A Mother’s Legacy

But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe; …so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.
2 Timothy 3:14a; 3:17 

A Legacy is something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past; something someone has achieved or an influence they have shared that continues to exist after they stop working or die - a legacy of freedom or, the war left an enduring legacy of bitterness and suspicion. A  Mother's Legacy is the unique influences, perceptions and gifts a mother passes on to her children.   Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday so this is a good time to pay tribute to mothers and to reflect on the legacy we are leaving our children.

A mother’s legacy may consist of values, self-concept, identity, world view, sense of power, role, etc. It is usually of enough importance to her that she wishes to see evidence of it in the way they choose to live their lives.  She feels is of enough importance that she wants them to remember for the rest of their lives.  It is imprinting our children’s lives with our own through the unique relationship of motherhood.

The uniqueness of a mother’s legacy is different than any other legacy she will leave.  The mother connection is deeper and stronger than wife, friend, son, daughter, or co-worker.  A child is an extension of the mother and her legacy. 

• It is a soul connection.  A portion of the mother’s heart and soul go with the child and a spiritual union is formed.  Therefore the legacy of a mother is stronger and deeper than any other legacy a woman leaves. 
• She has much more invested in this legacy and the long-term effects will be greater than in any other part of her life. 
• She will have family, friends and co – workers who remember her after she is gone, but they will not likely be living their lives a certain way because of something she taught them.  Their lives will not be transformed by her.  They were probably set in their ways when they met her. She sets her children’s ways when they are young. 

Even if they are much different as adults than she could have imagined, they still treasure many elements of her legacy in their soul.  They are her legacy. 

The legacy of a mother is sometimes a direct result of the intuition she has into their heart and what God may have planned for her child/children. 

A mother partners with God to train up her child in the way he/she would go…She will be sensitive to their individual gifts and personality.  She will be aware of their nature and what strengths they have.  She will offer encouragement and wisdom that will help each of her children individually.   She knows what they need.  She feels what they need. 

A mother spends most of her adult life thinking about and performing tasks related to her children and their well-being.  It is a hard job but a very special position to gain.  Being a mother is special.

Scripture to Claim:
Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.  Proverbs 22:6 (Amplified Bible)