Being a Spiritual Mother (Part 2)
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God has given mothers the privilege of making the home. Titus 2:4-5 says that older women are to “admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” Mothers have the central role in developing children’s relationships with adults. Mothers act as mediators between other adults and children. They are the first resource children learn to trust. What happens if the child cannot trust his mother? What happens if there is no mediation between the child and other adults?
Godly mothers will care for and educate their children to ensure their emotional well-being. Mothers must pay attention to their children to help them grow. Luke 2:19 says that Mary, the mother of Jesus, “kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.” She focused on Jesus’ and adjusted her care for him appropriately. All mothers have the responsibility to help their children be who God calls them to be. First Timothy 2:15 says, “Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.”
Mothers must be involved in their children’s spiritual education. Paul recognized this: “when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also” (2 Timothy 1:5), and “But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:14-15). The best way for children to mature emotionally is to have God-fearing mothers.
God bless you, and I love you.
Kevin Cauley