Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
(Prov. 22:6)
I believe that being a mother is God’s highest calling for a woman because it’s a calling to nurture the next generation. And I believe the greatest gift a mother can give her children is love, especially God’s love.
Sometimes that love has to be tough. It sets guidelines, showing our children which way they should go according to GodÂ’s Word and correcting them when necessary.
Prayer is one of the secrets to a mother’s success. As a widow at age 38, I made God my husband (according to Isa. 54:5), consulting Him on everything.
I’d say, “Lord, I’m not leaving here until You tell me how to handle this situation,” and He was always there. He wants to give us the answers we need, because He loves our children even more than we do!
It’s also important for mothers to speak loving words of faith over their children. From the moment I knew I was pregnant, I said to my children in the womb, “You will serve the Lord every day of your life,” and all of them have.
Children may not look like they are responding to your love and prayers, but no matter what they have done or where they are today, never give up. Keep loving them and praying for them, because God loves your family, and He is faithful!1
It is often difficult for children to understand how discipline and training reflect your love for them. As opportunities arise today to love them in these ways, take a moment to remind your children that you believe in them. Then explain how your specific actions reflect your great love.
1 Patricia Salem, Make Your Day Count magazine (April–June 2003) pp. 14–15.
by Lindsay Roberts
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
In November 1975, Buddy and Pat Harrison launched Harrison House Publishers, releasing their first titles in 1976. Since then, Harrison House has published and distributed more than 100 million books in 42 languages and in more than 175 countries. Since Dr. Harrison's homegoing in November of 1998, Harrison House has continued to publish the uncompromised Word of God.
2009 brought unprecedented changes to the publishing world, and Harrison House experienced changes as well. Press Group, a local printer and vendor, purchased Harrison House in April 2009, merging two complementary companies into one. With printing facilities, warehousing, and technology now under one roof, Harrison House is able to provide faster turn times, more accurate order processing, and better stock levels than ever before. We are truly poised to further the vision God put in the hearts of Buddy and Pat Harrison over 30 years ago: taking the Word of God to the world, impacting generations for His Kingdom.