As women, we face daily the threat of being derailed from our calling and designed purpose. As moms, we face the same fate of a dimmed vision and a protracted destiny. We fight to maintain our goal and the priorities it takes to reach our intentional target and we carry the responsibility of those “little feet” energetically following us.
“You may never abuse your children, or turn them out on the street or fail to feed and clothe them, but the viewpoint of the current generation may have left its mark on your mothering with loss of vision, absence of conviction, compromise, self-centeredness, lack of commitment, self-pity, laziness, frequent parental absence or pre-occupation with your own interests, activities and concerns…”
Here are five non-exhaustive questions that will keep the vision for our heritage alive:
1. Will my child look back at life and say, “my mother was a godly woman who walked in the light”, obedient to and living by scriptural truth?” II Pet. 1:3
2. Did she read and study me “like a book” and purpose to build godly character in me? “We are known and read by all men”. II Cor. 2: 2
3. Did she enable me to see my purpose in life by learning to hear the voice of God and encouraging me to walk in it?
4. Did she teach me to redeem the time and use it wisely…because time is short?
5. Did she train me to walk with biblical conviction, accepting rejection from peers and the world as standard?
These five basic questions will reveal your current effectiveness as a mom. Your dedication to the preparation of your heritage and the equipping of them to enter a tumultuous world is key. I watched my two daughters grow and marry and give me grandchildren. I am currently watching those seven grandchildren graduate from college, get married and fly away! I am held responsible until the third or fourth generation…
Are we keeping the vision connected to our calling
(as a Mom, Grand-mom , Aunt…) or has our vision dimmed?
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
