THE STEWARDSHIP OF MOTHERS

A POSITION OF CO-EQUAL The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." (NASB)

WHAT ARE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MOTHER? (Proverbs 31:10-31)

VIRTUOUS TRUSTWORTHY INDUSTRIOUS AN EARLY RISER GENEROUS HONOURABLE STRONG TAKES CARE OF HER HOUSEHOLD

HOW POWERFUL IS THE INFLUENCE OF A MOTHER? (II Kings 1-3)

Now it came about in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king. He was twentyfive years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. "

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live. NASB (See 15:1-4)

WORK NOW OR SUFFER LATER

From the moment our precious little ones are placed in our arms at birth today's society seems to want to relegate moms to the back bench. From a government education system that makes moms feel as if only the "professionals" can teach our own children, to the modern feminist message that the act of "mothering'" is quite beneath [them], [moms] are made to believe that there's nothing really special about [their] role after all. [they're]often treated as just baby making machines whose only "mothering" function is the physical act of creating a child.

The truth is that Mom does set the tone for the home, and we have tremendous influence over the moods, actions and lives of everyone who enters [their] door. And that influence is a fact [mothers] cannot change - no matter how much the pop culture tries. In fact, in national surveys of teens, when asked who has the greatest influence on them, the majority of teens say, "my parents". This, even though many kids are now consuming up to eight hours of media a day.

The take-away message for moms? You have no choice about whether or not you are an influence - the choice is what type of influence you will be. Your actions and words will either shape your children for good or for bad. And your silence also speaks volumes: when you are too busy or too tired to take the time to talk to your children, the message that comes through loud and clear is that they are not important.