For You From The Word
Her children stand up and bless her. (Proverbs 31:28, NLT)
For You To Think About
One verse tucked away in Proverbs 31 describes the favor invited by motherhood: “Her children stand up and bless her” (NLT).
A child’s physical life is a testimony of their mother’s choice to bring them into the world. They have life.
A child also demonstrates the respect God has for mothers. God values motherhood. The mere presence of a child on earth invites God’s favor.
God’s blessing on mothers is not dependent upon the child. A child may choose to show his mother honor and say, “I appreciate my mother and wish God’s goodness on her” in word or deed … or not.
All mothers, regardless of how their children acknowledge them, incite God’s favor simply in the act of motherhood. A child’s existence invites God’s blessing on a mother, whether a birth mother, natural mother, adoptive mother, step mother, and even spiritual mother.
A mother has made it possible for a child to enter the world and live in it. Her children stand as a testimony to her sacrifice.
A Word to Pray
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for mothers – birth mothers, natural mothers, adoptive mothers, step mothers, and spiritual mothers – who have made it possible for children to have life and have it to the full. Allow them to experience Your favor. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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