How to Be a Godly Mother After Widowhood
If you're a parent who lost your spouse, it is often difficult to move on with your life and try to raise your children in a godly manner alone. But with strong faith in God, support from relatives and friends, Bible study and determination, it's possible to get through the pain of widowhood and instill biblical principles in your children's lives. You can also reflect on your spouse's godly lifestyle as inspiration for how you can raise the children.
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Pray for God's wisdom as you try to raise godly children. Ask God to help you be a compassionate and committed parent to your children, and ask Him to give you ideas on how you can instill biblical principles in your children despite your spouse's absence from their lives. Finally, pray that you'll have the patience that's needed to deal with your children's anger and questions they may have about their father's death.
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Study your Bible regularly. Get a Bible dictionary and write down every verse in the dictionary that pertains to parenting or motherhood, then search your Bible for these verses and memorize them each day so that you'll know what God's will is regarding how to raise your children. Also read books from credible authors who specialize in family issues.
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Be the example of a godly person in your children's lives. If you want your children to understand the importance of using part of your weekly income to financially support your local church, for example, let them see you put aside money each week for that purpose. Or if you want your children to pursue marriage as adults rather than a sexually promiscuous lifestyle, talk to them about your marriage and why you believed it was successful.
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Get advice from older godly mothers who are widows. If you know some female church members who are widows and mothers, get together with some of them after church service and exchange phone numbers with them. Tell them that you're a widow and that you need advice and encouragement from other women who have been in the situation you're in now.
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