Moms love unconditionally.
Moms are patient.
Moms know what’s best.
Moms know how to make skinned knees feel better.
Moms have eyes in the back of their head they know what you’re up to before you do.
Moms forgive.
Moms encourage.
I started to make this list of things Moms have a great knack for doing. I know Moms aren’t always perfect but we remember them with fond memories of our childhood of always being there when we needed them the most. Moms have a special relationship with their children more so than Dads I think when it comes to nurturing and caring for their children. Children will always seem to turn to the Mom. The bond is strong between them whether she’s the traditional stay-at-home Mom or if she works outside of the home. Moms really can do it all. They just seem to find the inner strength to juggle all the roles of mother and homemaker. The children still yearn for the kind of maternal affirmation only a mother can provide. I recall that with my own mother and now see it between my wife and son. And so Moms will always carry that role of providing the emotional support their children need in order to face the challenges of life as they grow older.
The list of things Moms do well for their children may seem to just apply to childhood, especially the part about them having eyes in the back of their head. But as I look at the list I realize the mothering instincts didn’t stop once we grew up. As we grew older and then left the home hopefully we started to appreciate them more for the ways they continually encouraged and supported us. As we matured into adulthood our relationship also matured as we interacted with our Moms as adults and the relationship went from mother/child and became something of a mutual friendship as well. That friendship was a new dimension that I always appreciated with my Mom. She’s always supported and encouraged me even when I haven’t always kept in touch on a regular basis.
But we never want to let go of the nurturing our mothers provide us even as we age. It’s a lesson of grace and love passed down to us that we can strive for ourselves. Amen to that.
From Pastor Mark’s Heart
May 10, 2015