Soul-Satisfying Work

"Mothers who understand that God desires 'godly offspring' (Malachi 2:15) realize what an important part they play in fulfilling God's desires. It takes diligence, hard work, and faith to raise godly offspring for God, but it is a soul-satisfying work. This biblical view of a God-fearing motherhood is laden with images of fruit and abounding in spiritual excellence and honor and blessing. The woman described in Proverbs 31 is a satisfied woman. She can look with pleasure on her years of hard work raising children and managing her household. She reaps a harvest of good things from her hard work of sowing obedience. This is the house reaching the final stages of completion. The mother of young children must have an eye toward the day when her children, by the grace of God, will be adults who rise up in her presence and bless her. It may difficult to maintain this long view in the midst of diapers and discipline and schooling and a hundred other things. But the Christian mother must look to see the house finished. Her obedience is central in passing on to her children a love for the Most High God. He is faithful and He has promised our children to Him." -- Nancy Wilson, Praise Her in the Gates, page 13