Looking again at 1 Timothy 2:15:
But women will be saved through childbearing – if they continue in faith, love, and holiness.
A mother’s love will grow as she matures in her faith. The classic verse on love is 1 Cor. 13:4-7.
Love is patient - 777 thousand diapers later
Love is kind - when they constantly ask, “Why, Mommy?”
Love does not envy – other people’s “perfect children”
Love does not boast and is not proud – in your child’s accomplishments
Love is not rude – when having to use the Mommy Voice
Love is not self-seeking
Love is not easily angered – when sinned against
Love keeps not record of wrongs, does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
When a mother focuses on loving her husband and children like this love in 1 Cor. 13:4-7, she will be a happy mother as she sees God working this love in her according to His plan.
There are many things that creep into a woman’s life and, if allowed to grow, can take over and become regretful obstacles to her pursuit of love. They really are Enemies of Love: busyness, laziness, disorganization, obsessiveness, and wrong thinking.
These enemies need to be replaced by Friends of Love: routines, organization, realistic expectations, humor (sometimes it’s funny to run out of diapers – but not all the time), rest, and margin (leave time for the unexpected to happen).
Enemies of love become slave drivers, making it hard for mothers to respond in love. Friends of love serve women in their quest to be happy mothers.
Tomorrow we will look at a mother's holiness.
