Ever feel you do all you do as a mom and no one sees or appreciates you? Don’t get me wrong my kids are absolutely the best in the world but they don’t exactly scream “Oh thank you mom for picking up all the cheetos we scattered all throughout the house and then washing our shirts that had orange finger prints all over them!” or “Thank you so much for this wonderful meal you took your time to prepare for us, I have never tasted anything as wonderful as this!” Not only that but you don’t hear the world screaming “Great job mothers, way to cultivate the Godly gifting in your kids!” Sometimes our jobs as mothers become so iterative that it makes your wonder “ Is my job really important and it there really value in what I am doing?”
I was having a conversation about this with one of the wisest woman I know, my mom when she spoke so clearly it was as if God spoke through her words directly into my heart. Being a mom is the most important job most of us will ever have. God has instilled gifting in us so that we can turn around and instill them into our children. It is not a time for us to wonder through this parenting thing on autopilot but grab it by the reins and do they best job we can cultivating our children into the men and women God has called them to be. Our jobs ARE important! We will never get applauded for all we do by the world but even more we need to applaud ourselves for doing the work He has called us to do. We are valuable and He needs us! What and awesome job, to be needed by the Master!
