If I read my Bible everyday and use my trusty highlighter,
if I cook nutritious meals from scratch,
if I homeschool my children and give them a Christian, classical education,
if I meet my husband's needs before my own,
if I surrender my fertility and never pop a little pink pill,
if I adopt a special needs child or foster babies in our home,
if I entertain guests every weekend and invite them to spend the night,
if I perfectly tailor our curriculum to each individual child,
if I make our family memorize Scripture, songs, and poetry,
if I teach them Latin, Greek, and Hebrew,
if I foster beauty and femininity in our daughters,
if I encourage chivalry and a hard work ethic in our son,
if I plant a large vegetable garden and grow perennials along a white picket fence,
if I spend the summer canning, and freezing, and preserving our produce,
if I menu-plan, and master the art of crock-potting,
if I become a coupon queen, ad-match, and never buy anything unless it's on sale,
if I visit the poor and donate clothes to Salvation Army,
if I bring Chicken Noodle Soup to the sick and lonely, and invite our widowed church members for dinner,
if I vote for the most godly candidate, help set up lawn signs, and campaign against abortion,
if I dress in skirts and keep my necklines high,
if I sew all our clothes, knit all our mittens, and keep our shoes polished,
if I can preserve my daughters' virginity, and keep my son from looking at porn,
if I install Covenant Eyes and monitor my children's computer usage,
if I get rid of the TV and cancel Netflix,
if I keep the laundry basket empty, and the linen closet stocked,
if I make family devotions our top priority, and teach our children the Westminster catechism,
if I am a Trim Healthy Mama, and exercise every day
if I birth my children at home, and follow ecological breastfeeding patterns,
if I make use of the chiropractor, herbal remedies, and essential oils,
if I buy toy trucks and swords for my boy, and dolls and a play-kitchen for my girls,
if I live debt-free and pay for everything with cash,
if I take my family to church twice every Sunday,
if I clean puke out of carpets and change diapers for 14 years straight,
if I can't remember what it's like to sleep in,
if I do everything right...
... to buy my own salvation or that of my children,
it profits me nothing.
But if, out of a sincere love for my Savior (John 14:15),
believing it is not my works that save me (Isaiah 64:6),
but God's great love in granting me a full and free redemption purchased by the precious blood of Jesus on the Cross (John 3:16), and sealing my pardon by raising Him from the dead (Romans 10:9),
I desire to do all things through and for Christ which strengthens me (Philippians 4:13),
then motherhood is not in vain.
It is an honor to be pursued with diligence and joy (Colossians 3: 23),
because He who called me is faithful (1 Thessalonians 5:24),
and as much as I do it unto the least of these (Matthew 25:40),
I do it unto the Lord.
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