MOTHERHOOD

Proverbs 31:28

Morning Meditation 12/1/2012

Solomon writes one of the great chapters on motherhood. Out text is taken from it; , "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her."

Every mother who is worthy of the name must first of all give herself to the Lord Jesus Christ so that she will be in a position to train and bless her children in a spiritual way by her words and conduct. Secondly, to fulfill the hightest standards of motherhood laid down in the Bible she must sacrificially give herself to her family and unselfishly put them first. One mother who put this into practice has written the following testimony:

“When my children were young I thought the very best thing I could do for them was to give them myself. So I spared not pains to talk to them, read to them, teach them, and to pray with them, and in this way to be loving companion and friend to my children.”

“I had to neglect my housework often. I had no time to improve myself in many ways that I should have liked to do. I have my reward now! My sons are ministers of the Gospel; my grownup daughters are Christian women.”

“I have plenty of time now to sit down and rest; plenty of time to keep my house in order; plenty of time to indulge myself in many ways, besides going about my Master's business, wherever He has need of me.”

“I have a thousand beautiful memories of their childhood to comfort me. Not that they have gone out into the world for themselves, I have a sweet consciousness of having done all that I could to make them ready for whatever work God calls them to do. I gave them the best that I had — myself.”

C.H. Spurgeon concluded one of his sermons thusly: “But to conclude. Methinks I see thee in some place in hell, tied to a rock,the vulture of remorse knowing thy heart; and up there is Lazarus in Abraham’s bosom, You lift up your eyes and you see who it is. “That is the poor man who lay on my dunghill, and the dogs licked his sores; there he is in heaven, while I am cast down. Lazarus-yes, it is Lazarus; and I who was rich in the world of time am here in hell. Father Abraham, send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue.” But no! it cannot be; it cannot be. And whilst you lie there if there be one thing in hell worse than another, it will be seeing the saints in heaven. Oh, to think of seeing my mother in heaven while I am cast out! Oh, sinner, only think, to see thy brother in heaven-he who was rocked in the selfsame cradle, and played beneath the same roof-tree-yet thou art cast out. And, husband, there is thy wife in heaven, and thou art amongst the damned, And seest thou, father! thy child is before the throne; and thou! accursed of God and accursed of man, art in hell. Oh, the hell of hells will be to see our friends in heaven, and ourselves lost. I beseech you, my hearers, by the death of Christ- by his agony and bloody sweat-by his cross and passion-by all that is holy- by all that is sacred in heaven and earth-by all that is solemn in time or eternity -by all that is horrible in hell, or glorious in heaven-by that awful thought, “for ever,”-I beseech you lay these things to heart, and remember that if you are damned, it will be unbelief that damns you. If you are lost, it will be because ye believed not on Christ; and if you perish, this shall be the bitterest drop of gall-that ye did not trust in the Savior.

May the Lord bless these words to our hearts.

In Christ

Bro. White