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Moms Always Have A Positive Impact

April 29, 2011 by EnnisP Leave a Comment

There are many great women in the Bible but very few are recognized predominantly for their mothering skills. There is, however, reason to believe all of them had a positive impact as mothers.

We must remember that mothering was originally designed for perfect mothers, partnered by perfect husband/fathers, dealing with perfect children. That possibility was destroyed before the first child was born so mothering in this life is always done under duress. It’s never going to be perfect. The intention of this post is to see the positives in spite of the negatives.

And when we look close, what we find is that most mothers in the Bible had a positive effect even when hampered by, not one, but at least three sin natures – mom, dad and child – in addition to difficult circumstances.

The mothering of some biblical figures isn’t highly visible because there just isn’t enough room in one book to include every mothering detail so we have to read between the lines to gain some insights. What we do know is that every mother faced the obstacles mentioned above.

Following is a list of some of the better known ladies, a description of what made them great and few of their mothering positives. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Tagged With: Eve, gifts for mom, Hannah, Jochebed, marriage conflict, Marry, mom, Mother, Mother's Day, mothering, Naomi, raising children, Ruth, Sara, sinful child, single parents, sinless child, The first birth, the first virgin birth

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