Good morning, moms. This is Heidi St. John. How are you guys today? I hope you're doing good.

I have been reading this morning in Ephesians 4, and so if you have your Bible, go ahead and

open it up to the book of Ephesians. And you'll see, I'm just going to read the first couple

of verses, and we're going to talk for just a minute about what the Apostle Paul is saying to us,

what he could be saying to moms in particular. So let's start with first one. I'm just going

to read the first three or four verses. It says, as a prisoner for the Lord, then I urge you to live

a life worthy of the calling that you have received. And here's the hard part. Be completely humble

and gentle. Be patient, bearing with one another in love and make every effort to keep the unity of

the Spirit through the bonds of peace. Now, there are so many applications that you can take

from this first, but the thing that comes to my mind first as a mom is all of the little

arguments and the bickering that I have that I encounter every single day with my own children.

And I'm reminded here to be completely humble, to be gentle, to be patient, and to bear with

my kids in love, making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

I want to teach my children to be peacemakers. You have an opportunity as a mom today to come

alongside your children when you see them struggling and arguing and fighting and being an example

to them. You're not going to do it perfectly. And you know what? Here's the cool thing. You don't

have to do it perfectly because God wants to give you His strength. Remember, we talked about that

the other day. His strength is made perfect in weakness. Your kids don't need to see you perfect.

They need to see you surrendered. And so take a moment today and ask the Lord to help you be the

things that He wants you to be. Gentle, patient, bearing with one another in love, making every effort

to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. And see if it doesn't change the way

that you look at your kids. You know, the older I get, the more I realize how much grace I need,

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