Today’s episode is about the characteristics of a godly mother.
If Mother’s Day isn’t a day of celebration for you, I want you to know that you are not alone. It can be a sad day when your Mom has passed away or the two of you are estranged. People will let you down and come in and out of your life, but God is always there. We are not orphans with him. Hebrews 13:5 says “I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.” John 14:18 says “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you”. The type of mom that you grow up with has a profound effect on you. I have personally experienced having a good mom and a bad.
She does what is best for her children even when it causes her pain or requires sacrifice. 1 Kings 3:23-28 23Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
A good mother corrects her children. Proverbs 29:15 & 17 “The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.” Proverbs 22:15 “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” Proverbs 13:24 “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
Her faith is an example to her children. 2 Timothy 1:5 “when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”
She teaches her children how to live a life that honors God.
Titus 2:3-5 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
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