The New Mom Part 1

Proverbs 31:10-12, 25-30: "An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life ... Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future. She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and bless her; her husband also, and he praises her, saying: 'Many daughters have done nobly, but you excel them all.' Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised."
 
These verses tear me up, because I so badly want to be this women. This women is loved by her community, adored by her husband and honored by her children.  This women is not selfish but selfless. Her home may be organized but it wasn't at the expense of teaching her child something. Her children may be hardworking but it wasn't at the expense of being a lover to her husband. This women served the needy but it wasn't at the expense of spending time with her family. But nothing came before her relationship with the LORD. This women is priceless and this women has great faith. I want to have the character of this women, I desire it.

God is continually growing my faith and my life is continually changing. I am about to celebrate my fourth Christmas with my husband and my first with my son. God has showed me great love through marriage and the sacrifices it take. And now I am on a new journey; I am a new mom. ".....She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and bless her...."

The proverb 31 women was a great mom and one we can all learn from. I wanted to write this blog to encourage young mothers and myself. Being a new mom is hard. Everyone is giving you advice and basing the demeanor of their own children as the bases of every child in the world. But real encouragement is truth that helps you transition into a positive change. And the truth is that every child is 100% different then any other child in the world, being raise by parents that are 100% different then you. Which means at least to me, that we need God to be our number one resource in our parenting. And he has given us a fantastic women to admire in Proverbs 31. But we do need real edifying women in our lives to affirm us, especially being a new mom. But we also need to understand that being a good mom isn't having a child that is "perfect" in the eyes of the world but you fearing the LORD (by following his commandments and living by faith).


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Currently my motherhood is nursing. My child is almost three months and very young still. For those almost three months I have sustain his life through nursing. My milk has giving him nutrition and not only that, security. He knows my face now and when he is nursing he sometimes looks up at me with a milky smile. He adores nursing and I adore that time with time him. We have a relationship. I have chose to use a voice of kindness when talking. Eli giggles and smiles at the sound of my voice. I am continually learning to be a mother. Enjoying my son, nursing, praying for him, using a kind voice, being a good wife is all the more closer in my desire to becoming the Proverbs 31 women.