You can become the best mom ever. God shows you the way by focusing on the heart.
Becoming the best mom ever doesn’t demand perfection. Not at all. If it did, we’d all fail! But it may require a shift in focus, specifically. . .
a focus on your child’s heart!
So many of us moms — me, included — tend to major on the externals: In other words, the child’s behavior, whatever his or her age. God, however, emphasizes the heart.
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23
Good Heart or Bad Yardstick?
Did you know that what your little angel or smart-aleck ruffian thinks, says, and does comes straight from their heart? Click & Tweet! We moms (and grandmas, dads, teachers, and so on) often measure our “success” based on the child’s behavior but what a faulty yardstick!
I imagine you may know a kid who had everything going for her from the outside, from excellent grades to great performance in sports or music (or both) to a 20-hour-a week, after-school job. I do. I’ll call her Leah.
Leah received mostly As in her honors classes. On her ACT test for college, she scored just a few points from perfect.
She also was a captain of the dance team.
And she played flute.
She had lots of friends from school and work. Her mom and dad praised her every accomplishment and demanded a photo-ready bedroom and designer outfits, and she regularly wrote thank-you notes with a reminder!
Then she went to college and things, well, you’ll have to read more of Leah story in my next post.
Becoming the Best Mom: P.R.A.Y.
Let me leave you with this encouragement: you can become the best mom ever by shepherding your child’s heart. To become the best mom ever who’s attentive to her child’s heart, you’ll need to:
1. Prepare!
2. Recognize you’re in a war.
3. Assume your role as a benevolent dictator.
4. Yield to God.
The next posts in the “Becoming the Best Mom Ever” series zero in to each of these heart-attentive topics.
P.S. It’s NEVER to late to start. 🙂
Counseling Hope to Your Heart,
Can’t wait to read the rest of the series, I agree let’s get to the heart of the issue !
The next one comes out on Monday. I’m glad you are all over the idea that parents need to shepherd a child’s heart. Her heart matters most. Behavior flows from the heart. Blessings to you, Lucy