'The Noblest and Most Precious Work': Honoring and Encouraging Motherhood

John Stonestreet, G. Shane Morris : May 10, 2019
Christian Headlines

"...My colleague Shane Morris recently wrote a beautiful letter to his six-year-old daughter, in which he encouraged her to think of marriage and motherhood as callings worth pursuing, not as afterthoughts. Shane described how his daughter already is in the habit of tucking her little brother's trucks to bed. Shane is right in seeing in those nurturing instincts things worth celebrating and cultivating..."

[Breakpoint/via Christian Headlines] On Mother's Day, most of us take intentional time and effort to show our moms how much we love and appreciate them, and how much we're thankful for their love and sacrifice. I'm not always as intentional as I should be about honoring the moms in my life, especially the one who gave me life and the one who's currently doing the really heavy lifting caring for our kids. (Image: Pixabay)

But especially in this cultural moment, Christians should be the first, not only to honor current mothers, but also to celebrate and encourage future mothers.

Andrea Burke, writing at For the Church, suggests that we're not always very good at this... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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