Mom Heart Moments #332

Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

GOD TELLS US TO TRAIN UP our children in the way they should go. According to these verses, a lot of training is just talking throughout the day according to what the issue of the moment is, and of course at night when they go to bed and are asking questions. We are to have His words on our own hearts. From there, we will teach them wisdom personalized every day according to the need of the moment.

Your family is your own particular puzzle. God has given you your children, your husband, your home, and your community in this time. And no one else can tell you exactly what you ought to do with them! But He is faithful, and He desires to help and instruct you as you walk with Him. A list of rules and regulations to follow —do things this way, every time, with every child, in every circumstance! —would only separate you from your need to communicate with God and obey His personal instructions to you.

We have great freedom in Christ. Don’t give it up for a yoke of slavery to any thing, any person, or any set of rules! Being a great mom is not about rules or formulas; it is more like a dance —moving to the rhythms of life, listening and paying attention to the mood of the music in your children’s lives, and choreographing wisdom as the words to the song.

What are some of the formulas you have followed that have led to legalism? How can you reprogram your thinking to embrace your freedom in Christ?