The Perfect Mom
Society has painted in the minds of many a picture of the Perfect mom
The perfect mom
House is Immaculate
Clothes all washed
No dishes in the sink
Trash taken out
No dust on the tv
Dinner is ready
Waiting for the husband to come home with flowers in his hand
The kids are perfectly well behaved and mannered
Even brushed their teeth and cleaned behind their ears without being told
Anything she pulls out of the closet fits perfect and she look gorgeous
Because everything is in perfect order
The House
The Family
The Finances
She has no stress or worries
She never loses her temper
She never cries she’s always laughing
Tend to form a comparison to what we think it should be like.
Probably Find yourself watching a show from the 50’s
The 4 Seasons of a Mother
Titus 2:3-5
We have 4 seasons in nature
Not in Texas either Hot or Cold
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Each season has its own difficulties, challenges struggles
1) Spring
a. Spring is a time of new growth
b. What a wonderful time
c. For the Gardner it is a time of preparation
i. Getting the soil ready
d. Some Women here that at this season of Life Do not have children yet
i. Time of preparation.
ii. Time of learning
iii. How will I deal with raising a child?
e. Others find themselves with babies at this time
i. Dealing with diapers
ii. Baby bottles
iii. Crying, fever
iv. Cutting of the first tooth, the loss of the first tooth.
v. Baby’s first steps
vi. Stresses of Life
1. Trying to keep it all together
2) Summer
a. Gardner is still tending the Crop
i. Watering
ii. Nurturing
b. Dealing with teenagers
c. What a wonderful time
i. They already know everything
d. Stresses of life with a teenager
3) Fall
a. Leaves begin to fall
b. Crops have reached maturity
c. Children begin to move away
d. Children begin to have children
e. Empty nest syndrome
4) Winter
a. At an older season of life
b. Seems as though your children don’t need you anymore
c. What do I do now?
d. During the winter it is easy to get side tracked in what we should be doing.
Interesting that the Apostle Paul Starts this section with the Older Women
Vs 3 Teach the older women to be reverent.
1) Reverent a since of showing deep respect in the way they live
2) Not slanderers
3) But to teach what is good
4) Train the younger women
a. To Love their husbands
b. To Love their children
c. To be self-controlled
d. Pure
e. Busy at home
f. To be kind
g. Subject to their husbands
5) So that no one will align the word of God
a. To speak bad about
Moms
you will always be Needed
No matter what season you find yourself in you are needed
The young women need the older women
Need to be teachable
Learn from the Older women
The older women need the younger women
Need to be approachable
Need to share experience
Altar Call
Older women
50 and older come to the altar
Everyone Stretch Hands this way and pray for these women as they are still valuable
Older women you must be approachable
The young women need you
Younger women
Come to the altar and stand facing the older women
Young women these older women have experience in life
They have value
Need to develop a relationship with them and have a teachable spirit
Now everyone stretch hands towards these women and pray for them
