What Happens When Mama Prays?

Every year she went to visit her son. Some mothers today don’t pay any more attention to their children than a flea does to what kind of dog it’s on.

That brings us to the last thing a Godly mother should do

5. A Godly mother tells her children about God.

She looks for ways to tell her children about how God loves them and cares for them.

She looks for ways to make them understand that God has a purpose for their lives.

She looks for ways to drive home that they ARE precious in HIS sight.

A Godly mother is one of the most powerful forces on earth.

They have within their hands the ability to shape the future with their children.

I read the true story of a Christian mother in California who said that, one day, her 3 year old son was making it hard for her to do her housework. He seemed to be right behind her wherever she went and whenever she stopped to do something and turned back around, she would trip over him.

Several times she patiently suggested fun activities to keep him occupied. “Wouldn’t you like to play on the swing set?” she’d ask.

But he simply smiled an innocent smile and said, “Oh, that’s all right, Mommy. I’d rather be in here with you.” Then he continued to bounce happily along behind her.

After stepping on his toes for the 5th time, she began to lose her patience with him and insisted that he go outside and play with the other children. Then she asked him why he was acting this way, he looked up at her with sweet green eyes and said, “Well, Mommy, in Sunday school my teacher told me to walk in Jesus’ footsteps. But I can’t see him, so I’m walking in yours.”

(Davida Dalton “Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul”) …Thanks to Pastor Jeff Strite for the original outline.

If your children walk in your footsteps will they be walking in the footsteps of Jesus?