Why is it when Mother's Day rolls around, all I want is for everyone to just notice what it is that I really do all the time being a mom. It's not the gifts and the well versed cards that really matter, it's hearing your child say "I wouldn't be where I am today without you mom".
I guess, in their own subtle way, they have already told me so. You see, none of my kids ever felt the need to, or follow through with the thought of, running away from home. They knew I would always be there for them. None of my kids ever had to run with gangs and try to find a purpose for who they were. They knew I always told them that they were somebody special. None of my kids ever had to lose themselves in alcohol and peer pressure because they couldn't handle what was going on at home. They knew they had parents that loved each other and especially loved their kids. I never had kids who ever said they didn't believe in God. Proverbs 22:6 says train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. I know the Lord helped me to do that well. I guess if I sit and really look back over the years, things really take on a new perspective. Was I ever a perfect mother? Not by any means. Were my children always perfect? Not in any sense of the word. Yet through the years I have come to learn from my own mother (who was by far perfect in a lot of ways), of her consistency in being a mother, and her faithfulness at bringing us up to know the Lord. I knew as a very young girl that I wanted to model that for my kids and then go even farther, giving them a reason to want to pass on what they saw in their home to their own children.
I guess, in their own subtle way, they have already told me so. You see, none of my kids ever felt the need to, or follow through with the thought of, running away from home. They knew I would always be there for them. None of my kids ever had to run with gangs and try to find a purpose for who they were. They knew I always told them that they were somebody special. None of my kids ever had to lose themselves in alcohol and peer pressure because they couldn't handle what was going on at home. They knew they had parents that loved each other and especially loved their kids. I never had kids who ever said they didn't believe in God. Proverbs 22:6 says train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. I know the Lord helped me to do that well. I guess if I sit and really look back over the years, things really take on a new perspective. Was I ever a perfect mother? Not by any means. Were my children always perfect? Not in any sense of the word. Yet through the years I have come to learn from my own mother (who was by far perfect in a lot of ways), of her consistency in being a mother, and her faithfulness at bringing us up to know the Lord. I knew as a very young girl that I wanted to model that for my kids and then go even farther, giving them a reason to want to pass on what they saw in their home to their own children.
Although I get tired from being a mom at times and the enemy is constantly jabbing me to throw in the towel, I know now that I just need to sit back and look at where my children are today and silently hear them say, " I wouldn't be where I am today without you mom".
Thank you Lord.
Thank you Lord.
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