Distracted Christian Mothers

In America, comfort and leisure can be a distraction to mothers and fathers raising their children and discipling them for the Lord.

As Christian mothers, we need to be careful to manage our time well and decide whether or not our time is being used wisely. Many 'good' things can steal away our 'best' from those we love the most if we are not shrewd in our evaluation of this precious commodity.

The internet, for example, is a wonderful tool but can be a huge time waster if we are not careful to manage it well. Blogs, Facebook and Twitter can become all time consuming and use up your best energies intended for your husband, children and home by dominating your thinking, time and life.

Likewise-- in the pursuit of comfort-the excess of material possessions can become vainly obsessive. If we are not on our guard much of our lives can become dominated by senseless consumerism. This distracts us from our duties as mothers. The fruitless comparison of ourselves to the Jones' can be a lethal recipe to the Christian home distracting us from Kingdom mission and purpose. In the end, these unprofitable pursuits will not matter for eternity.

"She watches over the affairs of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Proverbs 31:27.

Neglect of the home culture and education cannot be an option for the Christian mother. She must be on the lookout for idleness in her life that would steal away her time from her family. Is her husband cared for? Are her children trained and possess a biblical worldview? Is her home tidied and is her walk with the Lord strong? She cannot give to others spiritually what she herself does not possess. Christian mothers greatly need to cling close under the wing of the Lord and rely on Him greatly if she desires to fulfills her mighty purpose of shaping the lives of those around her.

So I ask you...is your home neglected and 'empty' as the home pictured above---with a child roaming trying to 'find' you where you once graced the home with your presence? Are you gone always shopping, on the computer, out with the girls or too busy doing ministry? Christian mothers today would be wise to fully evaluate their lives and their time. Not hurriedly or flippantly ("everyone else is doing it.") or by the world's standard, but instead...HONESTLY.

Worldly vices will continue to tempt us so we must be alert and discerning as we purposefully choose to live differently. Mothers are waking from their slumber realizing they have lost their children. "I don't understand" they cry, "I stayed home to raise them." Staying home is not enough, we must pour ourselves into our children--discipling and shepherding them and not wasting our precious time. As we do this we must reject feeble time-wasting indulgences this side of the world so that we can live their lives purposefully and on mission for God.

Then, united, we can take back our homes,

our children,

our marriages

and our time

and stop sacrificing them to the world...

on the alter of futility.

And instead

rightfully restore our homes,

and offer our children and ourselves

as a living sacrifice

to the Lord.






(The Christian Mother Series Part 5 )