Did you ever stop to consider the four women on Noah’s ark? They are referred to simply as wives: “Noah, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives.” According to Genesis 10, the roots of every nation reach back to one of these women. They are our grandmothers. We know that all four of these ladies were from ungodly families. Their moms, dads, brothers and sisters, etc. all died in their sin, outside of the ark.
But these women rejected those gods in preference to the One True God. Like Joshua, they determined, “but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15). Today, godly wives and mothers are those who have made the break from the gods of this world; they are sold out to the one true God. Their god is not in the things they possess, nor the way that they look, nor a place or position of prestige.
Secondly, our grandmothers left their ungodly families in preference to their godly husbands. According to Ephesians 5:21-33 husbands are to love their wives as Christ loves the Church. Wives are responsible to recognize and revere their husbands as the heads of the home. These women of the ark followed their husbands, even when God was leading them to do the unusual for Him. God’s way works and His way honors Him.
Thirdly, they were unaffected by the scorn and ridicule resulting from their husbands building a ship in the desert, and preaching God when the whole world had forsaken Him. Today, it is certain, there will be scorn, ridicule, and persecution if we put God first and perform that to which we are called.
The fourth and fifth traits are related: the things that the Lord had done were rehearsed in the hearing of their children, and the Word of the Lord, that had been their salvation was held in high regard. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7a).
Today, it is obvious that in most homes, these godly traits are forgotten and the blessings that they afford are lost, but they don’t have to be lost forever. You could help bring them back Mom, Grandma. …We Love You!