Dear sisters, as much as you know you will become a mother one day and would like to pass across helpful information that can help your children to them, do not despise your mother’s teaching. Proverbs 31:31 says, “Honour her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” You are one of the works God has placed in her hand, and she will want you to bring her praise at the city gate (wherever you go). No mother will want their children to bring shame and reproach to them either in marriage, at their places of work, in the community, or in church; all they desire to receive is accolades on how they have not failed to play their motherly role in the lives of their children.
Sometimes some mothers, because of this, appear to their children (especially their daughters) as tough people. They prefer daddy to mummy because they have this intuition that mummies correct too much. Yes, mummies correct and caution you because they LOVE YOU, and they know that they will be accountable to God for being your caretaker on earth.
Mothers can be so intentional in teaching, nurturing, and instilling discipline in their daughters because they know that the massive responsibility of a home relies on their shoulders. Men can be called the head, but if the neck (woman) is not ready to work with the head, then the head can’t function properly. So as a mother, she has to see that she produces a suitable neck for your future husband. Although her training should not be for female children alone but also for male children, since this write-up is geared towards encouraging our sisters to embrace their mother’s teaching with love, then I would not dwell much on the nurturing of male children here.
Sisters, I want you to know that your mother will never dislike or wish you bad luck in life; all her efforts to see that you give your heart to all you need to know while single is to save you from the embarrassment of tomorrow and for you to have quality ethics to pass across to your children. Yes, she calls you frequently to be with her in the kitchen; sometimes she complains that the dishes you washed are not rinsed well or even complains about your walking and sitting positions not being good enough; all these corrections are to your advantage, not that she means them for evil.
I have heard of some ladies who refuse to go home after a mid-semester or an end-of-session break; they purposely stay back on campus just because they want to avoid their parents, especially mummy. This endangers their lives in so many unhealthy ways as they prefer to follow their friends to their houses or even end up staying in their boyfriends’ places. The hell you are likely to face in staying with different kinds of people is far more than what you think you will go through when going home to your parents (only if there is any danger at all).
Just because you don’t want her to tell you that some of your ways of doing things are not in line with God’s: as daddy may overlook, but mummy will never: so you are avoiding her at all costs. Smile!
Have you ever thought of the kind of home training the woman who gave birth to the proverbs 31 woman gave her? Do you think she just got all those skills and virtues overnight? Believe me, there was a place of intentional training and nurturing in that woman’s life (Proverbs 31 woman) before she married. She emulated some of what we are reading about her today from her mother.
Let us now examine what would have been her story if she had avoided her mother when she was supposed to have given her heart to her mother’s teaching. The Bible says, “she was a woman of noble character who lacked nothing of value – Proverbs 31: 10 – 11.” You can not possess all that the Bible says about this woman if you do not adhere to your mother’s godly teachings because it will go a long way.
Every lady loves people to read good stories about them, but not all ladies love to be corrected when they are wrong. As a lady that wants to be like the Proverbs 31 woman, you must be receptive to the Holy Spirit and your earthly parents, especially your mom.
