PARENTING-MOTHERS
To be a
mother is by no means second class. Men may have the authority in the
home, but the women have the influence. The mother, more than the father,
is the one who molds and shapes those little lives from day one.
Successful Christian Parenting, 1998, p. 194.
Mothers,
don’t let anyone ever dupe you into thinking there’s anything ignoble or
disgraceful about remaining at home and raising your family. Don’t buy the lie
that you’re repressed if you’re a worker in the home instead of in the world’s
workplace. Devoting yourself fully to your role as wife and mother is not
repression; it is true liberation. Multitudes of women have bought the world’s
lie, put on a suit, picked up a briefcase, dropped their children off for
someone else to raise, and gone into the workplace,
only to realize after fifteen years that they and their children have a hollow
void in their hearts. Many such career women now say they wish they had devoted
themselves to motherhood and the home instead.
John MacArthur
Successful Christian Parenting, 1998, p. 195.
(Mothers),
our daughters will be products of their theology. Their knowledge – or lack of
knowledge – of who God is and what He has done for them will show up in every
attitude, action, and relationship. Their worldview will be determined by their
belief system. We must teach our daughters that their value and identity lie in
the fact that they are image-bearers of the God of glory. This will protect
them from seeking significance in the inconsequential shallowness of self-fulfillment,
personal happiness, materialism, or others’ approval. Our daughters must know
the wondrous truth that their overarching purpose in life is God’s glory.
Susan Hunt
Taken from: Biblical Womanhood in the
Home by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Crossway, 2002, p. 150.
The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with
love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her
hands could find to do beneath the skies. A true mother is one of the holiest
secrets of home happiness. God sends many beautiful things to this world, many
noble gifts; but no blessing is richer than that which He bestows in a mother
who has learned love's lessons well, and has realized something of the meaning
of her sacred calling.
J.R. Miller
Secrets of Happy Home Life, 1894.
I learned
more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in
England.
John Wesley
God
graciously puts [common] love in the hearts of all mothers. Society is better
because of it. But add Christ to that, and you have something far richer. Only
a Christian mom can love that child “for Christ's sake,” and “as unto the
Lord.” Only a Christian mom can show her child what it means to be a true
believer in Christ. Only a Christian mom can pray effectively for her child.
Only a Christian mom can teach her children the truth about Jesus. Only a
Christian mom can teach her kids what marriage is all about, even when times
are difficult. And only a Christian mom can die as a lover of Christ,
contentedly anticipating eternity in the house of her heavenly father.
Jim Elliff
She
Loved It, Christian Communicators Worldwide, www.CCWtoday.org. Used by Permission.
She has a
more influential and powerful role than any political, military, religious or
educational figure. Her words are never fully forgotten. If you were blessed
with a good mother, you will enjoy the advantages for the rest of your days. If
your mother neglected you and her responsibilities, unfortunately the impact is
almost certainly still felt today. Whether it's good or whether it's evil, a mother's impact is permanent. A child's mother
is arguably the most influential figure in their life, giving credence to the
old adage: the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Author Unknown
Motherhood is
not disparaged in biblical teaching; contrary to many in modern
society, it is held up as the woman’s highest calling and privilege.
Andreas Kostenberger
God,
Marriage and Family, Crossway, 2004, p. 120.
What the
mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.
Henry Ward Beecher
Wives are not
the only ones instructed to respect their husbands. Children are told to honor
their fathers (Ephesians 6:2-3). If you are disrespectful to your husband, your
children will likely acquire the same attitude. It will be much more difficult
for them to honor their father if you are belittling him and speaking to him in
a harsh, sarcastic tone of voice.
Martha Peace
The Excellent Wife, Focus Publishing
Incorporated, p. 114.
After
years of society belittling the calling of motherhood, something wonderful is
happening – something wonderfully counter-cultural! In the midst of the
anti-life, anti-motherhood philosophies which pervade the culture, there is a
new generation of young ladies emerging whose priorities are not determined by
the world’s expectations of them. They have grown up in homes where fathers
shepherd them, where children are not merely welcome, but where they are deeply
loved. Some of these women have been home educated, which means that many of
them have grown up around babies and their mothers. They have learned to see
motherhood as a joy and a high calling, because their parents see it that way. And
when asked about their future, these girls know their own minds. These are the
future mothers of the Church. Young women who are not afraid
to say that the goal of all of their education and training is to equip them to
pursue the highest calling of womanhood, the office of wife and mother.
Author Unknown
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Motherhood in America, May
9, 2008, Vision Forum Ministries, Used by Permission.