Isaiah 40:11

I just posted on diligence. In that context, I'll say that I've been skimming a book called A Mom Just Like You: The Homeschooling Mother by Vickie and Jayme Farris, which I picked up for free at a moms' group swap last month. Vickie Farris has 10 kids and has/is homeschooling them all. In chapter 7, "Mary V. Martha," she descrribes her struggle to find a consistent alone time with the Lord. Imagine that! I thought I'd just share a little excerpt because I found it encouraging and interesting:

After all, how can you tell a screaming baby to wait while you
finish your devotions? (And even if you could, how could you continue to pray and meditate on Scripture with all that commotion in the background?) One day, I was talking with my friend Linda, who is the mother of eleven children, about this problem. When I expressed my frustration...she nodded sympathetically...[and said,] "Think about that promise in Isaiah 40:11, 'He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young' (KJV)...It's just comforting to know that he 'gently leads' those of us who have little ones.'" (160)

To think of the Lord gently leading me ...and you, my friends with kids; makes me smile.