Moms -- Do Your Best, Surrender the Rest!

The word, “mother” brings with it a whole vocabulary of thought. The heritage of a mother’s love is certainly a treasure, and when her example to you has mirrored the unfailing love of our God, we have a treasured possession indeed.

   Moses lived because of the love and faith of his mother. Not just his birth, but his continued existence rested in her insight, love, and faith in action. She knew God had a plan for this child. She did everything she could to protect him — to keep him alive for as long as she could. But her faith carried her even beyond that moment. When she knew she could no longer protect him from the evil forces intent on taking his life, she surrendered him over to another who was much more capable than even she.

   Amazingly, her surrender actually enabled God to not only keep Moses safe, but to give Moses back into her care and training for yet awhile longer. Then, when the time came, she again had to release him, and trust God for the rest.

   Moses took quite a journey! His life was certainly colored with unexpected events, taking him to unexpected places. But the faith instilled in him as a child had taken permanent root. Moses was one of the most powerful leaders in history, leading God’s chosen people out of the bondage of Egypt and into freedom from slavery.

   Being a faithful mom doesn’t always afford us a top seat in the “glamour society.” Yet, when we live for Him, Proverbs 31:38 tells us our children will arise to call us “blessed.”

   Throughout God’s Word we are privileged to read many examples of mother’s of faith. Mothers like Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary — and so many more. By faith they were entrusted with the soul of a child — and by faith they surrendered them back to the God who gave them. It was then God’s purpose in their lives could be fulfilled.

   So, Mom’s whatever the “demand” of the day, YOU are valued, important, and oh, so loved!  Do your best — and surrender the rest to the One who is everlastingly able. We can trust Him with our lives. We can trust Him with our children!

   

 Janene A. Dubbeld/FGG

 Take it with You

“But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.”

Exodus 2:3