Motherhood: beautiful, heartwrenching...tedious, when done diligently. The problem with hands-on motherhood is that it involves the daily necessaries of cooking, cleaning and laundry. For the select few, these mundane tasks can be hired out. For the rest of us, they take up a tremendous amount of time. As we work to train the littles to do these household tasks, they take even longer. It uses all the reserves of physical and emotional energy. So why bother?
We bother so they will become responsible, productive, loving citizens on this earth. Yet it goes further. One day, we will leave this earth...and we hope and pray that our children, priceless items of value, will meet us in heaven. The love, time and energy invested in their souls will reap a harvest, yes here on earth. But we also can look forward to forever with our most precious valuables - our children.
TV:
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves. [I Corinthians 4:7]
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