Welcome to Mom Math - Parenting that Adds Up. From my vast storehouse of wisdom, I will share with you the many joys, sorrows, triumphs and failures I have experienced as a mom. Many of you are just starting the long parenting journey, a journey that will be filled with adventure, and fun, and heartache, and stress, and joy . . . and all of that could happen in one day!
Each month, I will post a topic that I think will be of interest to you, my readers, but I also welcome your feedback as to what you want to know. What are you struggling with as a mom? What keeps you up at night? What are some questions you have about parenting, but just won't ask any of your friends because you think it's a dumb question? Those are the things I want to help you with.
In the meantime, let's talk a little bit about your role as a mom. If you are a married mom, then your number one job is to love and respect your husband. You will be astounded at how much easier parenting is if you get that part right!
Ephesians 5:33 says, “So again I say, a man must love his wife as a part of himself; and the wife must see to it that she deeply respects her husband – obeying, praising and honoring him."
Why does God tell men to love and women to respect? I can't say for sure. I'm not a biblical scholar, but I do know this, more often than not, homes don’t fall apart because wives stop loving their husbands, they fall apart because they stop respecting them.
Part of respecting your husband is to allow him to be the spiritual leader of your home. I did say ALLOWING him. Many of us don’t think our husbands can do it, or we say something like, “I tried to let him be the spiritual leader once, but he never would be.” And we react to that by continuously picking up the reins for him.
So I say to you moms, know your role. Love your husband like crazy, but shower him with your respect. Admire the way he leads your family. And let him know it!
As the Rock would say, "Know your role!"
