When I think of motherhood, I immediately picture my sweet Nana. She is my rock, my ride or die, the one who shines as all that a mother should be. For my whole life, she has poured into me, taught me so well, and helped me grow into the mother I am today. One of her greatest nuggets of wisdom goes like this: "You learn something from everyone that you meet. You either learn what to do, or what not to do." 

These are words I have played in my head time and time again, and most recently, I connected them to Acts chapter 4. This is when Peter and John are speaking to the crowd about Jesus, something that was typically left to the "educated" religious leaders. This chapter in Acts speaks of how the crowd marveled because these were "unschooled and ordinary men," but they knew that these men had been with Jesus. A few weeks ago, we shared this scripture at House Church, and I told my House Church family that this is what I wanted my children to think of whenever they think of me. Whenever I have those moments in which housework, sick days, grumpy days, or the endless list of the to-dos of motherhood get to me, I want to remind myself that this is the ministry of my home. I have the incredible opportunity to reflect Christ to my two boys in the way that Nana always has for me. I have learned "what to do" from Peter and John (and Nana), and after watching me in my home, I want for my children to say to themselves: “Wow, my mom has been with Jesus."

- Katie Crosby, The Jones County Campus