Mom Heart Moments #279

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

RAISING MY FAMILY WAS fraught with weariness, frustration, darkness, hurt feelings, criticism, difficult children, stress in marriage —you name it, I experienced it. Mamas are my wonderful heroes, you who would take on this enormous task of subduing and civilizing your home, your family, and your lives in a culture and time in which families are being torn apart and children’s souls are being filled with darkness and despair. No easy task.

God wants us to understand that when we prevail over darkness in the power of His Spirit, through faith and obedience, we live out the reality of His power and presence in the same way that Jesus did when He was alive on earth.

There is no rational reason why someone would give up her life, her body, her time, her rights, for the well-being and building up of someone else. Servant mothers throughout history have portrayed Christ by living sacrificially and giving up their lives for others.

So today I wish you courage as you overcome. May you have a sense of victory and affirmation that you are among those who are modeling the reality of His great heart and soul by each tiny act of faith, as you choose to love the little ones in your home, when you choose to serve by making your home a lighthouse of righteousness, and when you bring the grace of forgiveness and peace to those who have fallen short.

Is there an area in which you’ve lately been tempted to give up? How might considering yourself as a model of Christ’s love and righteousness, grace and peace, strengthen your resolve to stay in the battle and overcome?