5 Encouraging Quotes for Christian Mothers
Being a mother is simultaneously one of the most important, trying, fulfilling, difficult, joy-filled, rewarding, enjoyable, tiring, wonderful jobs in the world. Here are 5 encouraging quotes that have stood out to me as a Christian mother and motivated me to look to Christ and keep going on difficult days.
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5 Encouraging Quotes for Christian Mothers
1. A Reminder to Be Faithful in the Small Things
“Just be obedient. Do today, faithfully, all that the Lord gives you to do. Then, the strength will be given for what’s coming. There is no need to go to pieces. Obey. Today.” –Elisabeth Elliot
Life is not really made up of the big moments. The vacations, birthday parties, and accomplishments might be what stand out in the family photo album. But what really creates the culture of the home are the little things – warm meals on the table, clean laundry in the drawers, family worship in the evenings, a hug in the mornings, dozens of books read on the couch, pushes on the swings, and chatting in the kitchen.
The Lord puts these tasks before us as mothers, and what a privilege they are. Some moments, it’s easy to get caught up in the overwhelm. There’s always so much to do. But what could we possibly be doing that’s more important than investing in the next generation, loving them, and pointing them to Christ?
(And I don’t know about you, but I would rather be kissing little faces and holding little hands than wearing a pantsuit in an office any day!)
2. A Reminder of the Profound Importance of the Home and Family
“The world needs the home. If there are only workers and no homes, then man will become nothing more than a piece of machinery; children will certainly be trampled. Beauty will be drained out of life….” -Leila Marie Lawler
Since the Industrial Revolution, we have become increasingly good at focusing on one profession or skill and hiring out the rest to someone else who knows how to do it.
As we become more and more specialized, it’s less and less difficult to imagine the world without the home.
But what if it wasn’t this way? What if, in a fast-paced world where people hustle about here and there, spend most of their waking hours in the office, come home to freezer meals, and flip on the tv until bedtime – what if there were little lights all around? Homes with families in them, fires blazing in the living room during winter evenings, homemade dinners around large tables, and kids playing in the backyard?
What if there were beautiful, orderly spaces, coffee perking in the pot, and couches ready to welcome family and guests alike?
The world needs the home.
3. A Reminder of the Gift of Reading to Your Children!
“You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be –
I had a mother who read to me.”
-S. Gillilan
This one always gets me – perhaps because I had this mother, or perhaps because I want to be this mother. Or perhaps both.
And while I don’t really remember the exact moments of reading on the couch with my mom and siblings, I remember how it felt. I remember the coziness of our days at home. The silliness and seriousness and wisdom of my mom. And the many, many stories.
4. A Reminder of the Value of Motherhood
“…But when people begin to talk about this domestic duty as not merely difficult but trivial and dreary, I simply give up the question. For I cannot with the utmost energy of imagination conceive what they mean. When domesticity, for instance, is called drudgery, all the difficulty arises from a double meaning in the word. If drudgery only means dreadfully hard work, I admit the woman drudges in the home, as a man might drudge at the Cathedral of Amiens or drudge behind a gun at Trafalgar. But if it means that the hard work is more heavy because it is trifling, colorless and of small import to the soul, then as I say, I give it up; I do not know what the words mean.
To be Queen Elizabeth within a definite area, deciding sales, banquets, labors and holidays; to be Whiteley within a certain area, providing toys, boots, sheets, cakes, and books, to be Aristotle within a certain area, teaching morals, manners, theology, and hygiene; I can understand how this might exhaust the mind, but I cannot imagine how it could narrow it. How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe?
How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone, and narrow to be everything to someone? No; a woman’s function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. I will pity Mrs. Jones for the hugeness of her task; I will never pity her for its smallness.” -G.K. Chesterton, What’s Wrong With the World
There need not be an ounce of boredom in the gigantic task of motherhood. Motherhood is not for those who are good at nothing else. Motherhood is an all-encompassing, joyful collision of everything else.
It’s organization and creativity. It’s compassion and wisdom. It’s planning and hosting and baking and playing and learning and teaching all wrapped up in full, beautiful days with the people you love most.
If you’re feeling unsure of how to fill your days, check out these tips for what to do when you’re bored as a stay-at-home mom.
5. A Reminder That We Are in Our Father’s Care
“O let my trembling soul be still
And wait Thy wise, Thy holy will!
I cannot, Lord, Thy purpose see,
Yet all is well since ruled by Thee.”
I cannot imagine motherhood without Christ. If I did not know that my children were ultimately in His hands, I would be anxious, worried, and completely overwhelmed.
But they are not our children – they are His. He knows each hair on their heads. He knew the day of their birth and He knows the day of their death. And He knows what they need. The Lord gives us wisdom, strength, purpose, peace, and joy in motherhood as we look to Him day in and day out.
The Heidelberg Catechism Question & Answer #1 has been a great encouragement to me in entrusting my children to the Lord, who knows every hair on their heads.
What is something that has encouraged you as a mother? Whether a quote, scripture, or piece of advice, please share it in the comments! ❤️
