Some women try to live righteously because they know God, while others don’t. Sometimes it is the way they were brought up. Childhood upbringing carries a significant influence on adult life, consciously or unconsciously. There are righteous or good Mothers, and there are evil Mothers. Righteous, Good, Bad, and evil; How do we know the Good from the Bad or the righteous from the evil? (Luke 6:43–45) tells us. A Good mother will exhibit a good mindset, teaching her children to obey God, and an evil or bad mother will exhibit evil or bad choices, training her children to do wrong in the sight of God. This is why everyone must be born again. Regardless of our upbringing or influences from others, salvation is for everybody. There are no excuses for having a negative or evil influence on your family or anyone else. God is calling everyone to love Him with all their heart, soul, and mind, and to love their neighbor as themselves. Women, potential mothers, wives, and those who are already mothers and wives, give yourselves wholly to God, and let Him lead you in your influencing. Godly influences in the home will raise Godly children. Others will recognize the God that’s inside. Paul wrote to Timothy in 2 Timothy 1:5 NLT, “I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.”
Paul recognized the training passed down from grandmother and mother to Timothy. He understood that Godly influence creates Godly seeds. Godly seed comes from godly parents. (Malachi 2:15). A God-fearing woman makes her home stable by constantly working on it. There is not a day that goes by without a virtuous woman working to ensure her family’s stability. Her prayers are for her household, her husband, and her children. Her devotion, engagement with Scripture, wise decisions, openness to God’s work, and faithful spiritual instruction across generations are a connection to God and His influence. A virtuous woman is priceless. Proverbs 14:1 NLT, “A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.”
A wise woman is precious and worth more than anything this world can offer. Nothing and no one but God is worth more than a virtuous woman. She is an asset to her family and not a liability. She looks to the future and makes plans accordingly. Proverbs 31:10–12 NLT, “Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies. Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.”
Mothers and those who want to be mothers must understand that they must help train up their children in the way they should go, and when they get old, they will not depart from it. Your children will not forget your labor of love. Proverbs 31:28 KJV, “Her children arise up, and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praiseth her.”
Women, raising children and taking care of your husband and household is work, Hard work. Some of you have much work to do, but understand that your labor is not in vain. It may seem you are not seeing the fruit of your labor in the present, but understand that if you don’t quit, you will see it in due time. (Galatians 6:9). Women, when you take care of your family and home, you are doing what God has put in your hands. Don’t give up, God will see you through. God knows and is with you. God cares and loves you. God has the record of your faithfulness written down, and He knows and will keep what you do in His name, close to Him. (2 Timothy 1:12).
Woman of God, you are working for God, not man. Your family may not acknowledge your hard work, but God will. You may not get a thank you here and now, but God is going to give you much more. Keep working for the Lord by doing what He called you to do for your husband and children, and wait on the Lord to reward you for your effort. God knows how to reward those who diligently seek Him. (1 Corinthians 15:58, Romans 8:18) The work of the Lord for a mother is to take care of her family, train her children, help her husband, and show the world the goodness of God. (Titus 2:1–5). I know the world teaches differently, but God’s Word never changes. If we want the rewards of God, we must do it the way God said. Influence is not just in what you say, but also in your behavior. (Ephesians 5:1–5). I know family attendance is a tiresome work, but it must be done in the name of Jesus. Woman, you need to learn to attend to your family the way God wants, and not like the world and what it wants. (Philippians 4:11–13).
Sometimes, women, you may think it’s too hard or more difficult than you realized, but Mothers and women keep working for your families, keep helping your husband, you are making a difference every day. Your labor is not in vain.
One thing, mothers, I don’t want you to forget, you did not always have children. It was you and your man, you and him, enjoying each other until that first child was born into the family. Never forget that time of sharing, loving, and joy with each other, because one day all the children will be gone and it will be only you two again. Both parents have taught the children to be productive citizens in the world. They have been taught what it means to be a disciple of Christ, and now they are on their own. Now you are an empty nester, as they say. A wise and virtuous woman will plan for this time. She will ensure that she and her husband don’t drift apart. Her moves with her husband will be intentional. Their love will not fade but grow. Husbands, she may not look the same as she did when you married her. Wives, he may not look the same as when you married him. Women don’t give up on your husband; men don’t give up on your wife. (Proverbs 31:30, Jeremiah 29:11). With God, the end will be better than the beginning. The latter years shall be better than the former. Women strive to be virtuous women, and God will do the rest.
A virtuous woman embodies strength—not physical weakness despite being the “weaker vessel,” but rather the kind of inner fortitude that comes from wisdom, grace, and reverence for God. She possesses self-command and the ability to influence others, making her a suitable partner and helper. Being virtuous means being holy, righteous, upright, and pure. Her thoughts are about others and not herself. The influence of a woman and a mother is what drives a family. Proverbs 31:10 KJV, “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 18:22 KJV, “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favour of the Lord.”
The influence of mothers directs the Family. Eve influenced Adam, and sin came into the world. Sarah influenced Abraham, and Ishmael was born. Esther influenced the king, and the Jews were saved. Lois and Eunice influenced Timothy, and he became a mighty man of God in the New Testament church. Mothers, you can guide your family in the direction and ways of God. Women, Allow God To Direct Your Path and Let Your Godly Influence Direct Your Family! Proverbs 3:5–6 KJV, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.”
A Woman’s Influence Directs Her Family!