A Moment with M.O.M.: About Us

Greetings! My name is Jeanette Wood although I sign my name as Mrs. Joseph Wood in honor of my dear Joe. If you would like to read more about that story you can view this post: http://amomentwithmom.blogspot.com/2009/10/moment-with-mom-my-curious-signature.html

This site was created as a resource for women to ask another M.O.M. (Mother of Many) questions they have regarding the daily duties as wife and mother. Some of my most favorite, life changing conversatons have been when my momma took a moment to share and invest herself into my life. Thus the reason for the name of the blog, "A Moment with M.O.M." I share out of my own experience and my desire to see women living victoriously in their homes. Most of all, I share out of my love and thanksgiving to the Lord. If you have a question, commment, or prayer request, please use the "mailbox" on the right hand sidebar to email me. As of Nov. 2010 my mother and girls have come along side me to minister here at the blog. I am excited to see what God has in store for each of us. I delight in training my girls to be "older" women no matter what season of life they are in. There is always someone "younger" that we can influence for the Glory of God. My girls do delight in serving others the sharing here is just an extention of that love. I hope you will find encouragement from their sharing no matter how old you might be. We look forward to sharing our hearts freely with you so that you might be encouraged in your personal walk with the Lord.

I am honored to come along side of my daughter Jeanette to share in God’s Faithfulness, His purpose and His Word. When Jeanette asked me to share with you; it came as an answer to a prayer to start a devotional once again. I had been the author of a 10 year email devotional that I sent M-F to co-workers and friends. But the LORD asked me to lie this aside for a season in my life and I missed it terribly, but I knew it was His will for this quiet moment in my life.

As a young woman, I attended a summer seminary that trained missionaries to go out into the world and share the gospel. After the summer-long course, I had the desire to be a missionary to the Asian world and hoped one day to minister to those in this far-away land. But God had a different plan for my life. At the beginning of that same year, in the fall, I met my future husband and we came together as partners for life through marriage the following summer. Our desire was to serve the LORD and my husband loved ministering to the youth, so began our service together. For many years, we opened our home to children from 3rd grade to high schoolers to minister to them through fellowship; we worked in our church as Directors and leaders for the AWANA Youth Clubs and we taught Sunday school. Our life was full as we ministered to these children and to our own family as our daughter and son were born.

We served the LORD, ministering to children for about 16 years and the LORD placed us in a quiet season for a couple of years and then re-directed me into the ministry of women. I served in our church as deaconess and Bible Study leader and mentor. During this time, I returned to the work force and my desire to serve women continued with the Daily Devotional.

In all of these years of service, my heart would always think back to my youth when I wanted to serve over seas and even though I found great joy in serving the LORD the way He chose, I still had those thoughts of “I wish”. The LORD had made it very clear in our marriage that our place of service was among the people He brought into our lives and so we were satisfied. One day, while working on the next email devotional, a friend wrote me to say, “I appreciate your email devotions and wanted to let you know that others do too. I have a friend in China who reminds me to send the devotion to him.” There it was! The LORD sent my desire to serve to China, soon after that I learned that not only was I serving in China, but in England, South America, Canada, Germany, France, Greenland, Ireland and all across America! Without even knowing that others were sending my devotion to their friends; the Word the LORD placed on my heart was ministering to people all over the world. The LORD had answered my prayer in a much greater way than I had the ability to physically go.

Now just a few years later, He has brought me into a new season of serving His people again. I look forward to what the LORD has to teach me and I will faithfully share those things with you. God is not through of any of us and there is no limit to who His Word can touch. I encourage you to share His Word with everyone you meet. You will be blessed as your own ministry begins to unfold. And feel free to write responses to the devotionals; it’s when we gather together that we edify one another. Let it be so as we gather each day.

Abiding Still

Connie Renfro

Bekah, my oldest daughter, will be sharing Moments in the Kitchen with frugal and healthy yet yummy meal ideas! If you have a question for her about life in the Kitchen with a family of 12 please feel free to ask her!

Beth-Joy, my second oldest daughter, will be sharing tips from the garden, recipes that we use with our herbs, and stories from the barn.

Sarah-Grace, my youngest daughter, will be sharing with me as we write a bible study for Mothers/Daughters and offer it free, here on the site, as an ebook for you to download and use in your own home.

May the Lord always be glorified through our communication!

With much love,

Mrs. Joseph Wood (on behalf of all the girls at A Moment with M.O.M.)

Real Moments in my Home!

I purchased a butterfly net for my children since we are having a delightful time watching them this fall. As Matthew ran out the front door he exclaimed with great pride, "I'm the BUTTERFLY hunter!"

As I cleaned out my purse, Sammy and Matthew sat on the bed watching as I went through each item. I found skittles at the bottom of my purse, a cheez it, nickles, dimes and pennies, lip gloss, receipts and more. Sammy said, "Mom it's like another world in your purse!" That child makes me smile!!

Ezekiel just informed me that making my coffee everyday should count as school work... he thinks it falls in the chemistry section since he is mixing coco with my coffee! lol!

After reading our proverbs for the day the children will tell me what verse they liked and what it meant to them. Today, Sammy was extreamly excited to share and raised his hand saying, "Pick me! Pick me! I know what my favorite verse was." "Okay Sammy, what was your favorite verse?" I asked. He replied, "My favorite verse is the one that says: Let no man throw a frog at his brother." The entire family started to laugh. I instantly read through the text again to see what might have sounded like that to him. Finally, I said, "Sammy, I can't find what verse you are talking about." He remained confident and said, "That's the way I heard it." When I told Grandma about it she said, "Well you know that is kinda biblical.. frogs are a curse so what Sammy was saying is: Let no man throw a curse at his brother." It's a good thing we always discuss what we hear in our Bible study.

As Matthew approached his fifth birthday he seemed disappointed. When I questioned him he said, "Momma? Can't I please just skip five and be six?!" I replied, "No... you have to be five first. Why don't you want to be five?" After a pause and with a discouraged countenance he said, "Because five is odd and I don't want to be odd Mommy!"

After all the children had their dentist visit Samuel began explaining how he had such good results. He said, "If you want to be like me all you have to do is only brush your teeth sometimes... the rest of the time... EAT THE TOOTHPASTE"

Bekah walked in while Matthew and I were working on his addition flashcards. She asked, "Matthew what are you doing?" "Doing my Plusing," He replied. I said, "You mean doing your addition" With confidence he turns to me and says, "Yes, that's it's middle name."

Bethany was helping Josiah look for beef cattle online when she came to me and said, "Momma, they had these really sad looking cattle that were super skinny called 'Commercial Cattle'. Momma that's all they would be good for - there wasn't enough meat on them for anything else." My Beth is just too sweet!

Timothy and Elisha were talking about all the contents of the Ark of the Covenant. When Elisha told Timothy that God had put the 10 commandments in it. Timothy replied with confidence, "Well He had too so that Moses wouldn't break them again!"

After several trips to the emergency room with my Timothy. I said, "Timothy, you really must stop hurting yourself like this. Each time we go through that hospital door it's costing Daddy 100.00!" He sweetly replied, "Is there another way we can get in Mommy?"

As Ezekiel and I poured over the garden magazines we ran across the brussel spouts. Ezekiel had never seen them before and with excitment said, "Momma, Look! They sell bite size lettuce!"

As we prepaired to vacume seal our newly butchered chickens. My Beth-Joy said, "Mom I know we want to seal our chickens but I can't figure out how we are going to get that chicken through that skinny slot!"

Jed was about five years old when he ran out to the kitchen and met me with excitement saying, "Mom I think God made my wife last night! I counted my ribs and now I am missing one!"

Matthew and Samuel were playing when the girls and I overheard them and couldn't help but giggle. Matthew wanted to play house and have a baby but Samuel informed him that, "You can't have a baby, Matthew- you're only a 2T"

While driving I often lose cell phone reception with my Joe. I never realized how much the little ones were listening until one day I overheard them say, "Mom and Dad broke up again!" "No Mommy broke up with Daddy" replied Matthew. "No! It was daddy. He broke up with Mommy again!" Replied Sammy. As I listend I thought it was a good thing no one was ease dropping into their coversation- they would think my Joe and I had a pretty rocky marriage! LOL

While on one of our "girls days" Bethany was having a hard time falling asleep. Grandma encouraged her to count sheep. After a few moments of slience we heard Beths sweat voice say, "Thump" We all thought about it for a moment and then Grandma asked, "Beth what was the thump about?" "Oh, one of my sheep ran into the fence... that's all Grandma."

A Note From M.O.M.

Welcome to a Moment with M.O.M(Mother of Many)

Have you ever wished someone would answer your questions, pray for your requests and listen as you ponder, pray and pursue your duties as wife and mother? Well, then you've come to the right place! Please join me as I, Jeanette Wood, share my heart, real moments from my home and loving encouragement on heart issues and practical tasks alike. If you have a question please feel free to email me and I will respond as the Lord allows. I don't claim to have all the answers but I know the One who does. I love to share what He has done in my life with others so that you might glean some of the gems that I have learned over the years. Come, sit on my porch or walk with me through the pastures as we share the goodness of the Lord.
Because of His Love,
Mrs. Joseph Wood

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