YOU'LL NEVER KNOW

Dear precious mother, I know that sometimes you feel like a failure. Sometimes you wonder if you are accomplishing anything as you are hidden in your home raising your little ones, middling ones, and big ones! I want to remind you that you are not wasting your life. You are in the perfect will of God and you are in the most powerful career in the nation. You are determining the destiny of this nation, and nations or the world.

I want to remind you of the ENORMITY of what you are doing. Be faithful. Embrace your calling. Put your whole heart and soul into it for one day you will get to see how your children will touch the lives of so many people for God and His truth.

I have always loved to pin quotes, Scriptures verses, poems, and powerful statements on the wall for my children to read and be inspired. Many years ago, when most of them were late teens, I posted some words on the boys' bathroom where we lived in Australia at the time: "Australia waits to see what will come out of 18 Welby Street."

Not only did Australia wait to see, but the world. I thought of this again this morning as I realized that we now have over 48,000 people on our ABOVE RUBIES Facebook (although I am looking forward to reaching out to many more than 480,000!). But, then I checked some of my children's Facebooks. Our daughters, Serene and Pearl of TRIM HEALTHY MAMA now have well over 100,000 on their Facebook. Then I checked the NEWSBOYS, owned and managed by our sons, Wes and Steve, and they have 1.2 million on their Facebook (I'd secretly like to beat the Newsboys!). Wes was also the inspirer of the recent movie, "God's Not Dead"!

Apart from the other members of our family who are also touching many people for God through their daily lives, this one little family is reaching out to millions across the world--AND WE'VE HARDLY STARTED YET! Get ready, world.

Dear mother, lift up your head. Put a smile on your face. Stir resolution again in your heart. You can never imagine now what will happen with your children, too. Be ready for surprises. Be ready to REAP THE REWARD OF YOUR FAITHFUL MOTHERING, nurturing, and daily imparting of God's truth to your children.

Much love from your older mother, Nancy Campbell

A Piece of Trivia: When Serene and Pearl were thinking of a name for their Publishing Company, they decided on WELBY STREET PRESS.