Faith Of Our Mothers
God's Living Word - Proverbs 1:8, NIV
"Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching."
Erma Bombeck once said that raising children is like flying kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you’re both breathless … they crash … you add a longer tail. You patch and comfort, adjust and teach – and assure them that someday they will fly. Finally, they are airborne, but they need more string, and you keep letting it out. With each twist of the ball of twine, the kite becomes more distant. You know it won’t be long before that beautiful creature will snap the lifeline that bound you together and soar – free and alone. Only then do you know you did your job.
Being a mother is perhaps the most rewarding and difficult job on earth. For the Christian mother, there is the responsibility of being an example of God’s love so that her children grow to know Him. What an amazing feeling to see grown children following in God’s footsteps! Mothers have the unique opportunity to show their children how God can use them for His glory – for they see the potential wrapped up in the birth and growth of their child.
Devotional By Dr. David Jeremiah, “Faith Of Our Mothers”
Brother Rubin for IBC