What does it mean to be a spiritual mother? It means using some of the same skills in relationships with younger Christians that mothers use with their children to be with God even in their joyful situations than the hardest. Here are some tips to help you to become a spiritual mom who transmits your faith spiritually.
Nurture
Mothers nurture their children, caring for them, soothing them, and providing an environment in which they can grow and feel safe. Their sleepless nights and busiest days are the best examples of their nurturing. Even without minding their health, they take care of the whole family. Along with these, we can nurture younger Christians as well, caring for them in both practical and less tangible ways. Spiritually speaking, our interest in them and our willingness to be authentic can create a space where they can safely grow.
Push
Good mothers don’t simply soothe or reassure their children; they also gently push them to try new things, keep practicing, and develop skills and confidence. Spiritual mothers don’t let people stay the way they are either. We push people, not necessarily in the direction we want them to go, but in the direction, in which God is pulling them. The spiritual Mom can push to do many spiritual activities in a better way. There are many chances that moms can create to grow up with spirituality in kinds. Practicing simple prayers while doing gardening, and explaining the spiritual aspects of each of our activities are examples.
Mirror
British pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott wrote of a critical role mothers play in their infants’ lives: acting as a mirror to reflect babies’ own selves and moods back at them. As children grow up, good mothers continue to reflect on their children, telling kids who they are and how the world sees them. Spiritual mothers can do the same, pointing out potential they may not see in themselves, helping them identify their spiritual gifts, and identifying habits they need to change.
Share Wisdom
Mothers teach their children, both intentionally and unintentionally, formally and informally. Spiritual mothers have both knowledge and wisdom to give, and they can help younger believers see things from a completely different perspective. Remember, kids, need both knowledge and wisdom to be better humans.
Impart Vision
Mothers help their children see what’s possible and envision their own success in the future. Spiritual mothers help people develop vision too, particularly for how God can use them and what it might mean for them to take steps of faith. Finding out the spiritual aspects of life is the best part of your spirituality.
Teach them How to Walk
Mothers help their kids to learn to talk and walk. While teaching everything they also boost their kids’ confidence. Spiritual mothers walk alongside as younger people take tentative steps of faith, struggle to maintain balance, and try again after falling. And they celebrate when their “spiritual children” sprint ahead.
Model How to Talk
Mothers model speech for their children, who learn to speak the language that surrounds them. That gift of language becomes the chief tool children use to make sense of their experiences, learn, remember, and connect with the world around them. Teach them to spread positivity in the environment wherever they are. Spiritual mothers offer this kind of modeling too, helping to shape the words—and the thought processes—of the people they nurture. The words that come, are not just words from the mouth. It is the totality of our inner thought patterns.
Say Yes
One of the great joys of motherhood is saying yes to children. It is the ability or the means to give them what they need or want. Spiritual mothers not only can enjoy the privilege of giving people something they need; they can confirm people’s thoughts, convictions, and interpretations of Scripture. They can affirm the desires God has placed within them.
Say No
Saying ‘yes’ may be fun, but every good mother also knows how to say ‘no’ to several matters very wisely. Spiritual mothers, too, lovingly say no for the good of those they influence. Sometimes “no” is a correction or a challenge; sometimes it’s a much-needed confrontation. That may make controversies, but understand, it is your privilege to guide your kids to better pathways.
Protect
Human mothers have a powerful instinct to keep their children safe. And they can be just as dangerous in the face of a threat to their offspring. Spiritual mothers also want to protect younger Christians, and they do so by praying for them, warning them of spiritual danger, and encouraging them to live with integrity.
Let Go
Mothers who cling tightly to their children will eventually hold them back; when the process of letting go doesn’t happen gradually, it will be forced upon them. And while complete physical independence may not come until adulthood, emotionally the process begins in toddlerhood. Spiritual mothers can influence and nurture younger people without trying to control them. Our leadership is good only if we let others be responsible for themselves. Let them go ahead and until then you give the confidence to be alone and strong.