Quotes about Nurture

Mother whispered, "See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking." She turned out the light and I patted my son's body lightly and went back to sleep.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother." (1986)

In recovery, we learn that self-care leads us on the path to God's will and plan for our life. Self-care never leads away from our highest good; it leads toward it. Learn to nurture that voice inside. We can trust ourselves.

never stop being a parent who deeply cares

Faith grows when it is planted in the fertile soil of God's Word.

We are to feed the new nature on the Word of God constantly, and we are to starve the old nature, which craves the world and the flesh. We are told to "make not provision for the flesh" [Romans 13:14 KJV].

Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed. If we feed our spiritual lives and allow the Holy Spirit to empower us, He will have rule over us. If we starve our spiritual natures and instead feed the old, sinful nature, the flesh will dominate.

A Christian has tremendous responsibilities to his own family. He or she has a responsibility of loving each member of the family.

God gave us our children so we could prepare them to become adults.

God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us.

There is always the exceptional child, but the average tells us that the child is largely what the home has made him.

Take care of your soul—your inner self—by feeding on the Word of God and letting His Spirit transform you from within.