It's Mother's Day...

Today is a day to celebrate Mothers.   I have read some "open letters" (usually directed to Pastors) floating around out there in cyber land, that basically talk about how "hurtful" Mother's day is to women who have not been able to have children for this reason or that.  I understand their points, and I can see that for some that might be a real problem.  BUT, then I started thinking, wow, we live in such a self-centered, egotistical world, that people, who proclaim to be "Christians" (I mean all of these "letters" are supposedly written by "church going women") can't for one day, get their thoughts off of themselves, and think of someone else that they honor and admire.

I mean all of us have a Mother.  Maybe you don't know your Mom, maybe she abandoned you at birth, and God never saw fit to bless you with a "forever mom".   BUT, you still had a mother, and if you are alive today, that means she cared enough about you to carry you and deliver you and not abort you.  So thank God for that!   If God has blessed you with a "forever mom", than praise Him for that, and for the love that he put in her heart for you.

All of us have countless women in our lives who have "mothered us" in one way or another, thank God for each of those women.  If God has not blessed you with children of your own, who has he brought into your life for you to mentor and bless?  There are always girls and women younger than ourselves, that we are to teach.  (Titus 2:3)

You can say that I don't understand, because not only do I know my Mother.  She is a wonderful godly woman, who has loved me unconditionally for 53 years and taught me to love God and others.   God has also saw fit to bless my life with a wonderful husband and 3 beautiful daughters by birth and 3 sweet children through adoption.  Now, I have the incredible blessing of being a Nana to 9 sweet and amazing grandchildren.  So my heart if full of the love and joy of motherhood.  So no, I don't always understand the feelings and emotions that others are feeling.

I am thankful that today is NOT about me!  IT is all about the grace and mercy of God and the women that He has called to be Mothers in one way or another.  It is about honoring those women that have sacrificed and loved.  That have taught and trained.  That have prayed for and nursed.  That have been pooped on, puked on and spat on, BUT, who loved on.  Who NEVER gave up on their kids, nor on God who they knew had a plan and purpose for it all.

So if you were in church this morning and the Pastor asked for all the mothers present to stand, I hope instead of feeling left out and sad because God hasn't blessed you with the gift of motherhood, if that is the case, that you joined the rest of the congregation in celebrating all the Mothers there.

Happy Mother's Day!