Motherhood has been greatly diminished from the platform it should have. It is seen as an unfulfilling career choice, a "shackle and chains" option for the woman who can't make enough money to justify working outside of the home. Culturally, motherhood is seen as the marker of the end of freedom. Young couples desperately avoid the possibility of entering into parenthood and we are encouraged to do everything we could hope to desire before children come in and "complicate' things. At 26 and 30, when my husband and I intentionally had our first child, we were asked, "Why so young?" Humorously, 26 is historically rather old to have a first child; this is a fairly new cultural phenomenon- the ideal entrance into motherhood being as late into our childbearing years as possible.
Motherhood is not seen through the lens it should. Motherhood is not easy, but it is fulfilling, life giving, and honorable. Motherhood does not mean that freedom has ended, but it means I now have the freedom to selflessly love another person more than I could imagine. I believe that if we as a society could restore and esteem the role of mother once again culturally, the option for abortion would seem less enticing. The "motherhood opportunity" lost in the moment a baby is aborted should weigh as heavily as the allure of personal freedom and career advancement. Pray that our own strongholds would be destroyed and that as women we would begin to value our role as mothers and future mothers. Pray that men would hold the position in high esteem and society would honor that which should be honored.
Jesus,
We know you are the giver of all good things. We believe you have designed us for a purpose and we seek to give you glory in those purposes. We pray that you would restore our broken view of motherhood. We ask that women would be emboldened to seek this role, whether through adoption, fostering, or biologically. We ask that value be reassigned to this role and that you would guide us on how to go about doing that. Help us to honor the honorable mothers in our lives. Give us a view of heaven here on earth, God.
Restore the broken mothers, Lord, who feel downtrodden in their current role. We pray that your divine wisdom would be showered on mothers who feel unfulfilled in their current role. We pray that women who feel enslaved to the role of "mother" would feel the burden lifted and that they would come to delight in their children and you, Jesus.
We pray that women who are considering aborting their babies would weigh in the great blessing of motherhood that they are giving up- the true view of motherhood, not that which is twisted and distorted by our society. We pray that the men in their lives would value them as mothers and would allow them the opportunity to flourish in that role: that they would honor them, respect them, and cherish them in their new roles. We pray that motherhood would be esteemed as highly as career options, education, personal freedom, and financial resources. We pray that the "sting" of parenthood would be lifted and the joys of parenthood would begin to wash over all of us.
Amen
Motherhood is not seen through the lens it should. Motherhood is not easy, but it is fulfilling, life giving, and honorable. Motherhood does not mean that freedom has ended, but it means I now have the freedom to selflessly love another person more than I could imagine. I believe that if we as a society could restore and esteem the role of mother once again culturally, the option for abortion would seem less enticing. The "motherhood opportunity" lost in the moment a baby is aborted should weigh as heavily as the allure of personal freedom and career advancement. Pray that our own strongholds would be destroyed and that as women we would begin to value our role as mothers and future mothers. Pray that men would hold the position in high esteem and society would honor that which should be honored.
Jesus,
We know you are the giver of all good things. We believe you have designed us for a purpose and we seek to give you glory in those purposes. We pray that you would restore our broken view of motherhood. We ask that women would be emboldened to seek this role, whether through adoption, fostering, or biologically. We ask that value be reassigned to this role and that you would guide us on how to go about doing that. Help us to honor the honorable mothers in our lives. Give us a view of heaven here on earth, God.
Restore the broken mothers, Lord, who feel downtrodden in their current role. We pray that your divine wisdom would be showered on mothers who feel unfulfilled in their current role. We pray that women who feel enslaved to the role of "mother" would feel the burden lifted and that they would come to delight in their children and you, Jesus.
We pray that women who are considering aborting their babies would weigh in the great blessing of motherhood that they are giving up- the true view of motherhood, not that which is twisted and distorted by our society. We pray that the men in their lives would value them as mothers and would allow them the opportunity to flourish in that role: that they would honor them, respect them, and cherish them in their new roles. We pray that motherhood would be esteemed as highly as career options, education, personal freedom, and financial resources. We pray that the "sting" of parenthood would be lifted and the joys of parenthood would begin to wash over all of us.
Amen