Words from the Mothers- Sister Alena McLearn

As young Ladies, you are preparing yourselves to be one of the best wife and mother any husband or child could ask for.  Your learning how to bake, sew, clean, organize, and garden, and much more.  You are learning to be top notch keepers of the home, and (Lord willing) to be a jewel in a mans crown someday.

I want to take this a step further than just being in the kitchen, or doing laundry, and that is to address the inner being.  The soul.  Among all the preparations of being the best wife, and mother, the most important task should be preparing to be the utmost example of a Christian for your family.

It is not always an easy thing to do, but by the Grace of God, it is possible!   Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.  James 4:6

I would like to share a testimony of what power a humble lady has on her children. My mother.  She was at the age of 12, when God saved her and filled her with the Holy Ghost.  It was then she began to dedicate and prepare herself to be what God called her to be.
 
My mother became an outstanding Christian and prayer warrior. She can pray like no other.  She was/is such an example of prayer to her husband and children.  Often times, while hearing her pray in her room, no matter what time of day, we children would go to our own rooms to pray.  Mom and dad lived no other life, but what a true genuine Christian should live.  Now, I am not saying they didn't have their mistakes, of course they did.  They definitely were not perfect, but they had so much God in them, that they would acknowledge their mistake and make it right, by apologizing and then taking it to the Lord.  They were clothed in humility, and God gave them the Grace to be what they were called to be.

Often times more than not, I see children going astray, after their own desires of the flesh, instead of taking on the nature of Christ.  Why should this be if we have this scripture,  “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”  Proverbs 22:6
Parents are the very first role model a child has.  When you become a parent, your child will look at you in awe, and say they want to be like you.  The question you can ask yourself is what kind of an example do I want to be for my children?   I know I do not have to tell you this, because you probably already know, but a child can always tell when someone is a hypocrite or if someone is real, walks the walk, talks the talk, especially if that someone is a person you are really close with. Matthew 7:20 "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."  You may say, well....I do not think it really matters how my walk is with the Lord, or that is between me and God.  That maybe true in some degree, but your walk will always effect the ones around you.

I said all that to say this...now is the time to really get a genuine experience with the Lord Jesus.  Beyond having family devotions, start having your own personal devotions, getting alone with God.  Make it a habit, and then it will become a longing.  You will begin to crave to be in that secret place with him.  

When it is time to be married, and start a family, you will already be rooted in Christ Jesus, that you won't have to think of how you are going to be an example to your children, it will just come naturally.  A true genuine example for your children to follow.  You won't have to worry about your children going a stray, because you trained them up, by example, in the ways they should go.  Not just telling them, you should do this, and giving them a tape to listen to, and your actions show something contrary.  Live the life.  Your children will want it too.  It is one of the greatest treasures I think any mother could give.  I know for sure, it was the greatest treasure my mother gave me.