A godly mother is the most important teacher in the life of her children! She teaches Bible stories such as Hannah - her tears for a son and her dedication to God as he gave up her son to fulfill her promise.
She teaches stamina as daily she rises before her children to wake them and nightly she tucks them into bed only to continue her work.
She teaches her daughters how to become godly women by the life she lives before them and her sons observe this and later search for a wife based upon what they have seen. She teaches about commitment as she serves her God and her family faithfully. There she lives daily for her God and participates in every assembly of the church.
She teaches gentleness. How gruff man would be if raised only by men! Mothers tenlerize! They cry when the dog is run over, sympathize with hurt feelings and demand hat you "feel bad" when you have wronged another.
She teaches us the ABCs and 123's. She uses driving time to review the books of the Bible, the 12 apostles, and the sons of Jacob.
She teaches etiquette. She demands her daughters to be ladies and sons to be gentlemen. She will not listen to the excuses that other kids don't do it! She has a review list of reminders that every child knows by heart, yet it is always run through once before company arrives. Her children know how to set a table, sit at a table, and how to be excused.
She teaches sobriety. She has trained them to look beyond high school and into eternity. She helps young eyes to see wisdom beyond their age. She helps youthful souls to weigh eternal matters. She teaches that acting on emotion and whims are dangerous, but that pure commitment lasts!
She teaches happiness. She can bring peace to her toddler as each morning they awake to find "momma." Her place in the grandstands or in the audience has an important calming effect. Her hug at graduation is enough said. Her hands on grandchildren are magical. Her eyes during a celebration says it all!
She teaches contentment, sacrifice, and priorities. After we are grown we realize that she wore clothes that were not as nice in order for us to have the newer. She was content with childish games and youthful conversations, while adult friendships, dreams of careers, fantasies of writing, drawing, building, and etc. were all put on hold for years. She teaches perseverance. She survived the diapers, toddlers, pre-schools, grade school, high school, and beyond. She was always there to piece together a broken hean the first time our feelings were crushed, or the bicycle crashed, or the boy/girl friend broke up, or the world caved in, or the job application was rejected.
Can any person with a godly mother realize all that their mother has taught them? It must be beyond measure! Thank God for his gift of godly mothers!