THE INFLUENTIAL MOTHER —
Eve, Jezebel, Priscilla, Debra, Susannah Wesley, etc. I was reading about the revered and sainted Susannah Wesley, mother of John and Charles and 17 other children, who supposedly spent such a great amount of time personally with each of her kids. A biographer wrote of her “Some of Mrs. Wesley’s advice about children we insist was of uncertain value. With all her astounding abilities it is to be questioned if there was much that was genial or amiable about her. Possibly one should not look for amiability in a mother of nineteen children.” (Ain’t that the truth! Ed.) II. The Mobile Mother — Sarah, married to a nomad. Priscilla, mobile home builder along with her husband Aquila. Zipporah, wife of Moses, moved from Midian to the wilderness wanderings. Mary, mother of our Lord lived in many places — Nazareth, Egypt, Jerusalem, Ephesus. Certainly this relates to the modern mother who is married to a executive on the way up who…
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