The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

We mothers have a high calling.  My husband says to care for and raise godly children is the highest calling anyone can have.  To be kind to God's little treasures.  Children are often looked upon as a bother, an inconvenience to parents and adults in general.  Far too many are marginalized, told to be seen and not heard.  Words that make children feel devalued hurt deeply and can scar their souls for life if not for the intervention of Jesus.

Jesus elevated the value and worth of little children and had great tenderness and love for them.  Mark 10:13-16 in the Amplified Bible shows His heart for children as He was talking about marriage and divorce.  I believe it was the mothers in that crowd who brought their children to Jesus to be blessed.

"And they kept bringing young children to Him that He might touch them, and the disciples were reproving them for it.  But when Jesus saw it, He was indignant and pained and said to them, 'Allow the children to come to Me -- do not forbid or prevent or hinder them -- for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

"Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive and accept and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child does, positively shall not enter it at all.

"And He took them [the children] up one by one in His arms and fervently invoked a blessing, placing His hands on them."

I picture Jesus smiling at each child as he picks them up into His arms one by one.  This shows He gave each one individual attention and a personal blessing.  Pronouncing a blessing was a very important thing in the Jewish community of God's people, and I submit to you we would do well to follow Jesus' example and get back to blessing our children.

It displeases me and my husband that the titles Homemaker and Mother do not have the high preemenience in our society anymore.  The truth is that "as goes the home, so goes the nation".  Because kids grow up and become adults, the way you raise your children creates our society and our cultural values.  What you model for them is what they will model to their children.  Children live what they learn.

I love the poem by William Ross Wallace of 1865 titled "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Is the Hand That Rules the World".  I encourage you to go to the link here and read it.
http://theotherpages.org/poems/wallace1.html 

Mothers, arise, and see your children through different eyes!

Copyright © 2012 Elaine Beachy