It’s Mother’s Day, the hopefully happy occasion when we honor this earthly connection with our Creator. While it is true that not all women who give birth understand their divine role in the scheme of things, motherhood is the common thread woven throughout humankind. It is good and right that all children everywhere should express their loving gratitude to the one through whom God has given us life.
Perhaps the day is coming when such homage to a Petri dish will seem nonsensical, but for the present each and every human that inhabits the planet Earth has arrived by way of her or his mother. This is the undeniable reality of our world, and it is well worth contemplating the profound change for the good the human condition would experience if honoring our mothers—all mothers—became the universal hallmark of our species.
I know that I am blessed by a mother who has labored and sacrificed for the wellbeing of her children, just as I know that there is no way to ever repay her investment in me other than to be ever mindful of the debt of gratitude I owe her. Thank you, Mom, for being you, and for loving me. You have made my life wonderful, and I pray that this day will be filled with the love and the happiness you so richly deserve.
What a beautiful tribute! I am sure that as much as your mother enjoys reading it, she is even more joyful as she reflects on the life you have led, the wife you chose and the children you raised, and the lifes you have touched. What greater gift than a life well lived.
ReplyDeleteIn an ancient civilization a group of young men were called upon to fight for the freedom of their families. "Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them."
I'm so grateful for mothers of faith that send their young out into the world armed with faith in God and a mothers love
What a beautiful tribute! I am sure that as much as your mother enjoys reading it, she is even more joyful as she reflects on the life you have led, the wife you chose and the children you raised, and the lifes you have touched. What greater gift than a life well lived.
ReplyDeleteIn an ancient civilization a group of young men were called upon to fight for the freedom of their families. "Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them."
I'm so grateful for mothers of faith that send their young out into the world armed with faith in God and a mothers love