Proverbs 31:10-12 Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Proverbs 31:25-31 Strength and honor are her clothing; she shall rejoice in time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, And her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed: her husband also, and praises her: Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all. Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the lord, she shall be praised. Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

A God-Centered Mother

One thing that God-centered mothers instinctively know and display to their children without fail is that even on the days that her children test her patience and get on her last nerve, she still loves her children as God loves His Children.

The Noble Woman

It is considered that the noble wife of Proverbs is a composite of many women of character. The important part of this proverb is that the woman described has a reverence for God, another important item is that the woman’s physical appearance is never mentioned. The book of Proverbs is about wisdom, but how fitting that the book ends with a picture of a woman of strong character.

A God-centered mother submits completely to God’s will.

We believe when Mary was only a teenager, she was confronted with the challenge to be completely submitted to God’s will. When Gabriel gave her the angelic message that she was to carry the Savior, Mary was stunned.

Her key phrase: “I am the Lord’s servant. May your word be fulfilled.” (Luke 1:38)

The birth of Jesus is told in the books of Matthew and Luke. Matthew wrote his narrative from the viewpoint of Joseph. But Luke narrated Jesus’ birth from Mary’s viewpoint. Luke showed the true submission and heroism of Mary.

We see today that society has forsaken theheroism of motherhood along with the miracle of birth. Mary never wavered from her complete submission to God’s will. Mary was a little like the mother who sits up late at night, far past her bedtime, waiting for her daughter’s date to be over.

A God-centered mother does not have to be perfect

Despite the fact that she was the mother of Jesus, Mary wasn’t perfect! When Jesus performed his first miracle, Mary’s conversation is the most unusual part of the water-turned-to-wine story.

In John 2:3-4, Mary said to Jesus, “They have no wine.” Jesus said to Mary,” Woman, why do you involve me?” My hour has not come yet.

A God-centered mother never relinquishes the title.

Mary didn’t stand stoically and passively  at the foot of the cross, as if she were already made out of stained glass. She collapsed to the ground at the cross. She fell down to the depths of sorrow right there, moaning and wailing and begging the God of Heaven to stop her Hell on earth.

The cross cut deeply into Mary’s heart.  Despite the pain; however, Mary was there. She was a mother from the beginning, and a mother at the end.

Mother’s never get a day off, no matter how old their children become.