Hope for moms

Thabiti Anyabwile has nice post today balancing out the Touchstone article I posted yesterday and the influence of fathers on their children in terms of keeping the faith, continuing in church, etc. Anyabwile writes:

I didn’t think about how a faithful Christian mom married to an unbelieving husband might read the article. Or a faithful single mom. Today, a dear sister whom I love in the Lord, lovingly wrote to say that the article left her feeling discouraged, particularly the insinuation that no matter how much mom does the kids will turn away. Wow. That would be quite disheartening.

He goes on to point out three encouraging things for mothers who may be raising children without a father in the picture, or mothers whose spouses are unbelievers. 1.) Sisters in the church teach us so much. 2.) Every good social scientist ends with a qualifier. The big qualifier in this case is that the power of God to save can overcome any circumstance. 3.) The Bible is full of people who faithfully serve Christ who had unbelieving dads.

Hope is not lost, moms, even if dad has little or no interest in spiritual things. Pray a lot, and continue to show your kids the love of Christ.