This Mother's Day, do something different...
Hey, everybody. I want all of you to do something different this Mother's Day. It doesn't even require buying a Hallmark Card or making a phone call. Just think and ponder in your heart. Let me tell you about the mother I am thinking of...
She was a teenaged girl who was faced with quite a choice. She chose to carry her child who was conceived out of wedlock. She faced the scorn and ridicule of her very conservative community. She even faced the threat of being ostracized from everyone and everything she loved. She gave birth to her little boy and nurtured him and loved him. She taught him to walk and talk, she taught him his prayers, she loved him and guided him all his life. Her child grew up to be quite a revolutionary. He stirred up crowds. He annoyed and angered many people. There were plots against his life, even. His mother witnessed all of this, but she still loved and supported her child because she knew deep in her soul that he was right. She witnessed the most horrible thing a mother can witness -- her son, the one she had nursed and cuddled and loved, being arrested, tortured and killed. She saw it all, yet her faith in God never wavered. You've probably guessed who I am talking about. I am talking about that young Israelite mother from 2,000 years ago, the mother who gave all of us her Son, the mother who agreed to bear and raise the Messiah of all mankind...Mary. Say a prayer of thanks for Mary and her astonishing selflessness and courage this Mother's Day. Say a prayer of deep gratitude that this remarkable woman had the "chutzpah" to say "Let it be done to me as you have said" to the angel Gabriel when he announced to her God's desire to have her bear the Messiah. I will blog in another section my thoughts and impressions of Mary. But this Mother's Day, tell Jesus that you really are very thankful for His mother, and I can guarantee you that somewhere up in Heaven, Mary will smile.
She was a teenaged girl who was faced with quite a choice. She chose to carry her child who was conceived out of wedlock. She faced the scorn and ridicule of her very conservative community. She even faced the threat of being ostracized from everyone and everything she loved. She gave birth to her little boy and nurtured him and loved him. She taught him to walk and talk, she taught him his prayers, she loved him and guided him all his life. Her child grew up to be quite a revolutionary. He stirred up crowds. He annoyed and angered many people. There were plots against his life, even. His mother witnessed all of this, but she still loved and supported her child because she knew deep in her soul that he was right. She witnessed the most horrible thing a mother can witness -- her son, the one she had nursed and cuddled and loved, being arrested, tortured and killed. She saw it all, yet her faith in God never wavered. You've probably guessed who I am talking about. I am talking about that young Israelite mother from 2,000 years ago, the mother who gave all of us her Son, the mother who agreed to bear and raise the Messiah of all mankind...Mary. Say a prayer of thanks for Mary and her astonishing selflessness and courage this Mother's Day. Say a prayer of deep gratitude that this remarkable woman had the "chutzpah" to say "Let it be done to me as you have said" to the angel Gabriel when he announced to her God's desire to have her bear the Messiah. I will blog in another section my thoughts and impressions of Mary. But this Mother's Day, tell Jesus that you really are very thankful for His mother, and I can guarantee you that somewhere up in Heaven, Mary will smile.
posted by Elaine @ 6:10 PM
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