THE ANOINTING OF MOTHERHOOD
Today I send my love and blessings and encouragement to all mothers—the mothers who are feeling overwhelmed with little ones running around your feet, mothers with one or two children, mothers with loads of children, mothers with middling children, mothers with grown children, mothers who are lonely and feel forgotten by their children, mothers who could not give birth physically but who have embraced children into their home, mothers who have no children but are nurturing the needy and hurting around them from the mothering anointing God has put within them. May you all be blessed and encouraged today from the Father above who designed motherhood.
God’s heart is for mothers. He so loved mothers that He planned for His own beloved Son, the Lord of Glory to come to this earth in the womb of a mother. Who could have ever thought of this but God? And it reveals the intensity and importance He places upon motherhood. Without mothers, and yes, without the womb of mothers, the world would soon come to a halt.
Not every mother has the privilege to give birth to a baby, but every woman is created with the anointing to nurture and to mother. It is innately within her by divine creation. This is why the eradication of the word “mother” is a slap in the face against women. God used the word “mother” before there was a mother on the earth (Genesis 2:24 and 3:2. It was His design and plan from before the foundation of the world!
Oh, mothers. You are not insignificant! You are part of God’s glorious plan. Don’t listen to the lies of the world. I want to remind you today that you are in the most elevated career God has given to women. God has placed mothering above every other career in the nation. Read the allegory in Ezekiel 19:10-14. In God’s eyes you are exalted! The highest of all. Above every other career.
God is looking in love on all mothers today, even those who have never given birth. Some of the greatest mothers in history have been women who have never given birth. We think of Gladys Aylward (the little English woman who rescued hundreds of children to safety in China), Mary Slessor, Amy Carmichael, Lillian Trasher (founder of the first orphanage in Egypt) and so many others who poured out of their mothering and nurturing hearts to minister to so many needy souls.
And we cannot forget the late Mother Theresa who mothered more children than any mother in the last century. She never gave birth to a child but lived in the anointing of motherhood.
Motherhood is far more than birthing a baby. It is the revelation of the mothering heart of God to the world. It is the fulfillment and glory of every female.
I think of my own sister who was not able to have children. She experienced a “long” pregnancy as she waited and prayed and agonized for a child and eventually, after years and much heartache, God blessed her with a precious little baby from China. My sister was a mother before she ever received Promise, her little Chinese baby. She mothered everything she could get her hands on. She mothered animals like her babies. But then God blessed her with her long-awaited promise, the greatest joy of her life. Promise has now grown into a beautiful young woman as Kate has mothered her through the years and will soon be married in a few months.
Dear precious and lovely mothers, whatever state or season of motherhood you are in, God has not forgotten you. His heart is for you and for you as a mother. Because He loves mothers and He loves motherhood. If you are on God’s side, you will love motherhood too. Don’t endure it. Love it and embrace it with all your heart and you will live in the glory God intends for you as a woman!
Never be ashamed of motherhood. It is precious to the heart of God.
Much love and blessings to you today, Nancy Campbell
Beautiful painting: “Motherly Love” by Gabriele Baber
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