Posted in Family Life

We don't hear much about callings anymore (unless we're talking about a "call to the ministry").  We certainly don't hear motherhood referred to as a calling.  And yet, it is the highest and most noble calling a woman can aspire to.  Motherhood is arguably the most influential profession there is.  The impact of dedicated, self-sacrificial motherhood on subsequent generations is tremendous.  What profession has more far-reaching affect on the future than that of motherhood?

Those of us who are mothers know the work involved in motherhood.  We also know the rewards that are gained in pouring out our own lives for our families.  We know the joys in bearing and raising children.  Christian mothers know the glory in serving God by bringing up children in the nuture and admonition of the Lord.

Motherhood is a blessed opportunity to minister to the Body of Christ right in our very own homes.  It is a beautiful way of serving the Lord as we serve our families.

Bearing and raising children is an important work.  There is great nobility in motherhood.  Mothers do something no one else on earth can do.

"Only a woman can carry in her body an eternal being which bears the very image of God. Only she is the recipient of the miracle of life. Only a woman can conceive and nurture this life using her own flesh and blood, and then deliver a living soul into the world. God has bestowed upon her alone a genuine miracle — the creation of life, and the fusing of an eternal soul with mortal flesh. This fact alone establishes the glory of motherhood.

Despite the most creative plans of humanist scientists and lawmakers to redefine the sexes, no man will ever conceive and give birth to a child. The fruitful womb is a holy gift given by God to women alone. This is one reason why the office of wife and mother is the highest calling to which a woman can aspire."

                                                                                                  ~Doug Phillips

Let us celebrate the high calling of motherhood.  It is a blessed gift from the Heavenly Father.