When you get a puzzle, you can look at the box and see what the finished product will look like. This helps you put the puzzle together, because you know what you are working towards. Imagine if you bought a puzzle, that was in a blank box, no picture, no instructions, just a bunch of weird shaped pieces that don’t seem to fit together and with bits and pieces of images, but images of what? Is that a cat? No, it’s a fox. Wait, are they in a kitchen?
Sometimes motherhood can feel like a puzzle you got from a blank box. No clear understanding of the end result. No obvious connection between pieces. When you can see the big picture of motherhood, i.e., your reason for being a mother, then there is purpose in the small daily pieces. Our purpose in motherhood is to raise disciples who make and raise disciples. When we focus on raising our children towards and for the Lord, the small pieces make up that purpose, like a puzzle. If we leave pieces out, it’s not complete. Sure, you may be able to tell that the picture is supposed to be 82 kittens baking cookies, but some kittens are missing eyes, or parts of the mixer are not there. We may be able to tell that your kids are believers, but are they all that they were meant to be? Are they the full puzzle God indented them to be? Woah, what a responsibility, right Momma? It’s not going to be easy, but stay focused on the big picture, and the individual pieces will have meaning and purpose.
Each small faithful step of obedience matters to God. Just like each small puzzle piece matters to the big picture. God chose you to be their mother for a reason, never doubt that He has the best plan and has yours, and their, best interest in mind. “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evils, to give you future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11 ESV).
When we stay true to this calling, we are passing along our faith to our children. For example, look at Timothy, Paul writes of how Timothy’s faith “dwelt first in your grandmother and mother,” (2 Timothy 1:5). When we live by example in the day to day, focused on the big picture, we pass along a sincere faith to our kids.
Bible Verse: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6
Something to think about: Is there a mundane task you do every day that you feel like doesn’t really matter? Now think about what would happen if you went a year without doing that task. What would happen? Who would it affect?
Prayer: Father God, give me a faith that is sincere and steadfast so I can pass it down to my children by living by example. Help me to remember that my purpose as a mother is to raise these children towards and for your glory. Help me to stay focused on the big picture so that the little pieces of each day have meaning and purpose.
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