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Scripture Reading: Esther 4:16

Esther had some good Godly upbringing. Although she was an orphan and was raised by her cousin, Mordecai taught her all about God. We should be influencing our children in the same fashion. Would they be Biblically strong enough to stand up for what they believed in enough to say, "I'll take my stand and if I perish, I perish."?

Abraham Lincoln once said, "No man is poor who has had a godly mother." This is so true. A mother sets the "mood" for a child's character. It is said that a child's character is set by the age of three years old. Isn't that amazing? Most of the time, in the first three years of a child's life they learn the character in which sticks with them FOREVER! That's big. We should be teaching them from the start who God is and how they should act. They should act like Christians even then, not heathens.

God has given woman a uniqueness not found in any other of His creations. It is through woman that children are born. It's the mother who has the most significant influence during a child's most formative years of life. The counsel of a mother is eloquent even when not one word is spoken. Have you ever gotten "the look" from your mother? Have you ever based a decision on the silence from your mom, by her example, or her tears? Mother's have a way of letting us know through their silence what they expect out of us. It always amazed me how my mom could give advice and speak so loudly without saying a word. Have you ever experienced that?

There are four qualities of a woman and mother that God created us to have. I learned these qualities by reading a book on Esther written by Charles Swindoll.

1. A Special Intuition: We as mother's can see straight through our children most of the time. We usually know when they're lying to us or when they're sick or if something is bothering them. We can usually also read their friends and their character or lack of.
2. An Endurance to Pain: Most of the time our tolerance for pain is greater than a man's, whether it's the pain form childbirth or the ability to handle hardship over the long haul. Most women have the determination to persevere. We find a reason to keep going and we should be the voice of encouragement to those around us especially our husband and kids.
3. A Unique Responsiveness: Women are usually more open-minded and more responsive to the will of God. We seem to have a desire to grow, to react, to feel, and to show affection toward the things to God.
4. The Quality of Vulnerability: Women usually are more open and truthful about our lives. We don't mind asking for help. We are more likely to admit to our fears.

Esther had all of these qualities. She wasn't a mother; she was a very young woman who had been taught Godly principles by Mordecai. We can look at her life and know God's hand was in it. Mordecai instructed her and she listened and obeyed. She took a stand for her people and was willing to lose her life. We, as women of God, have a duty and that is to take a stand for what we believe in. We're not here to be our kid's best friend. We're their MOM first.

• Stop worrying about being pleasing to others.
• Please God and God alone.
• Are we willing to perish to save our children from the world and to leave them a "heritage" of Godly examples and wisdom and show them that our beliefs don't and won't waiver from the Word of God?

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• Posted by: Brooke Cason