Do you ever have those surreal moments when you just stop and ask yourself, “Why am I doing all this anyway?”
Why are you sacrificing to stay home when you could easily choose another path? Why do kids need a mom and what is a mom’s purpose in the life of her child? I suggest the one answer that will give you perseverance when you grow weary……….to please Christ and obey His command to make disciples.
It’s not easy to make disciples–the very word has discipline interwoven into the meaning. I need to evaluate regularly how I am doing at making disciples. As moms we spend our days walking alongside our children. “Walking alongside” is a phrase to live by.
Jesus made disciples by spending most of his three years in earthly ministry with his twelve disciples. They ate together, ministered and worshipped together, sharing life experiences which Jesus turned into teachable moments. How could they experience Christ’s faith if they would have never seen it in action? Our children must spend large amounts of time with us if we are going to be effective at making disciples. There is no shortcut, no easy path. God has called me as a parent to be faithful, day in, day out, in living the life of a disciple and reproducing disciples of my children.
How will we know our job has been accomplished? When your child is fully discipled? I would suggest the scriptures give us our indicator--when you can send them out to reproduce in the lives of others what they have been taught. Jesus left his disciples when He could tell them to go and make disciples. He knew they were capable and fully equipped. But before they were ready, Jesus walked alongside them for three years and they were grown men…………….can we do less if we expect our little children to follow the Savior?
Oh, moms, don’t lose heart today. God placed children in our care because they need us. Children need guidance, a mom who walks alongside them when they need comfort and correction. We’ve got to be there, moms. Homemaking involves building up people who live in our homes. Homemaking takes on a whole new meaning when you see you are building into the lives of future disciples. Jesus has called us~He will sustain us~He will give help when you are weak~and you will see the fruit of your hands one day. Your children will rise up and bless your Savior and you will know there is no greater joy than to know your children walk in truth.
