Teaching my daughter how to be a Godly young lady is a task
I take to heart. It give me much pleasure and joy to watch her tackle a task in
our home and to see the curiosity in her eyes
as she asks questions while she sees me working. There are many lesson a
mother can undergo in teaching her daughter to be a Godly wife and mother, but
for today I want to talk about “Help in the kitchen”.
The value of teaching my daughter the ins and outs of the
kitchen are very valuable. Not only will she be a blessing to me but later in
life she will be tremendous blessing to her husband and later children. I know
that it would take less time to just do it all myself but how is that going to
help her learn. If I selfishly push her aside and not make the time to teach
her, how am I really helping her? I know that when I’m mixing up a batch of
cookies or making pizza crust it would be so much easier to just do it myself
and it would be far less messy and trying. This kind of thinking has led our
young ladies down a road of selfish thinking themselves and rendered them
rather ignorant in the kitchen. This is something they will have to work hard
to learn later on in life, and they will most likely feel frustrated and down
on themselves all because of the lack of patience, love and Godly guidance and
wisdom to show her the ropes from an early age.
If you have not been taking the time to teach your daughter
and you think it’s too late, it’s not. When you’re making a meal or snack have
her come in and assign her a job to do.
The added bonus of being in the kitchen with your daughter and working
side by side is the talks and close relationship that can develop from it.
For little ones give them small jobs to start. Wash fruits and vegetables. Set the table.
Help you clean up after a task has been completed. As they grow older you can
start giving them bigger jobs like Opening cans for you, stirring a pot on the
stove, washing or rinsing the dishes. By
taking the time to teach her you are instilling valuable skills for her future.
You as a Godly mother can take rest in knowing she has been well taught for her
role as a wife and later a mother. When
she does get married and leave home she can do in confidence knowing she has been
well schooled in the matters of homemaking.
I always try to remember that the biggest example of a Godly
woman to my daughter is ME! The way I handle situations, react to life’s
stresses, how often she sees me pray, etc. By investing time and knowledge into my
daughter I feel that I am truly doing
what it says in Titus 2: 3-5 The aged women likewise, that [they be] in
behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine,
teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love
their husbands, to love their children, 5 [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient
to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
God Bless,
Tammy
