In the sermon 'Mothers Who are Builders' by Dr. Joel Beeke, the sacred calling of mothers is emphasized as a vital role in building a Christian home. Mothers are seen as pivotal in nurturing both sons and daughters through godly example, modesty, and cheerfulness. The sermon highlights the importance of mothers portraying a happy Christian home amidst worldly feminism, showing respect and a degree of submission to their husbands as long as it aligns with God's Word. A mother's role includes developing her children's intellectual and homemaking skills, performing everyday tasks for the glory of God, and instilling a fear of the Lord. The sermon draws from Psalm 128 and the principles of Proverbs 31, underscoring the historical Puritan view that mothers have a central place in the family. The overall message is that mothers have a significant calling, second only to preaching, as they shape the souls of their children daily, leading them in the way of the Lord.

When it comes to building, dwelling, planting, mothers have a major calling as well, a vocatio, if you will, a sacred calling. And that calling applies to both sons and daughters, of course, that she's to be a godly example of modesty and cheerfulness, showing respect to her husband and a certain degree of submission as long as he doesn't command her to do something against the Word of God. But there's a particular calling, I think, too, for mothers in our day, particularly in our day, of worldly, unbiblical feminism of all kinds to really portray in her whole walk of life this happy Christian home in fearing God and in being qualified to rear children in the whole counsel of God. And you know the old saying, ain't mama happy, ain't nobody happy. If the mother is disgruntled and takes on the world's attitude, I'm just a mother, that will convey a message to also the daughters that It's normal to be unhappy in this wonderful biblical role, in which the mother really is the hub of the wheel of the whole family.

She's the one around all the time, the dad is out working. And so it's critical, in my opinion, that the mother helps the daughter develop all kinds of skills not just in terms of in the case of homeschooling developing intellectual skills for different subjects but homemaking skills. And you know something as simple as it is cooking and enjoying home life and the sweet duties of being a mom and caring for children and teaching the children that whether it's changing a diaper or whether it's taking your children to a soccer game or No matter how mundane these things are you're doing everything for the glory of God. You're a stranger you're a pilgrim on this earth in the way you raise your children and your family. And the whole idea of the happy Christian home where the mother is doing her role, the father is doing his role, and the children are respectful to the parents, and the parents love their children like crazy and care about their souls and are burdened for them.

That whole happy Christian whole model of Psalm 128 blesses the man and by extension the woman who fear the Lord with a child-like fear. That whole model is actually but bequeathed to us, particularly in church history from the Puritans. And they actually wrote 29 books on how to raise children, which is a lot of books in those days when it was very hard to go to printing press and actually publish a book. But they felt so burdened to explain the role not only of the father but also the mother and her central place in the home. And that when the mother's happy, doing the will of God, and is the Proverbs 31 lady, not perfectly, of course, and my wife hasn't gone out and bought a lot of property by herself.

But you know, the principles of Props 31, industrious, supporting her husband, raising her children with love and many prayers and tears. When the mother fears the Lord, That sets a tone for the whole home. That's the way she mentors sons, yes, but daughters in a particular way, I think. The end result is that train up a child the way he shall go. And when he's old, the normative way of God is that he blesses that training so that those children also walk in the way of the Lord.

There can be exceptions. They can be prodigal sons and daughters, but this is the general rule. So mothers have a huge, huge calling in this world. I often say, even from the pulpit, I've said, you know, you know, mothers, you've got the second most important calling in the world, next to preaching, next to being a minister, because ministers always dealing with the souls, not just of one family, but many families. But a woman is just, a mother is training the souls of her children day in, day out, and they're watching her, and they're picking up vibes, and oh, blessed, blessed are the children of a very God-fearing, happy mother, raising them in the fear of the Lord.