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Today is Mother’s Day! All of the mothers of young children hope for a day “off” (Is there really such a thing?) while all of the mothers of grown children look forward to seeing or hearing from their kids— and maybe their grandkids, too!

Have you ever stopped to think what a mother does? We know that she wears many different hats in a single day: gourmet chef, short-order cook, and baker; financial manager and social planner; CEO and housekeeper; and that’s not even taking into consideration anything she might do outside of the home!

But let’s stop here for a second. Moms, here’s your permission not to keep up with the mom next door. You don’t have to run this kid to soccer practice, that one to a piano recital, and help your oldest study for their SAT, all while preparing a five-course meal! Do you know what kids want most from a mother? Someone who loves them, protects them, prays for them, and teaches them what God’s Word says.

We have been given a very serious commission: “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” (Prov. 22:6, NIV) And when we do just that, we will hear the same accolades as the woman in Proverbs 31: “Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: ‘There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!’” (Prov. 31:28-29, NKJV)

I’ll leave you with one final thought. I was walking through one of the local stores one day last week and saw a shirt that said something like this: “You know you’re a mom when… your feet stick to your kitchen floor, and you don’t even care!” I got a chuckle out of that shirt, and then I thought that the woman with the sticky floor just may know what’s more important. Is it really important to have a pristine house, or is it more important to have kids who know and love the Lord?

So to all of you who currently stick to your kitchen floor, and to those of you who ever have, I wish you a happy and blessed Mother’s Day!