The Power of a Positive Mom - Building Your Home With Encouragement and Love: Includes Leader s

Zusatztext "A mom who lives a praying life is a positive mom! allowing God's love! joy and peace to pour through her life. In our world today! moms need God's wisdom and strength as they raise the next generation of young people. Karol Ladd brings us powerful! Biblical truths helping every mom shine His light in their homes." Informationen zum Autor Karol Ladd, bestselling author of the Power of a Positive series, is a gifted communicator and dynamic leader. She is also the founder and president of Positive Life Principles, Inc., a resource company offering strategies for success in both home and work. Karol is a popular speaker to women’s organizations, church groups, and corporate events across the nation. She devotes her time to several different ministries, which encourage, strengthen, and help women around the world, and recently started an outreach to moms of at-risk kids in Dallas called Engage Positive Parenting Initiative. Her most valued role is that of wife to Curt and mother to daughters Grace and Joy. Klappentext "Updated for today's tech-savvy mom"--Cover.The Power of a Positive Mom 1 influence beyond measure Never Underestimate the Power of a Mother She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue . . . Her children arise and call her blessed. —Proverbs 31:25–26, 28 Mothers possess a rare form of wisdom. We know important information that others don’t—such as the location of the restroom in every grocery store in town and exactly where to go online to find the perfect remedy for a dry, hacking cough. The rest of humanity may not know how to cut sandwiches into animal shapes or which restaurants offer “kids eat free” on Wednesday nights, but mothers know. And moms are keenly aware that a chocolate ice-cream cone cannot be consumed by a preschooler without leaving its mark on a freshly cleaned outfit or finely upholstered furniture. Others seem oblivious to that fact (especially dads!). Obviously, we mothers make up a highly informed segment of society. Some days we may wish we did not possess such experiential knowledge, but the truth is that we wouldn’t trade this job for the world. It’s the toughest job we ever loved! Motherhood transforms naive, inexperienced young ladies into wise, accomplished women who command respect. Maternal love strengthens us and helps us grow into selfless, thoughtful, and giving adults. I like the way author Susan Lapinski describes it: “I guess what I’ve discovered is the humanizing effect of children in my life, stretching me, humbling me. Maybe my thighs aren’t as thin as they used to be; maybe my getaways aren’t as glamorous. Still, I like the woman that motherhood has helped me to become.” 1 Yes, being a mom changes us for the better! Granted, the work schedule for a mother is a bit challenging: twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year, with no weekends or holidays off. Even moms who work outside the home know they are “on call” 24/7. Some people would throw in the towel at such impossible hours, but not mothers! God has given us an inexplicable strength—a strength beyond our own strength—that allows us to tend to the multiple needs and cares of our precious charges. Like the Energizer Bunny, we just keep going and going despite midnight feedings, sleepless slumber parties, twice-a-week soccer practices (plus a game on Saturday), and overdue science projects. It generally requires a doctor’s order for a mom to take “sick leave.” Cathy is a good example. A stay-at-home mom of two preschoolers, she had rarely taken a leave of absence from her job as a mom. But when she found herself restricted to be...

Product details

• Authors: Karol Ladd
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9781501105234
• ISBN: 978-1-5011-0523-4
• No. of pages: 298
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family