Need for Joy

"We all underestimate our need for joy. If we are not careful, we live as if our schedules are our lives. We cross one thing after another off the list. At the end of the day, we have completed our chores, but we haven’t necessarily been present for our own experiences." ~ Mary Pipher

Worthwhile Endeavor

"Most worthwhile endeavors - whether they involve housework and chores, schoolwork, serving outside the home or providing hospitality within, or training our children to be servants of the Lord-end up taking more time energy, effort, and character than we ever thought they would." ~ Sally Clarkson (The Ministry of Motherhood)