{"id":52012,"date":"2024-01-23T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/?p=52012"},"modified":"2024-01-23T07:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:09:28","slug":"the-gentle-mama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlenenotgrass.com\/the-gentle-mama\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gentle Mama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of you may have read this post on Friday when I accidentally sent out two in the morning email. Oops! So sorry about that!<\/em><\/p>\n

I recently wrote about The Present Mama, using this verse from 1 Thessalonians:<\/p>\n

But we proved to be gentle among you, <\/em>
\nas a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.<\/em>
\n1 Thessalonians 2:7<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Secret by Helen Hyde, 1909<\/em>
\nCourtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, <\/em>
\nGift of Hyde Gillette in memory of <\/em>
\nMabel Hyde Gillette and Edwin Fraser Gillette<\/em><\/p>\n

A woman’s gentleness is precious in God’s sight. As the apostle Peter wrote to wives:<\/p>\n

Your adornment must not be merely external\u2014<\/em>
\nbraiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses;<\/em>
\nbut let it be the hidden person of the heart, <\/em>
\nwith the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, <\/em>
\nwhich is precious in the sight of God.<\/em>
\n1 Peter 3:3-4<\/em><\/p>\n

Gentleness is also precious in the sight of husbands and children.<\/p>\n

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Mother and Child, drawing by Fernand Maillaud.<\/em>
\nCourtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, <\/em>
\nGift of the Republic of France<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Tsee-mo\u00fant, Great Wonder,
\nCarrying Her Baby in Her Robe by George Catlin, 1832<\/em>
\nCourtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul reminded the Philippians that they should show a gentle spirit to everyone in this verse sandwiched between the admonition to rejoice in the Lord always and to be anxious for nothing, but to let our requests be known to God.<\/p>\n

Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. <\/em>
\nThe Lord is near.<\/em>
\nPhilippians 4:5<\/em><\/p>\n

James tells us that gentleness is a characteristic of wisdom.<\/p>\n

But the wisdom from above is first pure, <\/em>
\nthen peaceable, gentle, reasonable, <\/em>
\nfull of mercy and good fruits, <\/em>
\nunwavering, without hypocrisy.<\/em>
\nJames 3:17<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus our Savior is our ultimate example of gentleness. In the Sermon on the Mount, He taught us the blessedness of being gentle:<\/p>\n

“Blessed are the gentle, <\/em>
\nfor they shall inherit the earth.”<\/em>
\nMatthew 5:5<\/em><\/p>\n

What a promise that is. Jesus fulfilled a prophecy related to His own gentleness on Palm Sunday, when He sent two of His disciples to find a donkey and colt and bring them to Him for His triumphal entry into Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:<\/em>
\n\u201cSay to the daughter of Zion,<\/em>
\n\u2018Behold your King is coming to\u00a0 you,<\/em>
\nGentle and mounted on a donkey,<\/em>
\neven on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.\u2019\u201d<\/em>
\nMatthew 21:4-5<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus implores us mamas and all Christians to:<\/p>\n

\u201cTake My yoke upon you and learn from Me, <\/em>
\nfor I am gentle and humble in heart, <\/em>
\nand you will find rest for your souls.”<\/em>
\nMatthew 11:29<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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