Comments on: The table http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/ Family life commentary by Amy Scott. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:35:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: wendym http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34688 wendym Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:09:35 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34688 Amy, I found so much encouragement in this post. As a mother of four young children it can be easy to lose perspective. This was a wonderful reminder to look down the road! I have been listening to a song by Sara Groves title Kingdom Comes. I don't know that she is talking about parenting/mothering per se but I have been interpreting it as such. I love the picture of building/growing --these are some of the words: When fear engulfs your mind Says you protect your own You still extend your hand You open up your home When sorrow fills your life When in your grief and pain You choose again to rise You choose to bless the name That's a little stone that's a little mortar That's a little seed that's a little water In the hearts of the sons and the daughters The kingdom's coming In the mundane tasks of living In the pouring out and giving In the waking up and trying In the laying down and dying That's a little stone that's a little mortar That's a little seed that's a little water In the hearts of the sons and the daughters The kingdom's coming Amy, I found so much encouragement in this post. As a mother of four young children it can be easy to lose perspective. This was a wonderful reminder to look down the road!

I have been listening to a song by Sara Groves title Kingdom Comes. I don’t know that she is talking about parenting/mothering per se but I have been interpreting it as such. I love the picture of building/growing –these are some of the words:

When fear engulfs your mind
Says you protect your own
You still extend your hand
You open up your home

When sorrow fills your life
When in your grief and pain
You choose again to rise
You choose to bless the name

That’s a little stone that’s a little mortar
That’s a little seed that’s a little water
In the hearts of the sons and the daughters
The kingdom’s coming

In the mundane tasks of living
In the pouring out and giving
In the waking up and trying
In the laying down and dying

That’s a little stone that’s a little mortar
That’s a little seed that’s a little water
In the hearts of the sons and the daughters
The kingdom’s coming

]]> By: Susanne http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34327 Susanne Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:01:49 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34327 Very Beautifully put! I love your way of looking at life. Most of us, ahem, would be trying to change our spouse to having our outlook instead of enjoying the humor of it the way you do. Your family sounds fun! Very Beautifully put! I love your way of looking at life. Most of us, ahem, would be trying to change our spouse to having our outlook instead of enjoying the humor of it the way you do. Your family sounds fun!

]]> By: sprittibee http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34252 sprittibee Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:17:57 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34252 I guess your comments section doesn't allow the tag. Oh, well... you can click over and view it here: <a href="http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/thanksgiving/food.htm" rel="nofollow">Rockwell's Thanksgiving</a> I guess your comments section doesn’t allow the tag. Oh, well… you can click over and view it here:

Rockwell’s Thanksgiving

]]> By: sprittibee http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34251 sprittibee Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:16:41 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34251 Here's a picture of hope for you, Amy: May you and your family always have Rockwell Thanksgivings. :) Here’s a picture of hope for you, Amy:

May you and your family always have Rockwell Thanksgivings. :)

]]> By: kerri http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34208 kerri Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:42:12 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34208 When I had 5 children I felt like I was going under fast. I never could seem to get everything done and I felt terrible about it. Now my oldest is 14 and I have 8, pregnant with my ninth and I hardly ever do dinner dishes anymore, hardly ever clean a bathroom, and only do about 1/2 the laundry. It really is true, it does get easier. And the rewards for training early (Which I didn't do a great job of, suffering from the mindset Rick mentioned when mine were smaller)are so great. It is a wonderful satisfaction to look at your children gathered around the table (We always do dinner together too) and know that you feel very good about the people they are becoming, and it helps you to have a greater confidence in raising those smaller ones who are still a bit rough yet. Hang in there Amy, (And any other aspiring moms of many to be.) There is nothing richer, and God is indeed faithful. When I had 5 children I felt like I was going under fast. I never could seem to get everything done and I felt terrible about it. Now my oldest is 14 and I have 8, pregnant with my ninth and I hardly ever do dinner dishes anymore, hardly ever clean a bathroom, and only do about 1/2 the laundry. It really is true, it does get easier. And the rewards for training early (Which I didn’t do a great job of, suffering from the mindset Rick mentioned when mine were smaller)are so great. It is a wonderful satisfaction to look at your children gathered around the table (We always do dinner together too) and know that you feel very good about the people they are becoming, and it helps you to have a greater confidence in raising those smaller ones who are still a bit rough yet.

Hang in there Amy, (And any other aspiring moms of many to be.) There is nothing richer, and God is indeed faithful.

]]> By: Katherine http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34206 Katherine Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:10:11 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34206 That's one of my favorite scriptures. Love the picture of the vines and olive shoots - mostly because I'm always working with someone (or something) tangled around my feet! My three older ones are pulling their weight more now, and it is beautiful to watch. That’s one of my favorite scriptures. Love the picture of the vines and olive shoots - mostly because I’m always working with someone (or something) tangled around my feet! My three older ones are pulling their weight more now, and it is beautiful to watch.

]]> By: Kim http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34180 Kim Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:49:09 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34180 Great entry. Thank you. I live among a large Amish community. Your words made me chuckle (and nod my head). Blessings! Great entry. Thank you. I live among a large Amish community. Your words made me chuckle (and nod my head).
Blessings!

]]> By: Susanna http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34175 Susanna Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:16:53 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34175 I always had this picture in my mind of how wonderful it would be to have a large table with lots of family around it. It is a beautiful aspiration....getting there is the hard bit. In my picture everyone is smiling and well behaved.The reality for me is currently one child and a very small table with no room for expansion......but the pictrue is still lovely! I always had this picture in my mind of how wonderful it would be to have a large table with lots of family around it. It is a beautiful aspiration….getting there is the hard bit. In my picture everyone is smiling and well behaved.The reality for me is currently one child and a very small table with no room for expansion……but the pictrue is still lovely!

]]> By: Christine http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34138 Christine Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:51:04 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34138 Amy, I love the humorous way you view life. I am definitely a realist like you. (Where would this world be without realists to balance out the optimists?) Thank you for reminding us of why we labor. May we sow many good things in our children's lives now so we will reap abundantly. Amy,
I love the humorous way you view life. I am definitely a realist like you. (Where would this world be without realists to balance out the optimists?)
Thank you for reminding us of why we labor. May we sow many good things in our children’s lives now so we will reap abundantly.

]]> By: Bethany http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34124 Bethany Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:18:12 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/22/the-table/#comment-34124 I love this post! I love the idea of also having a dinner table like that in the future! :grin_ee: I used to obsess over Gone With the Wind in Junior High. I read that book over and over. But I really never liked the movie too much. (I rarely like books turned movie...) and have really gotten over the book. Maybe I just burned myself out on it! I love this post! I love the idea of also having a dinner table like that in the future! :grin_ee:

I used to obsess over Gone With the Wind in Junior High. I read that book over and over. But I really never liked the movie too much. (I rarely like books turned movie…) and have really gotten over the book. Maybe I just burned myself out on it!

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