What Good Mothers are Like

What are good mothers like? This Mother’s Day poem paints a picture of godly mothers in the light of Proverbs 31:10-31.

This poem honors godly mothers.

Mothers are like blooming flowers, pretty when they show,
Loving hands upon their children, guiding them to grow.
Mothers are like starry nighttime, twinkling ‘cross the sea,
Gracious acts of kindness shining bright for all to see.
Mothers are like blowing zephyrs, tickling at your nose,
Whispers true of good behavior, moral equipoise.
Mothers are like raging billows, wondrous to behold,
Always moving purposely, so do as you are told!
Mothers are like tiny kittens, snuggling sweetly soft,
With the smallest bundles, new and wriggling, giggling oft.
Mothers are like holy temples, solemn, pure, serene,
Worshipping their one Creator, steady as a beam.
Mothers are like many things that never could be named.
That’s why God created them with everlasting fame.

What the Bible Says About Godly Mothers

Poems help us say what is hard to put into plain words, and few things are harder to express than our gratitude for godly mothers. The Bible gives mothers a place of honor. The fifth commandment says, “Honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:12), and Paul reminds us that it is “the first commandment with promise” (Ephesians 6:2).

The virtuous woman of Proverbs 31 is a picture of what a good mother is like. “Her children rise up and call her blessed” (Proverbs 31:28). She works hard, she opens her hand to the poor, and she speaks with wisdom and kindness. Above all, she fears the Lord, and that is where her true beauty comes from (Proverbs 31:30).

Timothy had the blessing of a faithful mother and grandmother. Paul wrote of “the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice” (2 Timothy 1:5). A mother who teaches her children the Scriptures gives them a gift that lasts forever.

If you are thankful for your mother, tell her so this week. For more on this subject, read An Acrostic for Godly Mothers and I Know My Mother Loved Me. God bless you, and I love you.

We love our mothers!
Kevin Cauley