However, I used to feel mistreated... but in a way I know it is because my girls know I have unconditional love for them and they can be ugly at times and I will still be here with open arms.
As I was pondering my job as a stay at home mom, which I do often, I was thinking about the legacy I will leave my girls. My Papa just passed away last week and we talked alot about his legacy. He really had an impact on me and for that I am eternally grateful.
At my Papa's visitation I saw many people I had not seen in years. Most of them asked me what I did. My response was, "I have 4 kids," but as soon as the words left my mouth I instantly felt a pang go through my body. I wish I could have said something brilliant.
I thought alot about my feelings and concluded a mother is the primary teacher of the next generation there is no more important job.
God will honor a mother's love by blessing her and blessing her children. A mother teaches by communicating her values and priorities and by being a model that her children can pattern themselves after.
She models to her daughter the significant impact of her role as a wife and mother. She models to her son the kind of woman he should marry. She also teaches to her son how to honor and appreciate a woman's responsibility of being a wife and a mom.
I would like to thank my mother because I could not have had a better teacher.
In my opinion being a mother requires God's power to love and nurture. Especially, on Friday mornings when children are mad at the world!
So when I am feeling trod upon I need to remember I am irreplaceable in the family. Motherhood is a high and holy calling!
What kind of legacy will we, as mothers, leave?
I love this song:
http://youtu.be/eHX3qV83W3k
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