Especially those who have raised/are raising their children according to God's will.It is really not for the faint-hearted.It requires full dependence on God and faith.What makes me say this?The following statements and what I've seen.
"It is the duty of mothers to cultivate their minds and keep their hearts pure. They should improve every means within their reach for their intellectual and moral improvement, that they may be qualified to improve the minds of their children."4Testimonies For The Church 3:147.
"My sister, Christ has committed to you the sacred work of teaching His commandments to your children. In order to be fitted for this work, you must yourself live in obedience to all His precepts. Cultivate a watchful observance of every word and action. Guard most diligently your words. Overcome all hastiness of temper; for impatience, if manifested, will help the adversary to make the home life disagreeable and unpleasant for your children."17Letter 47a, 1902.
~Child Guidance,chapter 8 for further reading!
"The mother’s work is
such that it demands continual advancement in her own life, in order
that she may lead her children to higher and still higher attainments.
But Satan lays his plans to secure the souls of both parents and
children. Mothers are drawn away from the duties of home and the careful
training of their little ones, to the service of self and the world.1Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 60.
For
the sake of their children, if for no other reason, mothers should
cultivate their intellects, for they bear a greater responsibility in
their work than does the king upon his throne. Few mothers feel the
weight of the trust that is given them, or realize the efficiency they
can attain for their peculiar work through patient, thorough effort in
self-culture.
And
first, the mother needs to strictly discipline and cultivate all the
faculties and affections of the mind and heart, that she may not have a
distorted or one-sided character and leave the marks of her deficiency
or eccentricity upon her offspring. Many mothers need [to] be roused to
see the positive necessity of a change in their purposes and characters
in order to perform acceptably the duties they have voluntarily assumed
by entering upon the married life. The channel of woman’s usefulness can
be widened and her influence extended to an almost unlimited degree if
she will give proper attention to these matters, which affect the
destiny of the human race."2Pacific Health Journal, May, 1890.
"It is the duty of mothers to cultivate their minds and keep their hearts pure. They should improve every means within their reach for their intellectual and moral improvement, that they may be qualified to improve the minds of their children."4Testimonies For The Church 3:147.
"My sister, Christ has committed to you the sacred work of teaching His commandments to your children. In order to be fitted for this work, you must yourself live in obedience to all His precepts. Cultivate a watchful observance of every word and action. Guard most diligently your words. Overcome all hastiness of temper; for impatience, if manifested, will help the adversary to make the home life disagreeable and unpleasant for your children."17Letter 47a, 1902.
~Child Guidance,chapter 8 for further reading!
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