Mom Heart Moments #12

You have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

THIS IS THE VISION I SEE: if mothers rise to be gatekeepers, make their homes places of excellence, cultivate reverence for and worship of God as well as love for each other, spend personal time teaching and discipling their children, serve them through this training and nurture, and give up their own time to accomplish all of this, there will be hope.

When mothers abandon this important responsibility, there is a greater tendency for children to become the kind of adults who are self-centered and self-serving, and who overlook unrighteousness without any pang of conscience, because that conscience has never been developed. They become the kind of adults who can passively let others take responsibility for our government and country, who accept and validate those who would promise the moon even though the moon isn’t available in reality.

For effective parenting to occur, there must be hundreds —thousands —of dinners made, laundry loads run, backs scratched, and cookies baked. There must be watercolor projects and messes, hikes and games of hide-and-seek, wonderful lifegiving books and concerts and the theater. Time spent ministering to our children is time well spent, because that investment grants us the door to their hearts. When their hearts are soft to us because we have ministered to their needs, their minds will also be softened to hear our values, our convictions, and our guidance.

Moms, the way you invest your life today will indeed have a great impact on history. The cultivating and raising of great souls is of the utmost importance. Your life is making a difference. Spend time in the Word, read those books that call you to excellence, pray with friends of like mind —and don’t give up!

Our culture doesn’t put much value on endurance. Yet life requires it! Determine that you will endure to the end regardless of situations. Just making that decision goes a long way toward accomplishing your ideals!