Tonight I facilitated a new study for moms of daughters called, "5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter." It was a fun night with lots of great discussion. The book, by Vicki Courtney, is one of my favorites to date on parenting. She is also in the process of writing a book for moms of boys too. (We'll read that one next!) Vicki shares some really important messages or "conversations" that moms should make sure they have with their daughters over the course of their growing up. Each conversation can be broadened as your daughter grows and changes. My favorite statement from the book is:
God is looking for imperfect mothers raising imperfect daughters in an imperfect world - who are desperately dependent on a perfect God for the results.
To me, those are really strong words to raise not only our daughters by, but our sons as well. We, as moms, have a tendency to struggle to be perfect, but God doesn't want us to be perfect. He just wants us to be DESPERATELY DEPENDENT on Him to raise our children. This imperfect mom can certainly attain to that, but perfection, I don't think so.
Thanks for sharing this, that statement does stick with me. I've always respected pastors and leaders who have shared their own problems and their dependence on God. What a good model to your children that you are not perfect but you serve a God who is.
ReplyDelete