Now, if you look at the list above of characteristics of a good Christian mother, you might be thinking, what really sets us apart from any other mother? These are all the typical attributes that most moms, Christian or not, try to aspire to, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You would think so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think most moms desire to be these things, but unfortunately aren\u2019t actively pursuing these characteristics. We as moms can be habitually lazy, habitually ungiving, habitually non sacrificial. Everyone wants to be a good mom, but are we really pursuing it? Are we in active pursuit of this call that God has put on our lives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of hard-working, we can do the bare minimum for our kids. Maybe instead of cooking healthy dinners, we just order take-out everyday. Cooking healthy, home cooked meals all the time is hard work. But the alternative is unhealthy, overweight children who won\u2019t know how to make healthy food choices when they are older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe instead of being willing <\/em>to get our hands dirty, we grumble and complain through our work. We drag our feet and fuss because we don\u2019t feel like doing the house cleaning. Or maybe we complain about our full-time jobs all the time. Our children can witness these moments and potentially pick up the same habits. Instead of valuing hard work, they look at it as something to hate and avoid as they grow up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe we don\u2019t sacrifice enough for our family or others. Maybe your husband never gets to see you, or your kids have been begging you to take them to the park, but you keep putting it off because you\u2019re too busy doing whatever. If this is a regular issue, that\u2019s the opposite of sacrificial.<\/p>\n\n\n