"Older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God." Titus 2:4-5"You know what I want to be when I grow up?", Maya asked.
"What do you want to be Maya?", I responded.
"I want to be a mommy, and I think I need to practice."
"What do you think Mommies do?" I asked her.
Maya said, "They make (that means cook), they clean, they take care of their babies, they take baths and they love soap." ( I had PICA when I was pregnant and so Maya often saw me smelling the soap to satiate my desire to eat the soap - so in her little mind that is what all Mommies must do.)
Soon after that conversation, Maya picked up her baby doll and started pretending to nurse her dolly just like I was nursing Leah. She then walked upstairs and got her mini-cradle and set it right beside baby Leah's and then Maya put her baby doll to sleep in the cradle just as I was putting Leah down. Almost with out fail, since that first conversation a week ago about Maya wanting to be a mommy, she has done just about everything with her baby doll that I am doing with Leah. I will sit for nearly 30 minutes nursing, and Maya will take a seat across from me and pretend to nurse her baby doll for the full 30 minutes. She will set up the monitor when her baby is sleeping and then pretend her baby is crying and finally go to rescue and comfort her. It has been absolutely precious to watch.
And she has been positiely amazing with her baby sister Leah as well. She loves to help me take care of her. She helped bathe her...
She loves to hold her in the front pack.
On the boppy...
A little shout out to Leah's loving big brother Cole.
In all seriousness, we really need to mind the scripture in Titus as there is a growing and gross lack in far too many homes of real love between husbands and wives and a running from wifely and motherly duties - all to our own detriment...
"Older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God." Titus 2:4-5
It is so important that we are good examples to other younger women and girls revealing the importance of really loving our husbands and children and being diligent in our homes while allowing our husbands to serve as the heads of our homes so that our children understand godly order. I am astonished at how many women slander and speak ill of their own husbands or who are continually running from their duties at home. And the truth of the matter is that our peace as women lies in fulfilling our duties in our current state of life - so if you are married then love your husband. If you are a mom, then love your children - and in doing so we will be bringing honor instead of shame on the Word of God. I believe that just as I was so taken by Maya's desire to be a good mommy (making and cleaning, nursing and bathing...), I believe the Lord looks on at us as we choose to do those things that we might be tired of doing....loving when we don't feel appreciated, doing when we don't feel "seen". For God sees and in doing these things we are pleasing Him.