{"id":2352,"date":"2016-04-29T18:58:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2016-04-29T18:58:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T18:58:11","slug":"motherhood-and-discipleship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2016\/04\/29\/motherhood-and-discipleship\/","title":{"rendered":"Motherhood and Discipleship"},"content":{"rendered":"

One hundred two years ago, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing the first national Mother\u2019s Day to celebrate America\u2019s mothers. Wilson petitioned Congress to designate the second Sunday of May as a special day for mothers to be celebrated and honored.<\/p>\n

Long before our nation recognized the importance of honoring mothers, the writer of the Proverbs presented choice words of appreciation and celebration. On Mother\u2019s Day 2016, these words from Proverbs 31:26-30 will be recited from numerous pulpits across the country.<\/p>\n

When she speaks she has something worthwhile to say, and she always says it kindly. She keeps an eye on everyone in her household, and keeps them all busy and productive. Her children respect and bless her; her husband joins in with words of praise: \u201cMany women have done wonderful things, but you\u2019ve outclassed them all!\u201d Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades.\u00a0The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God. Give her everything she deserves! \u00a0Festoon her life with praises! (Proverbs 31:26-30 MSG)<\/p>\n

Recently, a website called \u201cThe Disciplers\u201d shared the following story about mothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cA teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: \u201cMy full name has six letters. The first one is M. I pick up things. What am I?\u201d When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was astonished to find that almost 50 percent of the students answered the question with the word Mother.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

What if the teacher would have said, \u201cMy name starts with F, would their response have been Father?\u201d I highly doubt it. Maybe Frieda, Farrah, Fallon, but not Father.<\/p>\n

As the Proverb writer exhorts, let us give our Mothers \u201cEverything she deserves.\u201d Mothers and discipleship go hand in hand. It is my opinion that these two terms are inseparable. Take a moment to closely look at the Proverbs 31 passage.\u00a0 Here is how the woman (mother) is described:<\/p>\n

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  1. She speaks wisely.<\/li>\n
  2. She models kindness.<\/li>\n
  3. No one gets out of her sight.<\/li>\n
  4. She teaches responsibility.<\/li>\n
  5. Her children appreciate and bless her.<\/li>\n
  6. Her husband praises and thanks her.<\/li>\n
  7. She is in a category all her own.<\/li>\n
  8. She fears the Lord.<\/li>\n
  9. She is worthy of praise.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There are two additional characteristics I would like to add to this list. Mothers are influencers and disciplers. \u00a0President George Washington said, \u201cMy mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.\u201d President Abraham Lincoln said, \u201cI remember my mother\u2019s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.\u201d What noble words by men who shaped this nation.<\/p>\n

    On August 14, 1981, Morrow Graham, mother of Evangelist Billy Graham, left this life in her sleep and entered heaven. According to Graham, \u201cWhen word came, I wept and yet rejoiced at the same time. Of all the people I have ever known, she had the greatest influence on me. I am sure one reason that the Lord has directed and safeguarded me, as well as Ruth and the children, through the years was the prayers of my mother and father.\u201d Let me encourage you to read Dr. Graham\u2019s tribute to his mother.[2]<\/a> She was a powerful woman of God, an influencer and discipler.<\/p>\n

    Happy Mother\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    [1]<\/a> Illustrations for Mother\u2019s Day, Ptr. Vince, http:\/\/thedisciplers.com\/illustrations-fo-mothers-day\/<\/p>\n

    [2]<\/a> Billy Graham: A Tribute To His Mother, http:\/\/billygraham.org\/story\/billy-graham-a-tribute-to-his-mother\/<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    \"BillTerry\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Bill Terry is the National Director for Men\u2019s Ministries and the Assistant Director for Discipleship Ministries. Bill resides in Oklahoma City with his lovely wife Rita, where they will celebrate 45 years of marriage in 2016. He is the proud head of an extended family that includes two sons Gregory and Rodney, daughters-in-law Holly and Brec, granddaughters Grace, Annie, Emily and Elena and grandson Adam Gregory.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,20,1,27,171,15,33,305,37,3],"tags":[16,457,458],"class_list":{"0":"post-2352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boys-ministries","8":"category-childrens-ministries","9":"category-general","10":"category-girls-ministries-childrens-ministries","11":"category-leadership-2","12":"category-mens-ministries","13":"category-small-groups","14":"category-student-ministires","15":"category-womens-ministries","16":"category-youth-ministries","17":"tag-discipleship","18":"tag-mothers-day","19":"tag-mothers","20":"entry"},"title_es":"La maternidad y Discipulado","content_es":"Hace ciento dos a\u00f1os, el presidente Woodrow Wilson emiti\u00f3 una proclama presidencial que se establece el primer D\u00eda de la Madre nacional para celebrar a las madres de los Estados Unidos. Wilson pidi\u00f3 al Congreso para designar el segundo domingo de mayo como un d\u00eda especial para las madres a ser celebrados y honrados. Mucho antes de nuestra naci\u00f3n reconoci\u00f3 la importancia de las madres en honor, el escritor de los Proverbios presenta palabras de elecci\u00f3n de agradecimiento y celebraci\u00f3n. En el D\u00eda de la Madre 2016, estas palabras de Proverbios 31: 26-30 se recitan de numerosos p\u00falpitos de todo el pa\u00eds. Cuando habla que tiene algo importante que decir, y ella siempre dice que amablemente. Ella mantiene un ojo en todo el mundo en su casa, y los mantiene ocupados y productivo. Sus hijos respeten y bienaventurada; su marido se une con palabras de elogio: "Muchas mujeres han hecho cosas maravillosas, pero todos ellos han superado!" Charm puede inducir a error y la belleza pronto se desvanece. La mujer para ser admirado y elogiado es la mujer que vive en el temor del Dios. Darle todo lo que se merece! Fest\u00f3n su vida con alabanzas! (Proverbios 31: 26-30 NVI) Recientemente, un sitio web llamado "Los Discipuladores" comparti\u00f3 la siguiente historia acerca de las madres. "Un profesor dio su clase de segundo grado una lecci\u00f3n sobre el im\u00e1n y lo que hace. Al d\u00eda siguiente, en una prueba escrita, se incluy\u00f3 esta pregunta: "Mi nombre completo tiene seis letras. La primera de ellas es M. recojo cosas. \u00bfQu\u00e9 soy yo? "Cuando los papeles de prueba se convirtieron en, el maestro qued\u00e9 asombrado al descubrir que casi el 50 por ciento de los estudiantes responde a la pregunta con la palabra madre." [1]<\/a> \u00bfQu\u00e9 pasa si el profesor hubiera dicho, "Mi nombre comienza con F, ser\u00eda su respuesta habr\u00eda sido el padre? "lo dudo mucho. Tal vez Frieda, Farrah, Fallon, pero no el padre. Como el escritor exhorta proverbio, demos nuestras madres "Todo lo que se merece." Las madres y discipulado van de la mano. Es mi opini\u00f3n que estos dos t\u00e9rminos son inseparables. Tome un momento para mirar de cerca el paso de los proverbios 31. As\u00ed es como se describe a la mujer (madre):

    1. Ella habla con sabidur\u00eda. <\/li>
    2. Ella modelos de bondad. <\/li>
    3. Nadie sale de su vista. <\/li>
    4. Ella ense\u00f1a la responsabilidad. <\/li>
    5. Sus hijos aprecien y bienaventurada. <\/li>
    6. Sus alabanzas marido y su agradecimiento. <\/li>
    7. Ella est\u00e1 en una categor\u00eda muy personal. <\/li>
    8. Ella teme al Se\u00f1or. <\/li>
    9. Ella es digna de elogio. <\/li><\/ol> Hay dos caracter\u00edsticas adicionales que me gustar\u00eda a\u00f1adir a esta lista. Las madres son influyentes y discipuladores. El presidente George Washington dijo: "Mi madre era la mujer m\u00e1s hermosa que he visto. Todo lo que soy se lo debo a mi madre. Atribuyo mi \u00e9xito en la vida a la educaci\u00f3n moral, intelectual y f\u00edsica que recib\u00ed de ella. "Dijo el presidente Abraham Lincoln," Recuerdo oraciones de mi madre y siempre me he seguido. Ellos se han aferrado a m\u00ed toda mi vida. "\u00bfQu\u00e9 palabras nobles por los hombres que dieron forma a esta naci\u00f3n. El 14 de agosto de 1981, Morrow Graham, madre de Evangelista Billy Graham, dej\u00f3 esta vida en su sue\u00f1o y entr\u00f3 en el cielo. Seg\u00fan Graham, "Cuando lleg\u00f3 la palabra, llor\u00e9 y, sin embargo regocij\u00e9 al mismo tiempo. De todas las personas que he conocido, que tuvo la mayor influencia en m\u00ed. Estoy seguro de que una de las razones que el Se\u00f1or ha dirigido y salvaguardado m\u00ed, al igual que Ruth y los ni\u00f1os, a trav\u00e9s de los a\u00f1os fueron las oraciones de mi madre y el padre. "Os animo a leer el tributo del Dr. Graham a su madre. [ 2]<\/a> Ella era una mujer poderosa de Dios, el que influye como discipulador. D\u00eda de madre feliz! [1]<\/a> Ilustraciones para el D\u00eda de la Madre, Ptr. Vince, http:\/\/thedisciplers.com\/illustrations-fo-mothers-day\/ [2]<\/a> Billy Graham: Un homenaje a su madre, http:\/\/billygraham.org\/story\/billy-graham-a-tribute-to- su madre\/ \"BillTerry\"<\/a> Bill Terry es el Director Nacional de Ministerios de los hombres y el Director Adjunto de Discipulado Ministerios. Bill reside en Oklahoma City con su encantadora esposa Rita, donde se celebran los 45 a\u00f1os de matrimonio en 2016. \u00c9l es la cabeza orgulloso de una familia extendida que incluye dos hijos Gregory y Rodney, acebo hijas-en-ley y BREC, nietas Gracia , Annie, Emily y Elena y nieto Adam Gregory.<\/em>","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/motherhood-and-discipleship-.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-BW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}