Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Smith:
As a mom, it might be easy to feel you are being taken for granted. Children don’t often stop to thank their mothers for everything they do-hundreds of dirty diapers changed, the thousands of meals prepared, and the day-to-day care and guidance provided.

But have you ever considered how we as parents may take our children for granted? As in any relationship, routine can sometimes cause us to overlook the special characteristics of the other person.

Scripture tells us that children are a gift from the Lord. Stop for a minute and think about your children from that perspective—as a personal gift given to you from the Lord. Although it doesn’t change the fact that each day will hold its challenges, this perspective enables us to approach those challenges differently. There will always be numerous things vying for our attention and requiring our time. But of all those things, none can be called a gift chosen for and delivered especially to us.

It’s true that none of the other gifts we received in life will require as much effort and determination from us as our children do. But none of the other gifts return the benefits of motherhood either.

Look around at the gifts that have been given to you in your children, and continue to press forward as you discover all the richness that each one of them holds.

And until next time, I’m Mike Smith.