Your Role As A Mother To Your Children 2!-
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the concluding part of this edition. This week, we shall continue the series Your Role as A Mother to Your Children. It is important you know that even if you don’t leave behind houses or cars, please leave a footprint on the sands of time for your children to follow. This is the BEST role you can play as a mother to your children.
Demonstrating the virtues you want your children to imbibe is more powerful than caning or teaching them. Your examples are what stick with them, not the volume of words you speak. After all your points are forgotten, your examples will remain in them.
Some mothers instruct their children not to make use of abusive words, but they shout abusive words at their husbands and people who get on their nerves. They commit all manner of atrocities and yet teach the Word of God to their children. Remember, an ounce of example is worth a ton of preaching. You may think they are too young to know what is happening, but they see the way you sit with your friends to gossip. It is a bad example.
However, there are profits in training your child effectively, so expect your wages. This may come in various ways; it may be monetary or otherwise. One of such wages is JOY.
When you play your role as a mother to your children right, every remembrance of them brings joy to your heart. The more you labour in bringing them up, the more reward you stand to receive.
Though the task of child training often appears awesome, but the good news is that God will not ask you to do what is impossible. Ruth Bell Graham once said, “As a mother, my job is to take care of the possible and trust God with the impossible.” As you accept your responsibility and raise up godly seeds unto the Lord, you will have cause to rejoice in the future.
However, to effectively carry out your role in raising godly children, you need a relationship with God, and this begin by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. So, if you are not yet born again, please say this prayer of faith: Dear Lord, I come to You today. I am a sinner. Forgive me my sins. Cleanse me with Your Precious Blood. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Now I know I am born again!
Congratulations, you are now born again and a child of God. He loves you and will never leave you or forsake you. With this, you are guaranteed all-round rest and peace, in Jesus’ name! Call or write to share your testimonies with me through oyedepofaitha@gmail.com OR 08141320204.
For more insight, these books, authored by me, are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all the Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Marriage Covenant, Making Marriage Work, Building A Successful Home, Raising Godly Children and Success in Marriage (Co-Authored).
