Jennifer Pepito > Quotes

“I finally understood that trials don’t hurt our children; it’s our attitude about the trials that hurts them. When we can cheerfully overcome our fear and face the storms, even self-inflicted storms from choosing a different path, we teach our children far more about navigating life than if we had just stayed safely on the shore, living without vision.”
― Jennifer Pepito, Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy

“If we feel the world outside is chaotic, let’s sow peace in our home. If we feel the world outside is cruel, our homes should be islands of kindness; if we feel that people are selfish and grasping, we should model love and generosity.”
― Jennifer Pepito, Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families

“The work you are doing is restoring the world.”
― Jennifer Pepito, Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families

“When we start to feel that we can’t manage and begin entertaining fearful thoughts of the impact of our inadequacy, we create a self-perpetuating cycle: The fear causes us to freeze, and the more we do nothing, the more chaotic our life becomes.”
― Jennifer Pepito, Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy

“We need to prepare for the Lord’s Day each week in a sincere and very real way, so that we and our children may know something of the keeping of the fourth commandment now, for ‘rest and gladness’ as well as worship, for God’s glory as well as man’s good.”8”
― Jennifer Pepito, Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families

“when there is no leadership or example to follow, chaos quickly ensues.”
― Jennifer Pepito, Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families

“Stewardship is built with the smallest of decisions. Will I pray when I wake up, or look at my phone? Will I read the Bible to my children, or let them watch cartoons all morning? Will I spend my leisure time browsing my favorite stores online or working on a handcraft? None of the options I listed is necessarily bad, but some of them might be more intentional and life-giving in the long run—and it is small daily choices that build a life.”
― Jennifer Pepito, Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families

“You have to inspect what you expect, and when we fail to consistently train the habits we want our children to display, we can’t be upset when their habits reflect the lack of training.”
― Jennifer Pepito, Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families