Do Not Forsake Your Mother’s Teaching
Proverbs 1:8b ‘… and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.’
Do you hear your mother in yourself when speaking to your children? I know I do. Repeating things that were said over and over and over again. Learning by repetition. Some of those things I found I had to curb when my children were younger because of things I have learnt as an adult and because of my faith. But other things were good to uphold and continue to teach to my daughters and hopefully they will follow through with their own families.
Throughout Proverbs and other books in the bible we are told the same thing over and over and over again. And we are encouraged to bring up our children in the training and instruction of our Lord (Ephesians 6:4). It is important to repeat the lessons often so that they can be instilled in our children. And for that reason, we should also check ourselves – our actions, our words, are we living a life that reflects what we are teaching our children? Mothers, our children need us. Let’s not forsake teaching our children.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:24 am
What an absolute gorgeous looking blog, and such lovely words. Boy, I can so relate to this passage, and it also makes me think that hindsight is such a wonderful thing…Losing my mother really made me grow up, and I know now, the many mistakes I made through the years were because I could hear her voice and words of wisdom, but I wasn’t really tuned in. I take comfort in knowing the lessons she taught were never ever lost, and the rest has come directly from God, so I am sure mum would approve!
I really appreciate this post, God bless!
February 9th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
It’s true. We do become our mothers. The older I become, the better I understand my mother’s discipline. My daughter’s reaction, of course, is also a reflection of how I used to react to my mother before I really understood her. I hope my daughter will someday appreciate me as I have come to appreciate my mother for all of the loving advice.
February 9th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Thanks ladies, lovely to hear from you. My mother is still with us but in another state Debbie so I only get to speak to her now and then but she emails me every week and I email her back. And Karen, I know what you mean. I’ve had two of my daughters (the youngest actually and in their low 20s) already say to me how much they appreciate what I said and did for them. That is such a blessing.