Himself.

Then…after I had failed at filling my own emptiness, the Lord…adjusted the gaze of my heart. I had been looking so intently at myself and at my family, but my Father lifted the eyes of my soul and let me see Him afresh. He invited me to rest in his great love.

And there, in the gentle embrace of God, the Good Shepherd restored my soul. He made me lie down in the peaceful pastures of his provision. He made me thirst after His righteousness. He filled the cup of my soul until it over flowed (you see) I thought the goal of motherhood was to be a supermom.

But in fact, the goal of mothering is to be a woman of God to your children…A woman of God can love and give from the overflowing cup God has filled.”

“Moms, we function poorly apart from God’s power. Let Him bring the patience you lack. Let Him Carry what you struggle to bear. Let him fashion you into a mother of virtue. Hear the tender mercy of Jesus calling you to come and remain in him.”

Angela Thomas Guffey, author of Tender Mercy for a Mother’s Soul