Walking The Walk

How does a mother walk with integrity and righteousness?

We follow the example of God before us. In Genesis 1, we read that in the beginning, the world was formless, void, and dark. But God is the Creator. It is part of His divine nature to create and bring forth something new. So He, in His goodness, spoke light, beauty, color, form, meaning, and love into the darkness and void.

What is our role, then? It is to follow His example. With His grace in our hearts, we partner with Him. We dispel our own darkness by choosing to walk in the light. We bring the living, resurrection power of Christ into the moments of our lives so that our children can learn how the Christian life is lived by watching us.

In situations when we are unjustly hurt, we choose to forgive and love unconditionally. In situations where we feel abandoned, we choose to believe in God’s goodness and live in hope.

We practice telling the truth. We give back money when someone has inadvertently overpaid us. We ask our children to forgive us when we have wronged them, teaching them humility through a relationship with us. We seek to bow our knee to God’s will, even when it doesn’t seem pleasant, so that they learn how to bow their will to God. We live with the Holy Spirit working visibly through us, producing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

His Promises

Look straight ahead,

and fix your eyes on what lies before you.

Mark out a straight path for your feet;

stay on the safe path.

Don’t get sidetracked;

keep your feet from following evil.

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.