Noel Piper, Kathleen Nielson and Gloria Furman (speaker at the Faithful Conference for Women in August 2017) talk about the best encouragement they have received as young mothers. They cite a total of six: (1) having a long-term vision; (2) understand that there are phases in life; (3) enjoy these moments as they will not be repeated; (4) understand that Jesus is greater than his son; (5) raise your children in the context of the local church and (6) understand that your child is a sinner and needs the gospel. Watch the video:
Kathleen Nielson: Here’s a good question: “What do you remember hearing most encouragingly when I was a young mother?”
- Christmas Piper: Well.
- I don’t remember exactly something someone told me.
- But I can say some things that really made a difference to me and I’m sure she’s been surrounded by wise women in church.
- Good preaching.
- And what I read in the scriptures.
- The first is that in the middle of the days they seem to have nothing more to clean something (a face.
- A nose.
- Other parts of the body.
- Answer the phone.
- Go back to the same thing and breastfeed) stop and remember what is happening here forever.
- That these are children that I want to grow up to love and follow the Lord; and what I do here is part of this broader picture.
- So it’s having a longer-term and more eternal vision.
And the other thing is that at this point in life and for a while, I felt much more connected to the home or to the children and their schedules; and I realize that, over time, there are chapters. When the first child goes to school, it makes a difference at home. When all the kids are in school, it opens up for a while that I didn’t have. So there are different chapters, that open up new possibilities for the ministry you might have wanted before.
Nielson: It’s good to know when you’re looking to the future
Piper: Yes.
Nielson: And they move faster and faster.
Piper: Yes, I don’t think God wanted us to do everything we can at every moment of our lives.
Gloria Furman: Well, I still consider myself a young mother
Nielson: So what do people say?
Furman: Right now, what are you telling me? I hear so many encouraging things. The first is that all these common things that we do every day, all the sweeping and cleaning, all this will never be repeated, these moments, even if you do the same function the next day, remember at that moment that this moment will never be repeated in time Time passes somewhere and this day is in a hurry, Jesus comes, to know this at all these moments that I just want to ignore or annoy myself for them or just overcome them. , just enjoy those moments and look for ways to glorify God in them. That cheers me up.
The birth of my fourth child was dramatic and his life has only been hectic ever since. In a way that makes me trust in the Lord. I am surrounded by pious women in the church who encourage me with the challenges of having a child with a busy life. One particular thing someone told me is that Jesus is taller than my son. When we moved into a new apartment, I was so upset by all these things that he ran away from home. He pushed his cart tightly against the door, opened it, opened it, left the apartment and went up the stairs.
Piper: What age?
Furman: I was two years old. And I felt the breath of hot air coming from the room: “The door is open, why is it open?”And when I looked, he was gone. Then she shouts her name. If I’d come down, I could have been in the garage or I could have been on the street. A new place and I was just looking for people, crying?tears, I say to my friend, an older woman in my church, “What do I do with this boy?”Help me!? She said, “Jesus is greater than him. “I said, “Is that it?” This changes the purpose of everything. This is the most encouraging thing I can think of for any of my children: that Jesus is greater than them.
Nielson: And that’s related? It’s hard to remember, isn’t it?What I remember is that I was also very busy and full, but I have a clear feeling when I think about raising young children in the context of the church, as you said, the people of The Church encouraged me when I was a young mother, just by saying to me:?I love your little one. I love David, is it so nice to teach him in Sunday school. ?”I love having Jonathan in our group of kids. I remember people saying I loved my children in the church congregation. We love our children, but we love them in a congregation. where they are loved, sometimes in different ways or in better ways than we can get now, it is always very encouraging for me.
The other thing I mentioned was something my husband told one of our children when he was growing up a little bit. He told one of our children that when he did something wrong, he said, “Nothing you do will surprise me. “because I know that we are all sinners, nothing you do will ever surprise me, and I have thought about it a lot because it means that I understand that you are a sinner and that I understand that I am a sinner and that basically means that I understand that we need the gospel and Jesus. That’s what he said and that really encouraged me.
Piper: I would return to the church scene to say how sweet it is when there are people who love our children for the problems they can cause, and we know it. We want to hear the things they do in Sunday school that we need to help solve, but knowing that this teacher says that because he loves our son enough and not just because he’s angry. And you don’t need to be married sometimes? There’s only one lady in our church who doesn’t remember many things, but she always tells me the same story of one of our children and her friends about a misdeed they did to her. She laughs, loves these children and writes for them. . ? Yes, it’s a nice gift for a father.
Nielson: Raising our children in the body of Christ. And they really belong to the body of Christ, they really belong to Christ.
By: Noel Piper, Kathleen Nielson and Gloria Furman, © The Gospel Coalition. Original: Encouraging words young mothers need
Translation: Matheus Fernandes Review: Vinicius Musselman © Faithful Ministry All rights reserved. Website: original MinisterioFiel. com. br: 6 stimuli for young mothers.
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