We can have several roles when we become mothers.
When my son was very young I discovered that I was becoming a teacher [i]. Teaching is one of the mother’s main tasks.
- I also became a pastry chef.
- Producing special and healthy dishes that have incredibly earned praise from my little one.
I also learned that I could be a plastic cart mechanic, an urban architect of large companies building Lego cities.
I even became a painter, nurse, footballer, football goalkeeper on sunny Saturdays, storyteller on rainy days.
You, mother of a daughter, can probably become a grandmother soon when your little girl, everywhere, carries her favorite doll in her arms and you’ll probably become a seamstress and make your dolls’ clothes. In aesthetics, there are no girls who don’t like to make hairstyles and makeup for mothers and aunts.
There will be a day when you won’t feel able to take on another role/task/new character, as there are times when we can’t even remember who we are at the end of a busy day. Very busy. On this day, I suggest you sit on the edge of your bed (which may not even be fixed), connect with Heaven, and talk to Heavenly Father who has given us the gift of life. It can give you rest, comfort and renew your strength.
Matthew 11. 28-30 Come unto me all ye who are tired and overwhelmed, and I will make you rest. Carry my yoke upon you and learn from me, that I am meek and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your soul, for my yoke is soft and light my burden.
Love will be more than a feeling, love will be the engine of your existence. And we’re not talking about romantic love, we’re talking about true love, acting, worrying, overflowing and sacrificing.
Perhaps the greatest learning I received as a mother was learning to love unconditionally.
This means unconditionally that there is no condition to love. We love the rebellious son, we love the prodigal son, we also love the son who does not care for us, we love the son who has not yet repented and who believed in salvation. We love our children whatever their virtues and flaws, we love beyond their sins.
We love unconditionally! We love how Jesus loved us when we were still enemies of God.
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 Love is patient, it is good; love does not burn with jealousy, does not boast, does not swell, does not behave in an inconvenient way, does not seek its interests, does not exasperation, does not feel bad; he does not rejoice in injustice, but rejoices in the truth; everything suffers, everything believes, everything waits, everything supports.
As a mother, I learned a lot more than I taught. After marriage, motherhood is the most effective form of sanctification.
You will grow in sanctification when you have to give something up for your little one, and we, the mothers, will surrender full-time!
We give up time (our precious time), we give up traveling with the husband, activities with friends, church meetings. Resignation is almost synonymous with the word motherhood!
But with God’s grace, we grow in wisdom and learn to settle for Christ and give our lives for our little ones It is grace!God’s grace.
Patience is another face of sanctification, the fruit of the Spirit, which we learn at an accelerated pace in motherhood. We have learned that patience is a fundamental element in relationships with children, patients because they have their own rhythm.
Galatians 5. 22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, kindness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance; against such things there is no law.
Sometimes a slow pace to learn an instruction we teach for the thousandth time!Other times, we will have to be patient with the accelerated pace and anxiety waiting for the birthday party, or the desired gift, or the arrival of someone special.
Patience is a teacher on the day of sadness, it makes us put our son on our lap, put his head against our chest and soothe the suffering that often doesn’t even have a very good reason to happen.
Patience will also be a friend to help our children when they are sick and we must put our trust in God and wait for the moment of healing.
But all these roles and abilities are God’s grace in your life to fulfill a mother’s most important role: to make your child a disciple of Jesus Christ!Did you think I wouldn’t talk about it?
Children, like any other disciple, learn by listening to us, seeing, walking with us, look at how we relate to our husband, how we relate to the lost, if what we say is what we live in practice.
We are the first example that mimics the little ones, either for better or worse.
You and your husband will be for your baby the first reflection of the image of Christ that he will know in this world.
You will be your child’s first reminder of the good smell of Christ, this should push him to get closer to Christ, to be more in line with Christ and then to be the role model that your child can imitate to follow Jesus. That is the great mission. !
I want to take advantage of the fact that we’re talking about your husband to remind you that you’ve made a covenant of union with him and not your baby, and that means that that pact has to be taken care of and built day by day. Between dirty diapers and early in the morning, you will reserve the love, care and that fresh new patience that you develop in your care for your little one.
And if you don’t have time for God, talk to him as you sway the baby on your lap, listen to the Word of God, receive counsel from a more mature sister in the middle of a nap and a diet. motherhood to recognize the Creator God as his caregiver.
Oh! I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that your creativity will also improve!When you least expect it, you will realize how you have become able to produce delicious meals to satisfy the hunger of the little ones and also the miracle of multiplying. the last pennies of the month capable of doing another fair.
Finally, I want to encourage you to walk in communion with the Church, a place where we worship our God and learn more from Christ’s supernatural love. A place where our gifts are used and multiplied to glorify the name of our Lord, who gave us life and empowers us to do all good works. It is in the church that we receive grace, instruction, and have the food that sustains our spirit.
After the baby shower, sheep (mothers) are great witnesses to God’s transformative grace.
[i] Pedagogo is an educator in vocational pedagogy, able to work in school and non-school spaces, in the implementation of teaching subjects at different stages of human development, at different levels and modalities of the educational process presented by the teacher.