Impact of a Mother

"My mother was the most beautiful womean I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical eucation I recieved from her."

George Washington

"I remember my mothers's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."

Abraham Lincoln

The impact we have as a Mother upon the world is limitless. What an incredible job we have been given when God blesses us with a child. It is a noble task, a holy calling, a riverbed of meeting needs & learning just how selfish one is & thus what it is to be a servant. Is it always glamorous and fun, NO...it is stretching & challenging & will stretch one further than she has ever been stretched spiritually, physically & emotionally. Yet, it is foundational to the civilizing of our world.

The impacts of a Mothers choices in her own home have lasting effects upon society at large. We, as grown adult women who have been entrusted with children have got to grow up and stop selfishly trying to free ourselves from our God given task of mothering through twiddling away their days at this place and that, at this activity and that, watching this TV show with horrible attitudes and that one, sending them to this neighbors home and that one. There is NO computer game, expensive curriculium, latest coolest toy or game that will shape morally, lovingly, good natured, smart children like that of a grounded, daily, lovingly disciplining presence of a Mother.

I will say it again even clearer....Babies R Us & all their gadgets & widgets will not form healthy, happy, well behaved children. All that stuff unfortunately clutters a mothers home & thus steals her time in choosing which seat or widget her child should sit. Her loving nurturing presence is what a child desires.

Mothers are civilizers of the next generation. It is high time we stop twiddling away our time in our homes. Just as we make a plan to workout, or reach goals in school or a job, so a plan is needed for your homelife. Don't wait until your child is a teen to be intentional about what kind of homelife you want to shape him/her. Seize the day, seize the hour.

May your heart be prodded toward the saplings in your home as you honestly evaluate their upbringing in YOUR home. They are precious souls longing for beauty & hope & adventure. What will you fill their childhood with?

Yes, you are civilizing your community, your town, city & thus the world through your job as a mother. Embrace it with vigor & joy & a thankful heart. It really is fun when you let down and lean into this season of life.

civ-i-lize

1. to create a high level of culture

2. to teach somebody to behave in a more socially, morally and culturally acceptable way.

Enlighten, cultivate, improve, advance subdue in terms of a people or nation.

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