Your Voice

**Before you begin reading, sit down, breathe normally and be quiet for 1 minute.**

Your voice.  My daughter is experimenting with her voice.  It is so fun to watch her explore her voice, the strength of it, the sound of it and the reactions she gets from others.  We all have a voice as well.  Some of us have lost our voice.  Maybe it has been drowned out or quieted.  Maybe it has not been given the freedom to speak.  Maybe we have not had the freedom to experiment with our voices to find them.  Maybe we are just too tired to use it.  God has given you a voice for something, someone.  May you find the freedom to experiment and explore your voice.  When it is found may it nourish and build up that which God has called you to speak for.

**Sit quietly again for as much time as is available to you.**

Two Minutes

  Sometimes all you want is two minutes. Two minutes to sit ... in silence ... alone. Most moms I know do not have two minutes to sit alone in silence and if they do they are asleep. Many moms I talk to also say that the first thing to go is actively cultivating their spiritual lives. Women who are intelligent, hold post-graduate degrees in religion tell me that cultivating their spiritual lives has gone out the window. Women who are full time moms and work outside the home full time struggle too. Full time stay at home moms are struggling as well.
   In the midst of the unknown, unexpected, constant demand of life a lot of times all we want to do is sleep, sit and escape. We are engaging people, things, decisions all day long and to think of engaging something else is overwhelming. To think of pursuing God and cultivating our spiritual lives is daunting.
   "Two Minutes for Mommy" is an opportunity for moms to sit, be and receive. My hope is that in two minutes (or more if you'd like) you can receive some rest and spiritual encouragement that will lead you through the day. My hope is that these two minutes will miraculously multiply into the hundreds of minutes in your day, nourishing and sustaining you.