To be a Mother means…..

I was reflecting this morning on what it really means to be a mom.  

Our children often mirror us.  We as mothers have a very high calling.  It doesn’t feel that way so many days as I get caught up in the loads of laundry, clutter from daily living,  and dirty dishes.  I often have to check my attitude and the condition of my heart and dig deeper into Christ to be reminded that being a mother is a calling.  An honor. A huge responsibility.  We are teachers.  We coach, cheerlead, and role model.  We are the chef, the maid, the chauffer, the therapist, …. the list goes on and on.  I stop today and ask God to show me how He desires for me to respond in everything.  That He would continue to strip me of my selfishness and give me His heart of service for my daughters.  I am reminded that loving them means much more than saying “I love you.”   True agape love means setting aside selfish ambition and looking beyond the mounds of work I have to do.  To love means doing the right thing which is rarely the easy thing to do.  

Heavenly Father, today I ask that you will impress upon my heart YOUR HEART for my daughters.  Show me how to pray for them and continue to teach me how to lay aside self, and serve them with your love.

What does being a Mother mean to you?

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