LIVE Webinar for Loving the Little Years

I wrote 15 years ago what I believed. Now I can say this is what I also know. This is a testimony of the fruit I've seen.

You don’t know how wonderful this is, what God is doing to you, what He’s giving to you in the thick of diapers and snot, surrounded by little needy needy people pulling your pants, through sleepless nights and minute-long breaks when you get to breathe and even smoking might sound like a great idea.

 At the same time, if you walk faithfully walk with God through the little years, you always look back on it as a time of abundant mercies and kindnesses and a time that you got to know the Lord differently than you had in your probably calmer, gel-pen doodle-filled Christian life.

Then you will never regret these years.

The second session we’ll talk about shepherding your children as individuals.

Not treating them like cogs in a neat home system or like your creative project, but stewarding the souls in your care. Children need to be known and loved and pastored as individuals, not just as clones in a group.

Probably the single biggest shift since I wrote is social media. Same fire, same sins, same temptations, but the materials are different now. What's new is how you’re being attacked, being fed a constant diet of things that really shape you.

Mom's already have a wildly interruptive job. Your brain is in a million different corners of the house. You don’t need more of that.

This session is about learning to really love the hard work of the little years.

Look on your daily work with faith and a sense of humor to see what’s worth loving beyond a sentimental haze, and enjoy the fact that this is a rough time in your life.

When I wrote this book there seemed to be two conversations. One was a foggy, hazy, dusty rose, super spiritual imagination about souls in your care. The other was all diapers and snot and harsh realities.

We don’t need to pretend there’s no vomit in this world. Both realities of human life and spiritual beauty go together. The hard work is beautiful and fruitful. Enjoy it while God has you there.

Finally, we’re just going to be talking all encouragement.

Why you gotta keep your eyes on the big picture, how to pursue Christ through this time, how to not grow weary of doing good, but instead to be faithful, fruitful, and constant through this phase of life.

We'll talk about true Christian encouragement, not false Instagram encouragement. Not "you got this girl", but rather the kind of confidence and faithfulness that comes from knowing who Christ is.

If we’ve learned anything in the little years, it’s that we don’t got it all for this phase. Keep your eyes on the big picture and pursue Christ. And keep at it to the end.

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