She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her;
Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.
~Proverbs 31:25-29

I love taking the time to read Proverbs 31. This woman doesn’t annoy me anymore. She inspires me to better. To be a better wife and to be a mother that parents with intentionality.

What a high calling it is to be a Mom. The Proverbs 31 woman shows us that God has given us an ability to influence and motivate our families in ways that border on miraculous.

God purposes for us to become light-bearers in our home, to be His hands and feet, to express His love and compassion. And to reproduce His character to the people in our home. It’s part of our purpose as mothers.

Yet all too often, life happens. We become busy. Distracted by the urgent, that we miss the present.

As we celebrate Mother’s Day this year, join me in recommitting my mothering to Jesus. That every day we view our roles as mothers as the high calling it is by:

• Choosing to be present.
• Turning off social media and engaging our families.
• Looking them in the eye and giving them our complete attention.
• Being intentional in having meaningful conversations and finding ways to encourage.
• Listening well and not constantly feeling the need to respond or have the last word.
• Inserting our faith and God stories into the conversation.

Let us use the God-given gift of motherhood to be a picture of God in our families.

One of my goals is for one day (Lord help!) my children’s lives to be a letter from Christ showing the result of my ministry in their lives. (2 Corinthians 3:2)

After all, I was parented by two parents who poured into me. My mother embraced the high calling and parented my sister and me with intentionality. We are a letter of her ministry in our lives.

There’s no more significant a legacy.

Abraham Lincoln once said, “No man is poor who has had a godly mother.”