Mothers and the Salvation of Children

Do we understand the significant role that mothers can play in the spiritual upbringing of their children?Paul Carrington reminds us of the words of Spurgeon, who emphasized the inestimable value of a godly mother. Carrington encourages mothers who are laboring and struggling to teach their children to aim high, to pray and hope for their child's salvation. He emphasizes that the role of a mother is not only about nurturing her child's physical and emotional well-being, but she is also responsible for doing soul work.Referring to Matthew Chapter 10, Carrington notes that Jesus urged his disciples to rejoice more in the fact that their names were written in heaven than in their authority over devils. In the same vein, the ultimate aim of mothers should be for the salvation of their children. While parents cannot save their children, they can be used by God as a means of salvation. This, Carrington asserts, is the high calling of mothers - to nurture not just professionals or great tradesmen, but souls for heaven.Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV): "Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it."