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MOTHER, YOU IMPACT THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE
Every word of God is true and powerful. Proverbs 11:11 states: “By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.” The message of this Scripture is that the kind of families that live in a city is what the city will be like. The more upright, godly, honest, trustworthy, and Bible believing families in a city, the more godly the city will be.This is the power of family life. Everything begins with the family. They determine the moral state of their city. Dear mother, you may think you are insignificant as you mother your children and keep your home. Oh no! You are impacting a neighborhood and a city. And ultimately a nation.
What kind of people bless a city? The upright. The word in the Hebrew means “straight, righteous, doing that which is right in the eyes of the Lord.” The phrases we sometimes use today come from this word:
“straight and narrow”
“standing straight and tall”
“straighten up” (I often said this to my children)
“straight shooter”
Dear mother, lift up your head and put your shoulders back. You are doing a great work. Be encouraged today as you influence your children to “stand straight and tall” in the ways of God and walk the “straight and narrow” way which leads to life. You are impacting your city.
I love Psalm 87:3: “Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.” This is speaking about Jerusalem. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this could be said of your community because you live there?
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
Painting: Jim Daly
P.S. One of the meanings of the word “exalted” is to “bring up children, to lift them up to a high status” (Isaiah 1:2 and 23:4).
